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Arnoud Van Doorn, a former member of the extreme right wing, and anti-Islamist Netherlands “Freedom Party,” was converted to Islam. Geert Wilders is the head of the extreme right wing, and anti-Islamist, “Freedom Party” in Netherlands. Arnoud Van Doorn, a former member of Freedom party was converted to Islam. It was very hard for the…
In Allah’s name, what is wrong with us Muslims? And why do we find it so hard to ask that question of ourselves? What will it take to break the heavily curtained window of denial? The beardy jihadists convicted in Birmingham last week were incompetents; hard to distinguish, for many Britons, from the hilarious boneheaded…
Laila Abdelaziz testify today before the House Judiciary Committee on behalf of Emerge, CAIR-FL, and the ILS to oppose HB 351. Watch the video to the end to see the ACLU’s opposition, and Rep. Schwartz call the bill out for its “Bigotry!”: HB 351 is legislation which harms our religious freedom and limits our ability to contract.…
Bengali Harlem: Author documents a lost history of immigration in America Editor’s note: CNN’s Moni Basu, a Bengali immigrant, was born in Kolkata, India. By Moni Basu, CNN (CNN) – In the next few weeks, Fatima Shaik, an African-American, Christian woman, will travel “home” from New York to Kolkata, India. It will be a journey…
“and none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this is no other than a warning to mankind.” The Holy Qur’aan,74:31 Residents in a Kentucky town are saying “Get the flock out of here” to thousands of black birds that fill the sky each night. At dusk, the birds take flight in…
The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California reached a settlement with the County of Orange yesterday allowing for Muslim women to keep their religious headscarves on while in custody. That wasn’t the case back in 2006 when Lebanese Arabheimer Souhair Khatib and her husband pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor welfare crime. Ordered to perform hours of…
Burmese boat people ‘sold to smugglers’ An investigation by the BBC has revealed that Thai officials have been allegedly selling boat people to human traffickers. Thousands of Muslim Rohingya refugees from Burma’s far west have taken to the sea in the last few months, heading east to Thailand. The BBC found that boats from Rakhine…
BY JENNIFER KIRBY JAN 30, 2013 – The storage room of the Masjid al-Farooq mosque looks like an abandoned garage sale. There are curved-back love seats and two tangled-up bikes. A pair of televisions sit screen-to-screen underneath a portable basketball hoop. Any air ball shot would land on pile upon pile of plastic bags. Those…
You’d think after watching BBC Three’s Make me a Muslim documentary, being a female convert to Islam is so riddled with fault lines. Not really. My recent interviews with Muslim converts offered a rare glimpse into the lives of three women who would flatly reject such comparisons. And they’re all buzzing with spiritual ecstasy, retelling what…
Nearly 30 years ago, the federal courts had to place limits on New York City police surveillance to protect law-abiding citizens who happened to be politically engaged on civil rights and other issues. Based on new court filings in a longstanding suit challenging police surveillance techniques, the courts may need to intervene to stop the…
