Sarah Palin takes Fox News commentator job

NewsYahoo ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Sarah Palin, former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate, will return to her broadcast roots and take her conservative message to Fox News as a regular commentator, the cable channel announced Monday. “I am thrilled to be joining the great talent and management team at Fox News,” Palin said [...]

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Fort Hood shootings – I hope it’s not a Muslim.

CNN A CNN special investigation looks into the causes and effects of the Fort Hood shootings, Saturday at 8 p.m. ET on CNN TV. Thirteen flag-draped coffins left Fort Hood on Friday as authorities searched for a motive in the massacre that left more than 50 casualties at the largest U.S. military base. Thursday’s mass [...]

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Microsoft Windows 7 goes on sale

Telegraph.co.uk By Claudine Beaumont, Technology Editor Published: 5:54PM BST 21 Oct 2009 Windows 7, Microsoft’s first new computing operating system for two years, goes on sale today. Microsoft has chosen a relatively low-key launch for the software, which is designed to make it easier to share files and folders across multiple home computers, and browse [...]

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iPhone helps US Muslims eat halal on-the-go

Finding a halal restaurant just became significantly easier for American Muslims, thanks to a new smart phone application launched this month that makes dietary religious observance a piece of cake. Ask dietary-cautious Muslims in the west what their major challenge is when it comes to eating religiously-permitted foods and they’ll say finding a halal place [...]

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One Nation Film Contest

www.linktv.org/onenation Contest Overview Does your physician wear a head scarf because of religious beliefs? How does an American teenager who practices Islam juggle hectic teen life with religious respect? Are you an American Muslim who has a close friend who is not, or are you a non-Muslim with friends who practice Islam? What can you [...]

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Tancredo Proposes Anti-Sharia Measure in Wake of U.K. Certification of Islamic Courts

WASHINGTON, DC – Amid disturbing revelations that the verdicts of Islamic Sharia courts are now legally binding in civil cases in the United Kingdom, U.S. Representative Tom Tancredo (R-Littleton) moved quickly today to introduce legislation designed to protect the United States from a similar fate. According to recent news reports, a new network of Sharia [...]

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Muslims and secularists are using the Facebook to debate the role of Islam in their societies

We the Muslim Youth can change This World – Facebook group CAIRO — Devout Muslims and secularists are using the world’s second largest social networking website Facebook to debate the role of Islam in their societies, reported the Los Angeles Times on Friday, September 19. “Secularism is refused by all means,” Mohamed Amer, an Egyptian, [...]

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German citizens protest against anti-Islam congress in Cologne

COLOGNE, Germany (AFP) — German police said tens of thousands of Cologne residents took to the streets Saturday in protest at an “anti-Islamisation” conference of European far-right leaders. Carrying banners saying: “We are Cologne — Get rid of the Nazis!,” protesters gathered outside the city’s cathedral to demonstrate against the congress organised by the local [...]

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Muslims turn to bus ads in Seattle to create awareness about Islam

By Janet I. Tu Seattle Times religion reporter The ads are simple and stark. Running on the sides of several Metro buses, they merely say: “Q: Islam. A: You deserve to know,” with a phone number and Web site. For Bilal Aijazi, a Bellevue software developer, the ads are meant to stir conversation and steer [...]

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Sharia courts operating in Britain

By Richard Edwards, Crime Correspondent Last Updated: 10:55AM BST 16 Sep 2008 Five sharia courts have been set up in London, Birmingham, Bradford and Manchester and Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The government has quietly sanctioned that their rulings are enforceable with the full power of the judicial system, through the county courts or High Court. Previously, the [...]

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