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GOP Congressman: American Muslim Leaders Are ‘Potentially Complicit’ In Terrorist Acts
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A Republican congressman claimed on the House floor on Tuesday that members of Muslim communities in the United States have not condemned acts of Islamic extremist terrorism against the U.S. and therefore are complicit in those and any future attacks.




Civil Rights Groups Slam Amendment Targeting Muslim Immigrants
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Civil rights leaders slammed an amendment added to the Senate’s comprehensive immigration reform bill that would subject immigrants from Muslim countries for extra scrutiny.




Pam Gellar-Linked Group Puts Out New Anti-Muslim Ad In DC Metro
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Yet another Islamophobic ad from a group linked to Pamela Geller has appeared in the Washington, DC Metrorail system, this one lamenting what it claims to be “apartheid” against non-Muslims and calling for the U.S. to cut off all funding to “Islamic” states.




Fox News Seizes On Boston Bombing To Suggest Obama Is A Secret Muslim
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By Hayes Brown on Apr 25, 2013 at 12:11 pm

Fox News is sounding the alarm about Muslim extremists in the aftermath of the Boston bombings and is using the tragedy to argue that President Obama is too weak or afraid to confront the threat.




GOP Congressman Says Islam Will ‘Motivate People To Murder Children’
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Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) during a hearing on Friday said that he believes that Islam as a whole is a threat to the United States, labeling it as a religion that will “motivate people to murder children.”




Top Democrat Slams GOP’s Islamophobia After Boston Bombing
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) smacked down Rep. Peter King’s (R-NY) attempt to link Boston bombers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to Islamic extremists based in the American Muslim community with no evidence, an allegation that emerged as part of a theme among House Republicans on Sunday morning.




Tennessee May Deliberately Exclude Muslim Schools From New Voucher Program
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By Adam Peck

Tennessee is not the first state to try and carve out exemptions to education funding that target only Muslims.




Group Launches Grassroots Campaign To Counter Anti-Muslim New York Subway Ads
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By Hayes Brown on Mar 5, 2013 at 10:15 am

A grassroots campaign aimed at countering hateful anti-Muslim ads in New York’s subway system has gone live, placing posters in ten locations across New York City.




Interfaith Group To GOP Congressman: Stop Demonizing Islam
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An interfaith group is speaking out against Rep. Louie Gohmert’s (R-TX) claim on Thursday that Americans need the Second Amendment’s protection in order to shield the nation from Sharia Law.




Congressman Says Americans Need Guns To Protect The Nation From Sharia Law
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Tea Party Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX) told a conservative radio show on Thursday that the GOP must oppose gun regulations to protect the country from the threat of “Sharia Law.”