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Wall Street Journal: Religious-bias filings up
Mass firings at meatpacking plants in Colorado and Nebraska last month highlight growing conflicts over how to accommodate religion in the workplace.
CNN - AC 360: Identity insults and democracy
“I don’t trust Obama… he’s an Arab!” This was the charge leveled by a supporter at a recent McCain rally.
UA News: American-Islamic Council Head to Speak on Campus
The executive director of the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy group will be at The University of Arizona Thursday for a discussion about the discrimination that Muslim-Americans face.
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.
Fort Worth Star Telegram: Muslim women's law firm breaks down stereotypes
In what may be the nation’s only law firm composed solely of Muslim women, the attorneys represent the ethnic and religious diversity within the Islamic faith:
ABC 7: Police investigate possible hate crimes (VIDEO)
West suburban police are investigating two possible hate crimes. A mosque was vandalized and in Elmhurst, a student was attacked at Elmhurst College.
WGN-AM Radio: Villa Park Mosque Vandalized (AUDIO)
"We are very surprised that this is happening to us, we are so involved in the local community and bear no animosity towards anyone," Khan said in a press release.
Religion News Service: Ramadan sees birth of emerging Muslim labor movement
Hundreds of Muslim workers at two meat processing plants in Colorado and Nebraska walked off the job earlier this month, protesting their employer's refusal to grant time to pray and break a 12-hour fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
Dayton Daily News: DVD on Islamic radicalism focus of meeting
Members of several Dayton religious organizations will meet at 3 p.m. today, Sept. 28, to view and discuss a DVD about Islamic radicalism that was mailed to some area homes and circulated with newspapers here and around the country.
Morris Daily Herald: Letter was misguided & shouldn't have run
Larry Nickels letter, “MDH Should Research Islam” (Morris Daily Herald, Sept. 17) is an example of how ignorance incites hate. But while Nickels opinion is one that is sadly misguided,
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia: Breakthrough allows guide dog into mosque
A BLIND student can now take his guide dog with him to his local mosque under a breakthrough Muslim religious ruling.
New Hampsire Public Radio: Controversial radical Islam DVD distributed in New Hampshire (AUDIO)
A controversial DVD is showing up in some residents’ mailboxes across the state.
Daily Illini: UI adds dining options for Ramadan observers
The University dining halls may not seem as full as before. Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting and purification, began Sept. 1 and will continue until Oct. 1.
The Courier-Post: Right-wing group 'obsessed' with distorting Islam
You have to wonder about a film that could muster no better an endorsement to adorn its cover than that of CNN's resident right-wing extremist Glenn Beck.
Associated Press: British Muslim body OKs taking guide dog to mosque
A British Muslim body has ruled that a blind student can take a guide dog with him to his local mosque, a judgment Muslim and blind advocacy groups are hailing as a breakthrough.
Charlotte Observer: Taxi drivers mark Ramadan with Iftar-on-the-go meals
Throughout Ramadan, Muslims break a 12-hour fast with an Iftar meal, which in many Muslim countries is a time to see extended family or to celebrate with close friends. But for taxi drivers who work shifts late into the night, the meal is more functional, a short break from the day's work when there isn't time to meet up with one's family. Call it Iftar-on-the-go, but definitely don't call it fast food.
Christian Post: Mass Distribution of 'Obsession' Raises Flags
The distribution of 28 million copies of the controversial documentary “Obsession” this month has raised flags among Muslim groups and those concerned over the main areas of distribution – swing states in this year’s presidential elections.
Omaha World Herald: Meat Plants Seem a Breeding Ground for Culture Clashes
Central Nebraska has become the latest stage for an unfolding American drama. Tensions over Muslim workers' request for prayer time erupted into worker walkouts, protests, counterprotests, a brief plant shutdown and employee firings at a meatpacking plant in Grand Island.
Tampa Tribune: Focus Of Film In Papers On Islam: Fear
The makers of a controversial documentary about Islam are spending millions of dollars to distribute their film on DVD as a paid advertisement in newspapers across the country, including today's Tampa Tribune.
Islam Online: "Obsession" Irks US Muslims
US Muslims are infuriated by a controversial anti-Islam documentary being widely circulated across the country, including with many leading newspapers, to scare Americans from Islam and Muslims."The film goes beyond an honest critique of terrorism and radicalism," Ahmed Rehab, strategic communications director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), told the Tampa Tribune on Sunday, September 21.
