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On Oct. 9 and 10, a group of loosely connected protesters plan to host anti-Muslim demonstrations in front of at least 20 mosques, community centers and government offices. While some organizers have urged participants to leave their weapons at home, others are urging protesters to exercise “ALL of your Constitutional Rights.” While this group has…
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Thousands of Muslims gathered at Toyota Park in suburban Chicagoland to celebrate the Eid al -Udha, Feast of the Sacrifice and listened as statewide leaders denounced anti-Muslim and anti-Arab racism by presidential candidates including Donald Trump and Ben Carson By Ray Hanania Bridgeview, Illinois – More than 14,000 Muslims at a suburban Chicago stadium Thursday…
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Donald Trump is being attacked for not correcting a supporter who claims President Obama is a Muslim. But very few Republican candidates or many in the mainstream American news media have demanded the same of other candidates. Trump may not be John McCain, but he is no different than most of the Republicans running for president. So why only attack…
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Radio listeners in Detroit and Washington DC discuss a wide range of issues from the opposition of Chaldean Christians from the Middle East and mosque fight in Sterling Heights, to the commemoration of the 14th Anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Listeners also sound off on the plight of Syrian Refugees and Israel’s refusal…
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Hundreds of people turned up at a Planning Commission meeting in Sterling Heights on August 13, 2015 to protest the building of a mosque in their community in a scene repeated throughout the country over the past two decades. Is the issue traffic congestion, or is it a more sophisticated form of anti-Islamic religious prejudice?…
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A proposal to build a mosque in Sterling Heights, a suburb of Detroit, has attracted a lot of anger and protests from the public including Middle East Christians who were among the most vociferous in their opposition. The protests included complaints about traffic but also addressed issues of racism and stereotypes against Muslims. Mosque issue will…
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Upstate New York Man Convicted for his Role in Attempting to Develop Lethal Radiation Device, targeting Arab and Muslim Americans in a case of increasing domestic terrorism and violence by White Americans provoked to hatred by strident racist rhetoric. American racist hate refocusing on Arabs and Muslims By Ray Hanania In the wake of warnings from…
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An internal FBI memo obtained by Public Intelligence, the independent news research group, reported last May that extremist and armed American militia groups were planning a campaign of violence targeting Muslim groups, including Muslim and Arab institutions such as mosques and schools. The FBI bulletin was released to police agencies weeks prior to a planned anti-Muslim rally in Phoenix…
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Every day, Israeli settlers openly disrespect Islam and Muslims by entering the al-Aqsa Mosque Compound and the Haram al Ash-Sharif near the Dome of the Rock to rally and protest and chant that they will one day destroy these Holy Sites and replace them with their own. And Muslims around the world do nothing about it. Would…
Although many Americans and extremists like Pamela Geller have demanded that Muslims apologize for the violence and murder of U.S. Muslims in Chattanooga, they must not be well read. Nearly every major Muslim organization in America has denounced the killings from groups in Chattanooga to Muslim and Arab organizations around the country By Ray Hanania…
Americans and Arabs expressed frustration and mixed feelings in reaction to the brutal attack against two military installations in Tennessee on Thursday by a 24-year-old Arab and Muslim naturalized citizen. Four U.S. Marines were killed and another was injured in the attack. The killer, Mohammad Youssef (Youssuf) Abdulazeez was shot and killed by military police. But…
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The FBI has identified 24 year old Mohammad (Mohammod) Youssef Abdulazeez as the shooter who drove to two military installations in civilian areas and fired an automatic weapon from a rented vehicle, killing four U.S. Marines and injuring others on Thursday (July 16, 2015). By Ray Hanania A Kuwait Muslim from Jordan, Mohammod (Mohammad) Youssef (Youssuf) Abdulazeez, 24, has…
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Don’t jump to conclusions, it is not the Muslim thing to do. Muslims never had the freedom to speak out, even though freedom of speech is one of the greatest values of Islam. Quran positively asserts on freedom – there is no compulsion, period! In the 1400 years of our history, we did not get…
President Obama hosted his annual Iftar dinner, a tradition at the White House originally started under the administration of former President Bill Clinton and organized by then First Lady Hillary Clinton. The guest list was inclusive and consisted of representatives of several American Muslim communities and also the diplomatic corp representing Islamic nations including those…
American Human Rights Council launches annual program to support prisoners in commemoration of Ramadan. Donations will help prisoners and families of prisoners. The American Human Rights Council (AHRC-USA) based in Greater Detroit will launch their “No Prisoners Left Behind” program which seeks to provide support to prisoners and their families during the month of Ramadan. Ramadan,…
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The Holy Month of Ramadan for Muslims will begin June 17, or at the first sight of the new moon and will continue for 29-30 days depending on the complete cycle of the moon. It is a time of religious observation, recommitment to faith and a time of fasting for observant Muslims around the world….
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Book Release: Former Saudi Ambassador Robert W. Jordan published a new book Desert Diplomat on Saudi Arabia after 9/11. An inside look at US-Saudi diplomacy at a crucial time in American history In the spring of 2001 George W. Bush selected Dallas attorney Robert W. Jordan as the ambassador to Saudi Arabia. After the attacks…
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By Mike Ghouse No one has a right to declare that Shiism or Sunnism is false and heretical. One of the major differences between Shia and Sunni traditions is about the role of leadership. When Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was returning from his last pilgrimage, he gathered the caravan at an oasis called Ghadir Khumm and…