Tariq Nelson

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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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An interesting radio program by America Abroad Media about Islam and Muslims in the West. Click here to listen. Summary of the show is below

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An article from the Washington Post about the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center’s efforts to reach out to the surrounding community.

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A story on the beginning of Ramadan here in N Virginia and the fact that Muslims are reaching out more

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Hatred of the West has become the seventh pillar of Islam (with Palestine being established as the sixth)
And they wonder why people ask “if they hate it so much, then why do they come?
Criticizing things from time to time is one thing - and is fair. However, going on these weekly rants about the evil [...]

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Last year, I posted this on the topic of telling college educated/middle class individuals about Islam. A few days ago, Amir posted this similar post on Austrolabe. What goes on in Australia is eerily (and sadly) similar to what often happens here in the US in spite of them being ‘down under’.
What is the common [...]

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- Keith Ellison ends trip to Israel and talks about the nutters who would consider him to be a non-Muslim. The maniacs REALLY hate him and have called him all types of names on their crazy blogs and websites…
But what he doesn’t understand, Ellison said emphatically, were those - he called them “crazies” - who [...]

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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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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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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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Some interesting points found in this poll by Newsweek

Most Americans surveyed (52 percent) view Muslims who live here as more peaceable than those living outside the United States.
A solid majority of Americans (63 percent) believe most Muslims in this country do not condone violence
41 percent of Americans feel Muslim culture glorifies suicide. (Wonder if those [...]

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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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