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Geller’s new anti-Islam ad to debut in New York – with disclaimer

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AFDI MTA adPamela Geller is at it again.

The outspoken blogger and Executive Director of the American Freedom Defense Initiative has just purchased a slew of advertising space in several subway stations and on numerous Metro-North platforms in order to display her newest anti-Islam message.

Her latest ads, shared exclusively with The Observer, will feature a panorama of the sky the moment the World Trade Center burst into flames in 2001, accompanied by a quote from the Quran that reads “Soon shall We cast terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers.”

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Dead pig left outside Texas mosque

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Dead pig at Cypress mosque

The small, black pig lay dead on its side upon the wooden deck, a deep gash on the side of its belly.

That’s what a congregant at the Islamic Outreach Center saw Tuesday evening when he and a handful of other worshippers arrived for nightly prayers. Worshippers also found blood stains near the door of the Harris County mosque.

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GOP asked to reach out to Muslim voters, reject anti-Islam bias

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A coalition of 11 major American Muslim organizations today called on the Republican Party to reach out to Muslim voters by rejecting anti-Islam bias and discriminatory legislation.

At a noon news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., the coalition announced the publication of a full-page advertisement in the conservative Washington Timesnewspaper outlining recent examples of intolerant speech and actions by Republicans and offering recommendations to help improve GOP relations with the Muslim community.

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Pasadena church hosting Muslim conference receives hate mail

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All Saints Church in Pasadena has received dozens of e-mails denouncing its decision to host a conference by the Los Angeles-based Muslim Public Affairs Council – and some have been hateful, said the church’s Reverend Ed Bacon.

“We have begun to receive some of the most vile, mean-spirited e-mail I’ve ever read in my life, talking about All Saints participating in terrorism by being hospitable to Muslims,” Bacon said. According to Bacon, one e-mail said “Islam is satanic garbage.” Another accused the church of “consorting with the enemy.”

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South Carolina: Walmart employee fired after abusing Muslim co-worker and threatening to cut her throat

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A Rock Hill Walmart employee was fired Saturday after police say she grabbed a co-worker’s arm, threatened to cut her throat and called her an anti-Muslim, derogatory name, according to a police report.

Police spoke with the victim, 23, who said she was on her break at the Walmart on Old York Road and tried to buy some items, according to a Rock Hill police report. While in the checkout line, a co-worker stepped behind her but tried to check out first by skipping in front of the woman and moving her items.

The two employees began to argue before the co-worker called the victim a derogatory, anti-Muslim name. She grabbed the woman’s arm twice and said she was going to cut her throat, the victim told police.

The employee told her manager, who fired the employee, according to the report. No arrests were made. The victim will seek a courtesy summons against her former co-worker, according to the police report.

The Herald, 3 December 2012

Hijab handout clears US misconceptions

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Fighting misconceptions associated with Muslim headscarf, Muslim students at California State University arranged a hijab handout to their colleagues to educate them about criticism and negative image drawn by media over the past decade.

“The goal was to teach what Islam really is because there’s so much negativity going around about Muslim people who are portrayed so negatively in the media,” Amina Hasan, organizer for the Muslim Student Association (MSA), told Daily 49ER, the university’s news website, on Sunday, December 2. “We’re regular people just like anyone else.”

The event, held last Thursday on a rainy afternoon, was sponsored by students of MSA at California State University Long Beach (CSULB).

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Michigan DJ’s ‘repugnant’ anti-Muslim blog post

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A Holland radio personality’s blog post that’s being called offensive and “repugnant” has been removed from the Internet.

Friday morning, WHTC’s Red Kingman posted a series of one-liners about Muslims on his “Off the top with Red Kingman” blog. The post starts off with “This is straight forward country thinking…” and leads into what it characterizes as a Jeff Foxworthy routine on Muslims.

However, the Internet meme is not associated with the comedian known for his redneck jokes, said Foxworthy’s attorney Samuel Fox. Fox called the statements “repugnant.”

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New York: thugs savagely attacked elderly man after asking if he was Muslim

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Ali AkmalA brutal beating left a beloved grandfather in the hospital Friday night and police want to know if it was an act of hate.

The whole incident apparently started with a simple question and answer, but it ended with the victim bloody and bruised from head to toe. It happened just before 5:30 a.m. on Nov. 24 in Queens.

Ali Akmal laid in his hospital bed in critical condition with wounds and bruises covering most of his body. The 72-year-old was savagely beaten after he went out for his early morning walk on 46 Avenue in Corona last Saturday.

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Norwalk, Connecticut: city moves to settle mosque lawsuit

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The city and Al-Madany Islamic Center of Norwalk appear headed toward resolution of the latter’s lawsuit against the city.

Al-Madany Islamic Center sued the city after the commission on June 6 rejected the center’s plan to build a mosque/multi-purpose center at 127 Fillow St. That decision might now be reversed, or at least altered.

On a 6-1 vote Thursday night, Norwalk Zoning commissioners approved the following motion: “Subject to an agreement on the terms and conditions of the final settlement agreement, we consent to a resolution to allow for zoning approval for the mosque and accessory use building.”

The Hour, 29 November 2012

There has been an ongoing dispute over Al-Madany Islamic Center’s plans (see here, here and here).

Update:  See “Norwalk supports mosque after lawsuit, fed inquiry”, Associated Press, 8 December 2012

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