The Boston Globe profiles the Boston Muslim leader who was replaced by Nasser Weddady of the American Islamic Congress at an interfaith service attended by Barack Obama and subsequently accused of being an extremist – by a man who hails Pamela Geller as a “heroine”.
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Muslims of America sues Christian Action Network for libel
A Muslim group is accusing a Christian organization of defamation for publishing a book that accuses the Muslim collective of holding terrorist training in its enclaves.
The Christian Action Network refuses to back down, challenging Muslims of America Inc. to prove the allegations wrong in an upstate New York court.
The Muslim group has a community in Hancock, near Binghamton, N.Y., and others around the U.S. It calls the network’s accusations deliberate and damaging lies.
Return of the anti-Muslim bigots
As the GOP coalition gets frayed, Islamophobia is one of the few things that can unify the party, argues David Sirota.
Edmond, Oklahoma: mosque expansion plan backed by planning committee
EDMOND, Oklahoma — A local pastor stirred up controversy during a hearing about a proposed mosque in Edmond. Pastor Paul Blair spoke out against the mosque, making some serious allegations against the group trying to get it built. The fellowship hall will go up in a residential neighborhood in Edmond. The plan is to expand, demolishing a house and occupy an empty lot.
A proposal to build a Islamic Fellowship Hall in Edmond moves forward, but not without controversy as Pastor Paul Blair with Fairview Baptist Church fires off serious allegations about the group trying to expand their mosque. “The Islamic Society of North America, which is one of the applicants and North American Islamic Trust, which is also an owner of the property were both listed and proven by the United States Federal District Court in the Holy Land Foundation trials to be proven affiliates of the Muslim Brotherhood and in particular with Hamas,” said Blair.
Melanie Phillips on Islam, multiculturalism and immigration
ENGAGE responds to an excerpt from Melanie Phillips’ book Guardian Angel: My Story, My Britain published (under the headline “My immigrant family were proud to assimilate. I despair that too many today expect Britain to adopt THEIR culture”) in the Daily Mail.
Islamophobia on the rise in France
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According to the Observatory of Islamophobia in France, the total number of registered cases has gone up by 28 percent in just one year.
The figures also show that the Internet has become the new battlefield. According to the Observatory, a rising number of hate mails are being circulated through internet, which describe Muslims as terrorists, extremists and a danger to other cultures.
The American Islamic Congress and its pro-Israel funders
Max Blumenthal exposes the financiers behind the so-called American Islamic Congress.
California Republican women’s club warns against Obama’s plan to introduce Sharia law
The Rossmoor–Los Alamitos branch of the California Federation of Republican Women Southern Division (RLA RWF) is concerned about the spread of Sharia law in the USA.
“The United States has always been a welcoming nation to those who legally enter and pledge allegiance to our flag and laws,” the RLA RWF states in a recent announcement. “Yet, today there are many concerns about the Obama Administration introducing aspects of Sharia law into our legal system.”
Florida: anti-sharia bill dies in Senate
A bill that would have banned Islamic, or Sharia Law, along with other foreign laws from being applied in state courts died in the legislature Friday.
Senate President Don Gaetz on Friday declared the bill (HB 351) “resolved” after its sponsor decided not to ask for the unanimous vote required to move the bill forward. It had failed a previous procedural vote on Thursday. The House approved the legislation on a 79-39 vote last month.
French reactionary hypocrisy – the hijab, gay marriage and secularism
The different reactions to the ban on burqas and to the legalisation of same-sex marriage lay bare the hypocrisy of the French right, argues Aurelien Mondon.