ISLAM IN THE PRESS: POST BY H. KOYA

Informant: NYPD paid me to ‘bait’ Muslims
The Associated Press
Rahman said he wanted to turn his life around and stop using drugs, and said he believed Islam could provide a purpose in life. In the following days, Rahman friended him on Facebook and the two exchanged phone numbers. Shahbaz, a Pakistani who 
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The Associated Press
Tunisian Salafi leader says Islamic-led government is a US puppet
Reuters
Tunis (Reuters) – The leader of radical Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia on Tuesday accused the country’s government of being a puppet of the United States and un-Islamic, urging it to release Salafists jailed after an attack on the U.S 
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Gold makes glittering souvenir of Mecca for Islam’s pilgrims
Reuters
MECCA (Reuters) – They might wear the humble white sheets required for Islam’s haj pilgrimage, but for many visitors thronging Mecca’s streets, the perfect souvenir of their trip is that most glittering of commodities: gold. For most pilgrims haj 
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Comedian Aasif Mandvi is compelling in new play about Islam and identity, past 
Washington Post
NEW YORK — It’s an oft-used device in theater: The doomed dinner party, a gathering that starts out politely, with house gifts of wine or pastries and glasses clinking over civilized chatter, and ends up in horrific, angry chaos. But when that party 
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Webber: Islam misrepresented in media
University Daily Kansan
Islam eluded me when I was a kid. I only knew that the women wore hoods on their heads and that the men hated America, which today I understand is not true. According to the general public, terrorists only came from the Middle East. That didn’t make 
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A realistic, not rosy, look at Islam
Kansas City Star
Do they think I have not studied Islam, traveled in Muslim countries or made friends among the thousands of local Muslims who do everything from fighting fires to healing the sick? I’m glad to let them and all readers know that Mustafa Akyol, a 
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Economic woes cast shadow over Eid in Egypt
The Seattle Times
Tamer Shamy’s butcher shop is all set for one of Islam’s most important holidays – colorful blinking lights have been festooned around hanging slabs of meat, Egyptian pop music is blaring and a cluster of chairs and benches have been placed out front.
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Egypt’s draft constitution leans towards conservative Islam
The Guardian (blog)
Fortunately, the demand by some Islamists that Islamic law should be the sole source of legislation did not make it into the constitution, though the current statement that it is the “primary” source leaves the door ajar both to the modern 
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The Guardian (blog)
Europe must help Mali against Islamist rebels: Germany
Yahoo! News (blog)
The good news is that now you know the truth, you are free to follow President “Roof Hit” Obama’s good example, who rejected Islam even though it is the religious cult of his father, and live a life free of the lies and false promises of Islam. Good 
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Islam or African Tradition? Marking the Myth of the ‘Double Sermon’
Liberian Daily Observer
There is growing fear among Muslims in Liberia, Guinea and Cote d’Ivoire that the observance of this year’s Eid-El-Adha (also known as “Tabaski” or “Abraham’s Day”), which falls on this Friday, October 26, could be ominous for the leaders of their 
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Blogs 2 new results for Islam
Romney Plays Up Islam’s Role In Terrorism… Obama, Not So Much 
By ZIP
“We’re going to have to put in place a very comprehensive and robust strategy to help the — the world of Islam and other parts of the world, reject this radical violent extremism,” Romney said, highlighting the link between Islam and terrorism. [.
Weasel Zippers
CONVERT TO ISLAM AMAZED HE WASN’T TOLD ABOUT SHARIA 
By KGS
In what should be a classic case of buyers remorse, Instead, a convert to islam beaten for some deviation from the sharia digs in his heels, ”I may be beaten, but I’m not out”. Gee, you would think that he would wise up a bit and smell something 

 

Web 1 new result for Islam
Afghanistan: Misunderstanders of Islam murder 19 at wedding 
A roadside bomb killed at least 19 people, mostly women and children, who were on their way to a wedding in Afghanistan’s north on Friday, local police officials 
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