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Bin Laden killing prompts Arab anger, relief

Yahoo! News Canada 05/02/2011
Muslim girl, 19, 'stoned to death after taking part in beauty contest'

A teenage Muslim girl was stoned to death under 'Sharia law' after taking part in a beauty contest in Ukraine.Katya Koren, 19, was found dead in a village in the Crimea region near her home.

Bin Laden killing prompts Arab anger, relief

Some Arabs mourned him as a holy warrior and martyr, while others saw him as a "pillar of evil" whose deadly attacks on the United States unleashed a backlash against Muslims across the world.

US Senate to hold hearings on Muslims' rights

Stephen Dinan The Washington Times 03/22/2011
US Senate to hold hearings on Muslims' rights

Just weeks after House Republicans held a hearing looking at the dangers of radical Muslims in the U.S., Senate Democrats are countering with a hearing of their own, scheduled for after Congress returns from a 10-day vacation, to examine Muslims' civil rights.

Dawn breaks on millions of Muslims as the annual Hajj pilgrimage draws to a close... and Eid festival begins

In scenes that haven't changed for more than a thousand years, nearly three million Muslims began congregating for the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia today. At dawn, they started to making their way up the rocky desert path to Mountain of Mercy at Arafat, chanting that they have come to answer God's call.

Bacon attack on an American mosque: prank or hate crime?

Patrik Jonsson Christian Science Monitor 10/15/2010
Pope condemns violence 'in the name of God'

Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday condemned violence carried out "in the name of God" and called for the respect of religious freedoms in the Muslim world.

Bacon attack on an American mosque: prank or hate crime?

When he first spotted the strange graffiti, Mushtaq Hussain thought it was a juvenile prank: Somebody had used bacon strips on a sidewalk in front of a Florence, S.C., mosque to spell out the words "PIG" and "CHUMP."

Muslim Leaders Rally In Support Of Downtown Islamic Center

Leaders from 55 major mosques and Islamic organizations held a rally on the steps of City Hall Wednesday to speak out against against religious intolerance and defend the building of the Park51 Islamic cultural center in Downtown Manhattan and other mosques in America.

Muslim employee sues US Disneyland over headscarf ban

A Muslim woman is suing Disneyland, accusing the company's California theme park of discrimination for telling her she could not serve customers if she chose to wear a headscarf.

French parliament approves ban on face veils

ANGELA DOLAND Yahoo! News 07/13/2010
French parliament approves ban on face veils

France's lower house of parliament overwhelmingly approved a ban on wearing burqa-style Islamic veils Tuesday, part of a concerted effort to define and protect French values that has disconcerted many in the country's large Muslim community.

Muslim Outreach Not the Job of NASA, White House Says

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday that NASA Administrator Charles Bolden must have misspoken when he told Al Jazeera last month that one of his top priorities is to reach out to Muslim countries.


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