Tenn. lawmaker’s Facebook post frightens Muslims|
“This may just be a picture to him, but for us it is very threatening,” said Kokoye, an Antioch resident who has lived in Tennessee for 17 years. “Muslims in Coffee County should not feel safe to walk outside their homes.”
How many states, besides Oklahoma, ban Islamic law?|
The Oklahoma legislature passed a bill Monday to prevent the use of religious or foreign law in state courts. Between 2010 and 2012, lawmakers in 32 states introduced similar bills, and six states – Oklahoma, Arizona, Kansas, Louisiana, South Dakota and Tennessee – enacted such bills into law.
Faith Focus: Youth of 3 faiths meet for peace|
by Clint Cooper
On Friday, about 75 young people — Muslims, Christians and Jews — will gather at the DuBose Conference Center in Monteagle, Tenn., and talk about all that supposedly weird stuff they do in their particular faith.
Tennessee May Deliberately Exclude Muslim Schools From New Voucher Program|
By Adam Peck
Tennessee is not the first state to try and carve out exemptions to education funding that target only Muslims.
Colbert Report: Sharia Mops|
(Via Comedy Central)
Despite Tennessee lawmakers’ best efforts, Sharia law manages to work its way into the state building’s men’s room.
Scary Sink Terrorizes Tennessee State Legislature|
Oh noes, it appears the wily stealth Mooslims installed a terrorist sink in the Tennessee state legislature! Or so thought a couple of Tennessee House and Senate members, namely Republican Sen. Bill Kreton and Rep. Judd Matheny.
Sharia law ban and Muslim wives|
When Kansas State Senator Susan Wagle voted for Senate Bill 79 that would ban Sharia law in Kansas, she said that a vote in favour of the legislation was “a vote to protect women”. “In this great country of ours, and in the state of Kansas,” Wagle said, “women have equal rights.”
Krystina Friedlander: A Look Back at Media Coverage of Islam and Islamic Law in 2012|
This has been a big year for Islam and Islamic law in American media. As politicians vied for local and national office, anti-sharia messages — and sometimes overtly anti-Islam messages — were broadcast across the media, at times functioning to normalize anti-Islam discourse.
New Muslim Movement Challenges Islamophopbia on Home Turf|
by Carl S. Berg (Illume Magazine)
Tea Party circles in East Tennessee might seem an unlikely environment for launching a Muslim organization. Will Coley, a 31-year-old Tennessee native, Muslim convert and Tea Party activist did just that.
Mosque celebrates opening|
Each guest was greeted and offered a tour of the facility before being ushered to the main assembly hall for a program with several speakers, including Jerry Martin, U.S. attorney for Middle Tennessee, and Thomas Perez, U.S. assistant attorney general of the Department of Justice.
