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BBC News - Al-Rahma Islamic Centre destroyed in 'hate crime' fire

2013-06-06T06:12:00.001-07:00

"Muslims have been physically attacked, mosques burnt down, cemeteries vandalised and social media is full of anti-Muslim hatred and violent threats towards Muslims.

"More needs to be done to protect the Muslim community."

Mayor of London Boris Johnson said: "There is no place in an open, tolerant and diverse city like London for hate, for prejudice, for violence."

He added: "Londoners will see this for what it is - cowardly, pathetic and utterly pointless."

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22785074?post_id=568011753_10151736975876754#_=_

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Including LGBTQ Voices in Interfaith Work

2013-06-05T17:25:00.000-07:00

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-stedman/including-lgbtq-voices-in-interfaith-work_b_3274143.html

Rabbis, Sheikhs, Kadis, Imams and Priests Say No to Domestic Violence

2013-06-05T17:24:00.000-07:00

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nomi-teutsch/rabbis-sheikhs-kadis-imams-and-priests-say-no-to-domestic-violence_b_3355029.html

Most And Least Muslim States In America (PHOTOS)

2013-06-05T17:23:00.002-07:00

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/27/most-and-least-muslim-states_n_1626144.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008

Turkey's Hadith Project: Diyanet Presents Prophet's Sayings For The 21st Century

2013-06-05T17:19:00.000-07:00

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/22/turkey-hadith-project-diyanet-presents-prophets-sayings-for-the-21st-century_n_3319657.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

Hakki Unal, a professor at Ankara University's Divinity School and head of the government-backed Hadith reform project, says the initiative is an attempt to clarify the meaning of Islam in modern society. (Photo by Dion Nissenbaum/MCT/MCT via Getty Images)

The Saudi Marathon Man : The New Yorker

2013-04-16T22:35:00.001-07:00

"A twenty-year-old man who had been watching the Boston Marathon had his body torn into by the force of a bomb. He wasn't alone; a hundred and seventy-six people were injured. But he was the only one who, while in the hospital being treated for his wounds, had his apartment searched in "a startling show of force," as his fellow-tenants described it to the Boston Herald, with a "phalanx" of officers and agents and two K9 units. He was the one whose belongings were carried out in paper bags as his neighbors watched; whose roommate, also a student, was questioned for five hours..."

http://m.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2013/04/the-saudi-marathon-man.html

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Fwd: CAIR Urges Prayers, Blood Donations for Boston Bomb Victims

2013-04-15T21:52:00.003-07:00

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CAIR Urges Prayers, Blood Donations for Boston Bomb Victims

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/15/13) –- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, this evening condemned the bomb attacks earlier today on the Boston Marathon that left at least two people dead and many more injured.

CAIR urged all Americans to pray for the victims and their families and asked the Boston-area Muslim community to donate blood for those who were wounded.

In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said:

"American Muslims, like Americans of all backgrounds, condemn in the strongest possible terms today's cowardly bomb attack on participants and spectators of the Boston Marathon.

"We urge people of all faiths to pray for the victims and their loved ones and for the speedy recovery of those injured. We also call for the swift apprehension and punishment of the perpetrators.

"While spiritual measures can serve to comfort those in physical and emotional pain, we also call on Muslims and others in the Boston area to donate blood through the Red Cross as a concrete show of support for the bomb attack victims. Those who were participating in the marathon or were watching the event should contact authorities with any potential eyewitness information they may have."

The Washington-based civil rights organization urged Muslims to listen to government announcements to determine other steps they might take to help first responders and those impacted by the tragic event.

CAIR is America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.

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Shariah Law: Women Continue to be Jailed for 'Moral Crimes' in Afghanistan

2013-04-15T21:52:00.001-07:00

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/455632/20130410/afghanistan-jail-women-rape-moral-crime-marriage.htm

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Pope Refers to "Muslim Brothers" on Good Friday - ABC News

2013-03-29T22:40:00.001-07:00

http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=18842768&ref=http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FzQezBwqn2P

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In Libya, Islam – and a purple hijab – help spurn domestic violence against women - CSMonitor.com

2013-03-15T07:06:00.001-07:00

http://m.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2013/0314/In-Libya-Islam-and-a-purple-hijab-help-spurn-domestic-violence-against-women

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Pakistani Shiites condemn government after bombings

2013-03-14T23:49:00.001-07:00

http://m.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/pakistani-shiites-condemn-government-after-bombings/2013/03/14/ec32e636-880c-11e2-b412-2e8596e7c927_story.html

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BBC News - North Africa's revolutionary rappers in home of hip hop

2013-03-14T19:04:00.001-07:00

The Arab uprisings produced memorable images of revolt, but they also
inspired an explosion of revolutionary rap that introduced local hip
hop artists to the world.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21719786?post_id=568011753_516317988409843

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BBC News - Undercover patrols make Calcutta Metro safer for women

2013-03-12T22:21:00.001-07:00

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-21710971?post_id=568011753_154338438063887#_=_

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BBC News - Cyrus Cylinder: How a Persian monarch inspired Jefferson

2013-03-11T19:55:00.001-07:00

The 2,600-year-old clay cylinder, almost the size of an American football, was made on the order of the Persian King Cyrus after he captured Babylon in 539 BC.

