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Reuters: Sour note for American Muslims in election campaign

These are uneasy times for America’s Muslims, caught in a backwash from a presidential election campaign where the false notion that Barack Obama is Muslim has been seized on by some who link Islam with terrorism.

Digital Journal: Muslim-American community getting involved in U.S. presidential race

During the course of the 2008 US Presidential race, we have not heard much about the voice of Muslim-Americans in the news media. T

Chicago Sun Times: Stoking fear of The Other

Ten thousand years ago, there was you and your family and the group of people you slept with in a pile for warmth at night.

Luttwak Does Not Speak for a Billion Muslims

Dalia Mogahed and John Esposito recently asked one of the most pertinent questions of our time: Who speaks for a billion Muslims?

I won’t tell you the answer because I recommend that you read their book. But I will give this away: the answer is not Edward Luttwak.

Ahmed Rehab of CAIR Refutes False Claims about Islam and Senator Obama

Lars Larson Show: Ahmed Rehab of CAIR refutes false claims about Islam and Senator Obama

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Washington Post: Anti-Muslim sentiment surfaces in attacks on Obama

CHICAGO (Reuters) – The controversy caused by a photograph of Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama dressed in turban-topped African garb points to deeper anti-Muslim sentiment in U.S. society, some observers believe.

Metro New York: Obama’s tribal garb photo stirs up outrage

A furor erupted yesterday as a photo of Barack Obama in a white turban spread across the Web, drawing accusations of fearmongering and racism from the Obama campaign and Muslim groups.

Chicago Tribune: Smear Campaign Speaks Volumes About Society

Missed point on faith

OK, we get the point. Barack Obama is not a Muslim. He has made that clear, time and again.

Note to Obama: So What?

Leonard Pitts’ editorial “Even if Obama were a Muslim, so what?” (Jan. 29) addresses an issue that the Muslim community faces on a daily basis: the presupposition that there is something wrong with being a follower of Islam.

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