As this weekend’s arson at a Portland, Oregon mosque perfectly illustrates, 2010 has been one of the most difficult and fearful years on record for many American Muslims, surpassing even those dark days following the tragedy of 9-11. This was the year that it became acceptable in America to openly state [...]
WILKES-BARRE – When the flame on the menorah outside the Jewish Community Center was lit Wednesday night, it reminded Gary Greenberg of freedom.
“(Hanukkah) is about religious freedoms and freedom from persecution to live our lives on our own and to pray as each individual seeks to do,” said Greenberg, president of the Jewish Community [...]
Former Ambassador from Pakistan to the United Kingdom Akbar Ahmed discussed the growing gap between American culture and the Islamic world at an event organized by the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program last night in Tsai Auditorium.
Ahmed, who serves as an Islamic studies professor at American University, recently published “Journey into America: [...]
Only days after an attempted terror attack in Oregon, one American Muslim has taken the fight for the soul of Islam online to confront the extremists. Frustrated by the continued radicalization of Muslim youth, Dr. Ali Shehata – an ER physician and author of the book Demystifying Islam, as well as an instructor with the [...]
The plans for a Manhattan Islamic center have been making all the news. But plans to build a Mosque in the small Tennessee city of Murfreesboro have heightened tensions, caused one case of suspected arson and, today, a judge brought the conflict to a screeching halt.
The Tennessean reports:
Chancellor Robert Corlew III denied [...]
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