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Saturday, 29 May 2010 12:04 |
 After a raucous hearing, a Manhattan community board backed a proposal on Tuesday evening to build a Muslim community center near the World Trade Center. The 29-to-1 vote, with 10 abstentions, followed a four-hour back-and-forth between those who said the community center would be a monument to tolerance and those who believed it would be an affront to victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks.
The board’s vote was advisory — it did not have the power to scrap plans for a center — but it was seen as an important barometer of community sentiment. Middle school students and rabbis were among the more than 100 people who testified at the hearing, which was held a short distance from ground zero. Some carried pictures of family members killed in the attacks; others brandished signs reading “Show respect for 9/11. No mosque!”..Read More
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Tuesday, 18 May 2010 18:09 |
 Are you a passive person? When you see something wrong, do you try to fix it or do you move on justifying to yourself that for sure someone else will address it? When you're walking down the street and you see something on the sidewalk and you know that someone might slip on it, do you pick it up, or do you look the other way as if you didn't see it? When you see someone smoking in a non-smoking area, do you kindly bring the persons attention to what he's doing wrong, or do you just cover your nose, or leave the place? When was the last time you participated in a public poll or in elections? Remember the last time you saw someone double parking and you knew that he's going to cause a traffic jam, did you go and ask him politely to park somewhere else so that the traffic flow wouldn't be disturbed? Or did you just say to yourself, "Isn't there an officer around here to see this?" and then you just walked away...Read More
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Tuesday, 27 April 2010 13:20 |
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 U.S. Secretary
of Commerce Gary Locke says it is time the United States broadened its
relationship with the world's Muslims through stronger economic
partnerships.
U.S. President Barack Obama is hosting a conference of more than 250 entrepreneurs from 50 countries, many with large Muslim populations, to encourage greater economic ties between the United States and the Muslim world.
Fulfilling a pledge he made in his Cairo speech to the Muslim world last June, President Obama invited to Washington successful business and social entrepreneurs to strengthen America's engagement with Muslim-majority countries. In a speech to the summit, Mr. Obama announced new programs designed to bring together entrepreneurs, so they can learn from one other.
"The United States is launching several new exchange programs," said President Obama. "We will bring business and social entrepreneurs from Muslim-majority countries to the United States and send their American counterparts to learn from your countries..Read More
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Sunday, 18 April 2010 22:29 |
 LONDON // A record number of Muslims – including the first women – will
become MPs when Britain goes to the polls on May 6. But the path to
parliament for many of them has been, and still is, a rocky one.
There were four Muslim members when the House of Commons was dissolved
earlier this month: all men and all belonging to the Labour Party.Come
May 7, this number should have at least doubled with several Muslim
women standing excellent chances of being elected, including the first
Conservative women with Asian backgrounds.
Yet simply getting to a position where a Muslim can stand for public
office has required extraordinary drive and determination, even when
the three major political parties have given them their backing.
Muslim women candidates have had a particularly tough time, despite the
fact that the parties have introduced all-women shortlists in some
constituencies a bid to correct the gender imbalance in the
male-dominated parliament...Read More
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Last Updated on Sunday, 18 April 2010 22:31 |
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Friday, 09 April 2010 18:01 |
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 (Source: Islamonline) Halal fast
food certainly sells. For a start, in many parts of Europe the late
night staple is the kebab. That it is halal hardly matters to
non-Muslim partygoers who stumble out of nightclubs hungry for a meaty
sandwich in the early hours. It’s a noteworthy trend that extends
beyond the humble kebab: Halal food is popular with both Muslims and non-Muslims.
But
the main market is clearly Muslims eager to eat in line with their
religious precepts. And a big market it is. There are 1.6 billion
Muslims worldwide. In Europe alone, there are 18 million Muslim
consumers with an estimated market value of $2.63 billion per annum
according to Halal Journal...Read more
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