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US: Review beginning in NYPD Muslim spying case Months after receiving complaints about the New York Police Department's surveillance of entire American Muslim neighborhoods, the Justice Department is just beginning a review to decide whether to investigate civil rights violations.
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US Mosques Jump in Decade: Study A Muslim study found Wednesday, February 29, that the number of mosques in the United States has jumped over the past decade and that American Muslims are engaged in the society, the USA Today reported.
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Shari`ah Investment for Canada Muslims Celebrating a growing market of Shari`ah-compliant funds, Canadian Muslims are resorting to products that comply with Islamic principles for their retirement income and investments.
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Study on American Mosques to Be Released On Wednesday, 29 February, a coalition of major American Muslim and academic organizations will hold a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., to release the results of a comprehensive study of mosques and the attitudes of mosque leaders in the United States.
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Muslim students struggle to practice faith in U.S. schools, seek accommodation for religion Ten-year-old Eman trembled as she raised her hand. She had a pit in her stomach, the same pit she got every day after lunch when she had to ask her teacher if she could be excused to say her afternoon prayers.
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Islamic art extends bridges in Utah Extending bridges between different cultures, Islamic art from around the world has been exhibited in Brigham Young University’s Museum of Art, offering visitors a walk through the centuries-old art and culture of Islam.
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Anti-capitalism protests still on in US Anti-capitalism protesters in the United States, the 99-percenters, have once again taken to the streets in the port city of Oakland to protest against police crackdown on the protests.
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North American organizations boycott Israeli company New York, NY, February 21 2012 - More than 20 organizations representing human rights activists and artists around the United States and Canada are calling on the Batsheva Dance Company to cut all ties to the Brand Israel campaign and take a stand against the Israeli government's violations of Palestinian rights.
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New York Police Department spied on New Jersey Muslims The New York City police have spied on Muslim communities in nearby US sate of New Jersey’s biggest city, in an operation so secretive even the Newark mayor did not know about.
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American jazz singer cancels Holon concert, joining artistic boycott of Israel Grammy-winning jazz singer Cassandra Wilson has called off her scheduled concert in Holon tonight, after receiving requests from pro-Palestinian activists asking that she join an artistic boycott of Israel.
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Home-schooling US Muslims for Islam Values Trying to shield their siblings against teachings that run contrary to their Islamic beliefs, US Muslim families are turning to “home-schooling” to instill their religious and family values in their children.
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US: Muslim Students Conference at Yale University Muslim students from across the Ivy League gathered at Yale University this weekend to network and share spiritual and cultural experiences.
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Harward University to Host Anti-Israeli conference In a landmark event in the history of the American nation, on March 3-4, Harvard will host a two-day conference on the inevitability of dismantling of the state of Israel and establishment of a state with the participation of all Palestinian nationals, at home and abroad from any religions whatsoever.
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CAIR Asks FBI to Probe Anti-Muslim Facebook Death Threat The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on the FBI to investigate a death threat posted on its Facebook page by a person claiming to be in the U.S. military.
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Report reveals how New York police monitored Muslim students all over northeast U.S. The New York Police Department monitored Muslim college students far more broadly than previously known, at schools far beyond the city limits, including the elite Ivy League colleges of Yale and the University of Pennsylvania, The Associated Press has learned.
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Chomsky:Israel a major threat to the global security Renowned American academician Noam Chomsky has criticized the US allegations against Iran's peaceful nuclear program, and described "Israel" as the major threat to the global security.
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Debate about Islamic group's visits to Hillsborough schools flares up again If members of the Hillsborough County School Board thought they had put controversy over a Muslim speaker behind them, they were wrong.
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"US to push Syria into civil war" The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) says it is against any military intervention in Syria, noting that a foreign military intervention would only harm the Syrian people.
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Colorado student quits high school choir over Islamic song praising 'Allah' A Colorado high school student quit the school choir after an Islamic song containing the lyric "there is no other truth except Allah" made it into the repertoire.
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Son of American Oscar-winning director: "Islam, religion of justice, equality" Sean Stone, son of American Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, said on Wednesday that Islam is the religion of justice and equality.
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Police Investigating Vandalism of Dearborn Mosque Dearborn police are investigating several incidents of possible anti-Muslim vandalism in the city, according to a press release sent out Tuesday by the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
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Business Groups Shut Down Anti-Muslim Bill In Virginia Last month, a bill intended to combat the nearly non-existent problem of courts citing Sharia law was cruising to passage in the Virginia House of Delegates. For the moment, however, the bill appears to be dead after numerous business groups stepped forward to oppose it:
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After 10 Years in Guantanamo, Aamer to His Captors: Please Torture Me in the Old Way On the day he marks 10 years locked inside the world's most notorious prison without having been charged with an offence, the last UK resident in Guantanamo Bay pleads with his US captors: "Please torture me in the old way ... Here they destroy people mentally and physically without leaving marks."
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Obama Fears Israel’s Dangerous Game with Iran Under the title, "Obama's Dangerous Game with Iran," the "Newsweek" magazine raised US disastrous consequences of the possibility of attacking Tehran.
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