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Islam in America panel highlights acceptance

admin — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:07:51 +0000

By: Morgan Johnson A panel of four Brown and Providence experts on the Muslim community addressed the causes of negativity toward Islam in America, offering different opinions on how to combat increasing intolerance, in a mostly full MacMillan 115 Tuesday ni…

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Poll indicates animus toward Islam

admin — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:10:30 +0000

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (UPI) — Nearly twice as many Republican poll respondents in the United States as Democrats said Islam encourages violence, a Pew survey indicated.

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Dutch anti-Islam MP just ‘the messenger’: lawyer

admin — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:39:46 +0000

A defence lawyer rejected accusations of hate speech and xenophobia against Dutch anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders on Tuesday, urging judges not to “shoot the messenger”.

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Islam and the Midterm Elections

admin — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:20:34 +0000

The midterm election campaign debates over mosques near Ground Zero and elsewhere–as well as calls to ban sharia law by some congressional candidates–highlight a growing tension over Islam in the United States.

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Anti-Islam lawmaker asks for hate speech acquittal

admin — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:03:57 +0000

Lawyers for a Dutch politician who has harshly criticized Islam argued at his trial Tuesday that he has the right to issue warnings about the religion’s spread in Europe and should be acquitted of inciting hatred and discrimination.

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Hamburg moves toward official recognition of Islam

admin — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 21:30:30 +0000

Hamburg may soon become the first German state officially to recognize Islam as a religious community and give its Muslims the same legal rights as Christians and Jews in dealing with the local administration.

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Justice Department Files Amicus Brief In Mosque Case To Argue That Islam Is A Religion

admin — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:05:00 +0000

The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice yesterday announced the rather unusual move of filing an amicus brief ( full text ) in a case pending in a state trial court. Estes v

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42% – Views of Islam and Violence

admin — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Despite the fact that favorable views of Islam have declined since 2005 — a plurality of Americans now have a negative opinion — views of Islam and violence have not changed in the past year.

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Dutch Muslims want anti-Islam lawmaker convicted

admin — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 05:36:11 +0000

Muslim witnesses said Monday that a Dutch lawmaker’s anti-Islamic comments had led to attacks and intimidation, and they pleaded with judges to convict him and give him a symbolic fine of one eu…

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Islam is religion protected by First Amendment, U.S. attorney says

admin — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 04:32:50 +0000

Federal brief filed to prevent improper ruling in Rutherford County More