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Balto. Co. police investigate rock thrown through mosque window
Baltimore County police are investigating a "possible bias incident" after a rock was thrown through a window of a Muslim community center in the southwest neighborhood of Riverview. Police spokeswoman Detective Cathy Batton said a rear window was...Tags: FBI, Islam, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Dick Wolf , Police Investigations
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Protesters target Ocean City event over speaker's anti-Muslim remarks
Protesters are pressuring Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan to shun a prayer breakfast that features a former high-ranking Army officer who has made anti-Muslim remarks. Leaders of People for the American Way, a left-leaning advocacy group based in...Tags: Civil Rights, The Pentagon, Religious Conflicts, Public Officials, George Bush
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Columbia Association to hold woman-only swim times
When Shehlla Khan's husband became ill, it fell on her to take their three children to the pool. But for Khan, who is Muslim, the task was difficult.
The Columbia resident said she was concerned about people watching her swim in the conservative, cover-...Tags: Swimming, Lobbying, Islam, George Washington
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Videotapes show detainees being punched, stripped
Associated PressSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Videotapes of riot squads subduing troublesome terror suspects at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, show the guards punching some detainees, tying one to a gurney for questioning and forcing a dozen to strip from the...Tags: Islam, Defense, Armed Forces, Wars and Interventions, Prisoners and Detainees
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Bush apologizes for abuse
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - President Bush apologized yesterday for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at the hands of U.S. soldiers and said he had scolded Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld for his handling of the scandal. But the president rejected calls to oust...Tags: Armed Forces, Republican Party, Mark Dayton, Illinois, Defense
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General takes on arduous job: he's stepping up to run Iraq
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - Months after the end of the 1991 gulf war, U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Jay Garner, the commander in charge of protecting and resettling Iraq's Kurdish refugees, stood at attention as the U.S. flag that flew over his headquarters in Zakhu was lowered...Tags: Armed Forces, Israel, Religious Conflicts, CNN (tv network), Saddam Hussein
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'Face of terror not true faith of Islam,' Bush declares
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - Trying to stave off an anti-Arab backlash, President Bush visited the Islamic Center here yesterday, saying Muslims should be treated with respect because "the face of terror is not the true faith of Islam." After an hourlong meeting with...Tags: Armed Forces, Senegal, Religious Conflicts, Air and Space Accidents, George Bush
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Kansas governor signs bill effectively banning Islamic law
ReutersBy Kevin Murphy KANSAS CITY, Kan., May 25 (Reuters) - Republican Kansas Governor Sam Brownback signed a bill aimed at keeping state courts and agencies from using Islamic or other non-U.S. laws when making decisions, his office said on Friday, drawing...Tags: Regional Authority, Lawyers, Islam, Laws, Judges
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Military college course advocated total war on Islam
A military college course taught in Norfolk suggested all-out war against Islam that could include threatening Saudi Arabia with starvation and the nuclear annihilation of the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina. The course, suspended last month at...Tags: Fort Eustis, Armed Forces, The Pentagon, Wars and Interventions, Religious Conflicts
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Shadia: Islam's influence on the Founding Fathers
Even though I wasn't born or raised here, there's a reason I feel at home in America. America's principles align with Islam's teachings. In fact, America's principles are not just based on Judeo-Christian values, but Judeo-Christian-Islamic values. After...Tags: Thomas Paine, Civil Rights, Judaism, Sculpture, Family
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Catholic church: Open Michigan prayer caucus to all
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Roman Catholic church says a newly formed prayer caucus in the Michigan Legislature that specifically endorses Judeo-Christian tradition should be open to officials of “any faith.” The caucus that was being...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Michigan Legislature
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Jewish leaders slam FAU response
Florida Jewish JournalJewish leaders voiced their dissatisfaction late last week with Florida Atlantic University’s response to the campus group Students For Justice in Palestine posting fake eviction notices on the dorm room doors of more than 200 students late last...Tags: Israel, Students, Yale University, Judaism, Colleges and Universities
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