On Monday, Gallop released some polling data on the Muslim Community in the United States. I have been contending that there is no such thing as a “Muslim Community” but instead “Muslim Communities” - largely divided along ethnic lines. In my opinion, one can get a much better feel when one looks at it from [...]
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UPDATE 05/11/08 6:00AM EST: I received this from one of the brothers involved at the Germantown Masjid:
There are two points that NO ONE has bothered to mention:
(1) The brother at the center of the controversy (may Allah have mercy on him) was NOT a member of Germantown Masjid, nor did he frequent the masjid. As [...]
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A couple of weeks ago, an Atlanta area judge was so embarrassed by the actions of young black males that he told all non-blacks to leave so that he could talk to them candidly. He repeated the speech in front of everyone after receiving criticism. Complete chaos going on and the Muslim community is supposed [...]
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A mentally ill convert in NYC allegedly plotted to kill the Mayor. And the Muslims quickly called the police (not a small detail)
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Yes, Muslims do believe in Jesus
There was no manger, Christ is not the Messiah, and the crucifixion never happened. A forthcoming ITV documentary will portray Jesus as Muslims see him.
With the Koran as a main source and drawing on interviews with scholars and historians, the Muslim Jesus explores how Islam honours Christ as a prophet [...]
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…or so goes the mantra. The ‘Your Black Muslim Bakery’ con job/murder was somehow linked to Muslims when in reality these are a bunch of guys who say that their Lord is some guy from the 1930’s. Some media outlets even referred to these common thugs as “Islamists” in an attempt at more fear mongering. [...]
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According to a study, changing neighborhoods makes little difference for inner city children. That might be because the home environment has not changed…
Many social reformers have long said that low academic achievement among inner-city children cannot be improved significantly without moving their families to better neighborhoods, but new reports released today that draw on a [...]
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One of the things I really liked about this post was that it showed how Muslims - at least on the East Coast - have a distinct culture that is fully American at the same time and it is not contradictory.
However, in recent years the only “authentic” Islam seems to be “immigrant Islam” - especially [...]
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Check out Umm Zaid’s Muslim.America
Converts by the numbers
The whiteness of being a nerd
In a 2001 paper,
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A number of companies and organizations have donated money for scholarships for African-Americans, but much of it is being returned because of a lack of interest.
Use this information and/or pass it on to family members and friends. #40 (below) should be of particular interest to those trying to recover from living within a “movement”
1.) BELL [...]
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I encourage everyone to support this worthy project this Sunday July 29. Maryam Funches co-founded this organization
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Support Homeless Muslim Women
Attend the Al-Nissa Health Center Annual Shelter & Health Fundraising Dinner
Sunday, July 29, 2007 at 3:00PM
(Registration * Seating 2 - 3pm)
ADAMS Center
(All Dulles Area Muslim Society)
46903 Sugarland Road, Sterling, VA
SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Imam Khalid Griggs, Sis [...]
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Update: Muslims can take this survey of attitudes on the West
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While the numbers are still too large, this poll shows that more and more Muslims are sickened by the carnage on constant display by the lunatic fringe (they attacked a children’s hospital today) and are rejecting suicide terror as a means of defense along with [...]
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Newsweek has some articles and multimedia galleries on Muslims in America
Here are some of them:
What it’s like to wear hijab
Doing battle with the internet jihadees (AKA the lunatics who condone murder)
The ideals we share
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Additionally there is this article that reports a power struggle between some of the madmen with foam at the mouth
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With all that has happened recently, the Washington Post has a series of articles and views from Muslims of differing walks of life on controversial topics. This Sunday, they ran, ‘As American as you are’, ‘Why do they hate us‘, ‘Losing my jihadism‘ and ‘Bush still doesn’t get it‘
I think that many - especially in [...]
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Since my posts on the disastrous stranger marriages received so much interest (I still get emails about it) many of you will find this post to be of interest
My two African American friends are both as I said wonderful friends to me. I talk to them both atleast twice a month, (which is a lot [...]
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