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The Good, the Bad and the Sometimes Ugly


Comic sentenced to jail for Islam insult - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald

Comic sentenced to jail for Islam insult
Sydney Morning Herald
Photo: AP The Arab world's most famous actor, Adel Imam, has been sentenced to three months in jail for ''defaming Islam'' on stage and screen. A Cairo court sentenced Imam, a UN goodwill ambassador described as the Arab world's Charlie Chaplin, ...
Egyptian film star sentenced for insulting IslamReuters
Egyptian comedian sentenced to jail for offending Islammsnbc.com
Prominent Egyptian Actor Sentenced For Insulting IslamRTT News
Chicago Sun-Times -The Guardian
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Islam critic backs out of West Point cadet event - Fox News
Daily Caller

Islam critic backs out of West Point cadet event
Fox News
WEST POINT, NY ? A retired US lieutenant general who made comments denigrating Islam withdrew Monday from speaking at a West Point prayer breakfast after a veterans' advocacy group asked the Army chief of staff to rescind the invitation.
At West Point's prayer breakfast, no room for hateWashington Post (blog)
West Point asked to rescind Islam critic's inviteCBS News
General Withdraws From West Point TalkNew York Times
Daily Caller
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Letter: Facts about Islam should be aired - Newsday
Letter: Facts about Islam should be aired
Newsday
Letters Newsday > Opinion > Letters Letter: Facts about Islam should be aired Published: February 3, 2012 5:53 PM Recent news stories and an editorial ["NYPD wronged Muslims with film," Editorial, Jan. 27] about the showing of "The Third Jihad" to ...

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Violence, not Islam, on trial here - London Free Press
CBC.ca

Violence, not Islam, on trial here
London Free Press
Those poor women are still dead, social services failed to connect the dots and this case will now be held by some as the perfect example of why Islam is barbaric and why multiculturalism doesn't work. So why even bother to enter the exhaustive (and ...
Murders not about Islam but a very old practice that still haunts usSouthwest Virginia Today
The Honorable Voices of Four Women Killed in KingstonThe Dominion
How the West should treat 'honor' killingsReuters Blogs (blog)

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Overcoming Islamophobia in American Elections - Huffington Post (blog)
Overcoming Islamophobia in American Elections
Huffington Post (blog)
In the current race for the presidential nomination, some presidential candidates are invoking Islam and Muslims in a negative fashion in an attempt to bolster their popularity with populations they perceive to be suspicious of Muslims or Islam.
Study: U.S. Muslims don't want Shariah, eitherHouston Chronicle
Clergy Forum: Fears of Shariah are misplacedWhittier Daily News
A Muslim in pain (2)Vanguard

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Kyrgyz Islam: Embracing the future or breeding radicals? - RT
Kyrgyz Islam: Embracing the future or breeding radicals?
RT
The Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan has its own unique brand of Islam. Now, it has opened its doors to more fundamentalist strains of the religion. But will it help defuse social tensions, or lead to radicalization and the erosion of freedoms?




Islam, honour, murder - Toronto Sun
Globe and Mail

Islam, honour, murder
Toronto Sun
I then watched a Kingston Islamic cleric explain how this mass murder was not about Islam, and how ?people of other faiths commit such crimes.? Do they? Well, there have been some isolated cases within the Sikh community, but the only religion that ...
Shafia's treatment of women 'very non-Islamic,' imam saysGlobe and Mail
Canadian imam Syed Soharwardy to issue fatwa against 'honour' killingsNational Post

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Islam and western misunderstanding - DAWN.com
Islam and western misunderstanding
DAWN.com
KAREN Armstrong, the renowned British scholar of comparative religion, who has also written several books about Islam and Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), has done another commendable job through her article, 'Museum show: a journey to the heart ...
What Really Motivates The Islamists?Huffington Post

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Political Islam In Egypt And The Medina Model - OpEd - Eurasia Review
Fox News

Political Islam In Egypt And The Medina Model - OpEd
Eurasia Review
By Hasnet Lais Almost a year on, the developments following the Arab Spring brings the attention of the western political elite to Islam's political ambitions in a very precarious part of the world. Francis Fukuyama's 'End of History' thesis postulated ...
The Next Fight in Egypt and Tunisia Will Be Among IslamistsAllAfrica.com
The rise of Egypt's fundamentalist SalafisMacleans.ca
People's Assembly Elections in Egypt Yield Victory for Muslim Brotherhood ...Middle East Media Research Institute
Sydney Morning Herald (blog)
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Religious leader hails success of Islamic Revolution - Islamic Republic News ...
Islamic Republic News Agency

Religious leader hails success of Islamic Revolution
Islamic Republic News Agency
Expressing his views, the religious leader said that Imam Khomeini with his great struggle had forced the Iranian nation to start Islamic Revolution. He congratulated the people of Iran and their government for upholding the torch of Imam Khomeini.

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