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Zaid Jilani, a Victim of False Anti-Semitism Charges
The American Muslim |

by Sheila Musaji

In August, the Center for American Progress, CAP released a significant report “Fear Inc., the Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America”

Repairing the World: The Story of a Synagogue in a Mosque
LoonWatch |

(Via LoonWatch.com)

It is not too often that I feature a specific Anti-Loon story, even though Anti-Loon stories happen to be my favorite, since they have a way of shattering the bi-furcated ‘us vs. them’ narratives that abound.

Wash. Times’ Gaffney: For Muslims, “The Preferred Way Of Achieving [Shariah Law] Is … Through Violence”
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In his January 23 Washington Times column, Frank Gaffney wrote that for Muslims, “the preferred way of achieving [Shariah law] is, as Muhammad taught, through violence.”

Jury sides with Muslim guard in harassment case
admin |

A San Francisco jury has awarded $465,400 to a Muslim of African descent who quit his job as a security guard after a co-worker called him a “goddamn terrorist,” supervisors made racist comments and a top company official endorsed a statement that “Muslims kill people.”

Protesters target Ocean City event over speaker’s anti-Muslim remarks
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Leaders of People for the American Way, a left-leaning advocacy group based in Washington, say they have sent hundreds of emails to town officials this week over retired Lt. Gen. William “Jerry” Boykin’s scheduled appearance at the breakfast Thursday.

Ad in ‘Lantern’ upsets Muslims
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Many Muslim students at Ohio State University have been outraged by an ad in the student newspaper that ties former Muslim student leaders in the U.S. to terrorist groups. The advertisement, which ran on the second page of The Lantern on Monday, lists 10 terror suspects under the headline: Former Leaders of the Muslim Student Association (MSA): Where Are They Now?

‘Radical Islamization of Norway creeps forward’ claims right-wing Christian fundamentalist
IslamophobiaWatch |

(Via Islamophobia-Watch.com)

Dale Hurd, senior reporter at Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Corporation, rails against the “radical Islamization of Norway”

90% of Anti-Semitic Crimes in Germany Committed by Right-Wing Extremists
LoonWatch |

Horowitz tool Robert Spencer and his right-wing buddies, Bat Yeor, Geert Wilders, Pamela Geller, etc. have attempted to create a narrative that Muslim immigrants and their children are responsible for most, if not all “anti-Semitic crimes” in Europe.

Why You Shouldn’t Trust Robert Spencer’s Biography of the Prophet Muhammad (I)
SpencerWatch.com |

I recently agreed to debate the following thesis with Robert Spencer of JihadWatch:

Islam is more violent than other religions, specifically Judaism and Christianity.

Pleasantville synagogue, Thornwood mosque members will break bread in fundraiser
admin |

PLEASANTVILLE — If the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, then how could a homemade dinner featuring chicken haleem with biryani and kasha varnishkas and gefilte fish keep the Jewish and Muslim communities apart?

Marine Gets Three Months in Jail for Massacring Two Dozen Civilians
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(RT)

More than six years after Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich led a squad of Marines into two Haditha, Iraq homes and massacred two dozen civilians, the American serviceman in charge has reached a plea deal.

In Police Training, a Dark Film on U.S. Muslims
New York Times |

Ominous music plays as images appear on the screen: Muslim terrorists shoot Christians in the head, car bombs explode, executed children lie covered by sheets and a doctored photograph shows an Islamic flag flying over the White House.

Neighbors oppose construction of mosque on Longview street
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Some tight knit neighbors in Longview are protesting construction of a mosque on their street. The spot is technically in Gregg county but right next to their homes. “We have respect for their religion and we’re not against that but we just did not want all the traffic,” says neighbor Rhonda Harris.

Muslim Students Feed America’s Homeless
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“We were like ‘What can we do to help our community’?” Shaheed Elhamdani, vice president of Marshall University’s Muslim Student Association (MSA), told The Parthenon on Thursday, January 19.

On the Outlandish Claim That “There is No Islamophobia”
LoonWatch |

The FBI released hate crime statistics for the year of 2010, which showed that anti-Semitic crimes topped the list of religiously motivated hate crimes. Islamophobes have latched on to this fact to claim that “there is no Islamophobia.”

At Florida Town Hall, Rick Santorum Cowardly Panders To Woman Who Alleges Obama Is ‘An Avowed Muslim’
ThinkProgress |

At a Rick Santorum town hall meeting in Lady Lake, Florida moments ago, a woman stood up to declare that she doesn’t like to refer to “President Obama as president because, legally, he is not.”

Sahar Aziz: The Importance of Muslim Women in Counter-terrorism
Huffington Post |

In December 2011, Janet Napolitano testified that lone wolf terrorists are America’s primary domestic national security threat. Based on recent terrorism indictments, Napolitano was clearly referring to young Muslim men in America with unpopular political viewpoints and orthodox religious beliefs.

Man racially assaulted Muslim worshippers and attempted to set fire to mosque in Tooting
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By Alexandra Rucki

A man with mental health problems racially assaulted Muslim worshippers and attempted to set fire to a mosque, a magistrates court heard.

Alleged former terrorist Kamal Saleem to speak in Allegan
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ALLEGAN — Allegan County political organization Constituting Michigan-Founding Principles will host a self-proclaimed former terrorist on Thursday at the Allegan High School Events Center.

Virginia Anti-Shari`ah Bill Irks Muslims
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A leading American civil rights group has criticized a new proposed Virginia bill to ban courts from considering any religious codes in litigation, confirming that the bill was a new step towards effort to stigmatize Muslims and undermine their religious traditions.