Referred to by some scholars as the "first bill on human rights", the cuneiform inscriptions on the cylinder appear to encourage freedom of worship throughout the Persian Empire and to allow deported people to return to their homelands.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21747567?post_id=568011753_305667426227904#_=_

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Chinese Parents Demand Gay Marriage - ABC News

2013-03-11T18:31:00.001-07:00

The letter was published by Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), a gay rights group based in the southern China city of Guangzhou. The group helps parents to communicate with their gay children.

In the open letter, the parents wrote: "Some of our children have been with their same-sex partners for almost 10 years; they care for and love each other deeply, but they are unable to legally authorize medical treatment for their partners when they are ill and in need of an operation. As the parents of homosexuals, we are often worried, because they cannot legally marry, and this impacts to various degrees their ability to adopt; authorize necessary medical treatment; inherit their partner's assets, or even buy an apartment."

http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=18686875&sid=76&ts=true

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Rise of Bosnian mayor with a head scarf challenging assumptions about Islam

2013-03-10T18:36:00.001-07:00

http://m.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/rise-of-bosnian-mayor-with-a-head-scarf-challenging-assumptions-about-islam/2013/03/09/1d85bab8-7c4d-11e2-9a75-dab0201670da_story.html

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Christians decry Muslim mob's arson spree

2013-03-10T13:31:00.001-07:00

"The attack is yet another shameful incident against a vulnerable community and further confirmation of the slide toward extremism in society on the one hand and, on the other hand, the apathy and inaction that has become the norm among the police," the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said in a statement.

The group accused police of arresting Christians in the incident "while those who went on a rampage and can easily be identified from television footage have gone scot-free."

http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/10/world/asia/pakisan-unrest/index.html?c=weekend-homepage-t&page=0

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How a pope is elected - The Washington Post

2013-03-10T01:29:00.001-08:00

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/how-a-pope-is-elected/2013/03/02/d16d28b8-83be-11e2-b99e-6baf4ebe42df_graphic.html

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Mob Torches Dozens of Pakistani Christian Homes - ABC News

2013-03-09T11:14:00.000-08:00

Two items this horrible and insane tragedy demonstrates:

1) Pakistan's endless cycle of communal violence will never stop until
people are educated, the country is lifted out of poverty and
religious leaders forcefully speak out against these crimes.

2) There are always good people in this world

"The scene was chaotic. An Associated Press reporter said roughly 150
homes were torched. One man was seen carrying a dog and some puppies
from a burning house. Refrigerators, washing and sewing machines,
cooking pots, beds and other household goods were ripped from homes,
smashed and burned in the streets.

One Christian couple from the neighborhood said they went to their
Muslim neighbors' house on Friday night after people came looking for
the Christian man accused of blasphemy. Ishaq Masih said the Muslim
neighbors sheltered the couple for the night and then gave them money
to leave the area in the morning."

http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=18691247

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Welcome refuge for India's widows

2013-03-09T01:27:00.001-08:00

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/a-refuge-for-widows-in-india-slideshow/widow-poses-picture-inside-her-room-meera-sahavagini-photo-070320406.html?.uuid=ae2d328b-1939-3f49-b861-a22f4f5a7751&.st=0

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BBC News - Vagina Monologues challenges India's taboos

2013-03-08T13:32:00.001-08:00

As the debate around the Delhi rape case has demonstrated, India is still a conservative country where sex is rarely discussed in the open. But, for the past 10 years, the Indian version of the worldwide play, The Vagina Monologues, has been trying to challenge some of those taboos. Rajini Vaidyanathan reports from Mumbai.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-21696040?post_id=568011753_463354263730300#_=_

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BBC News - Getting away from 'the world' Hutterite-style

2013-03-07T10:18:00.001-08:00

Groups who leave society and live in isolation has always fascinated
me. Here's a story about a group called the Hutterites.

"There are 500 similar "colonies" across Canada and in the American
states of North and South Dakota, home to a total of 50,000
Hutterites.

Hutterites are an Anabaptist sect, founded by Austrian preacher Jakob
Hutter, in the 16th Century. They fled to North America in the 19th
Century to avoid persecution, but many Hutterites still speak with a
heavy German accent and they mostly talk and pray in a German
dialect."

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21683022?post_id=568011753_228034654007892#_=_

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BBC News - Afghan graffiti artist makes her mark in India

2013-03-02T19:27:00.001-08:00

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-21571149?post_id=568011753_379079048866119#_=_

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Lebanese women protest domestic violence

2013-03-02T07:31:00.001-08:00

http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/17/world/meast/lebanon-womens-rights-law/?c=&page=0

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Demographic research on lesbians and gays emerges from shadows

2013-03-01T05:48:00.001-08:00

http://m.washingtonpost.com/local/demographic-research-on-lesbians-and-gays-emerges-from-shadows/2013/03/01/2bdb61ba-7f8d-11e2-a350-49866afab584_story.html

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