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Letters: I am not against Islam, but Islamic extremism

11 hours 27 min ago
Other people on Pankaj Mishra's list of influential anti-Islamic witch-hunters (Comment, 1 September) can speak for themselves, but please let me state clearly what I have several times stated ...
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The Turkish Germans to whom these racist comments mean little | Deniz Yücel

Wed, 01/09/2010 - 1:00pm
Thilo Sarrazin's chitchat has nothing to do with their lives. And that's why they feel neither disgusted or insultedWho is central bank executive Thilo Sarrazin talking about when he accuses ...
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My lost Bangladeshi identity | Momtaz Begum-Hossain

Wed, 01/09/2010 - 10:00am
Losing my parents showed me culture is not something we teach ourselves. This Ramadan, I feel less Bangladeshi than everIt's now a year since I was orphaned. Not only did I lose my dad on 1 ...
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When will those brave critics of Islam decry this mob hate? | Pankaj Mishra

Wed, 01/09/2010 - 7:00am
As anti-Muslim hysteria in the US reaches a peak, its intellectual accomplices should start to reconsider their actionsIn the New York Times last week, writing about the eruption of hatred for ...
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Sickening and shameful | Michael Tomasky

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 4:24pm
There's no other way to put it. What's happening in Murfreesboro, Tennessee is sickening and shameful. TPM:The Islamic Center of Murfreesboro reportedly received threats in the week before the ...
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Ten die and 27 injured in clashes in Mogadishu

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 7:48pm
Islamist group linked to al-Qaida mounts a mortar attack on the presidential palace in Somali capitalFour Ugandan peacekeepers were killed and eight wounded in Mogadishu today when Islamist rebels ...
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Pakistan floods: British Muslims should give money to UK causes, says charity

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 3:18pm
Mercy Mission UK says Zakat religious contributions should help poor within BritainAn Islamic charity says British Muslims should fulfil their religious obligation to help the poor by giving money ...
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Serving in Iraq killed my faith in God | Adnan Sarwar

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 9:30am
The destruction I saw made me question everything I had previously thought about religionLuke Allsopp was a friend of mine. The last time we spoke for any length was in February 2003. Around three ...
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English Defence League rally in Bradford leads to 13 arrests

Sun, 29/08/2010 - 3:25pm
Police praise calmness of local people during weekend's far-right protest over 'militant Islam'Thirteen people were arrested after far-right activists threw missiles and smoke bombs during last ...
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Saudi solidarity and the 'Ground Zero mosque' | Ali al-Ahmed

Sun, 29/08/2010 - 2:00pm
Saudi Arabia could show its vaunted friendship with President Obama now by granting the religious freedoms US citizens enjoyAt a recent Iftar dinner in the White House two weeks ago, President ...
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Feisal Rauf: Ground Zero's lightning rod | Paul Harris

Sat, 28/08/2010 - 11:06pm
US State Department favourite he might be, but his plans to open a cultural centre for Muslims close to the site of the Twin Towers have seen him reviledFor the first time in a long while, Feisal ...
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The birth of halal holidays

Fri, 27/08/2010 - 11:05pm
More and more British Muslim women are packing their bikinis, thanks to the growth in holiday companies with Islamic valuesMy taxi driver was not impressed with my choice of hotel. "Do you like a ...
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School 'gassing' shows Afghanistan's theological chaos | Nushin Arbabzadah

Fri, 27/08/2010 - 1:30pm
The alleged Taliban attack on Totia high school reflects how the conflict is now about interpretations of Islam vying for powerThis week's Guardian article about an alleged poisoning incident at a ...
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Taxi driver: fear and loathing in New York | Jillian C York

Fri, 27/08/2010 - 1:00pm
Why is Michael Bloomberg the only senior politician to have condemned the unprovoked knife attack on a Muslim taxi driver?After all of the anti-Muslim rhetoric surrounding the debate about Park51, ...
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Ramadan observed around the world

Fri, 27/08/2010 - 12:29pm
Muslims are marking the third Friday in the holy month of Ramadan
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Islamophobia: the new antisemitism | Mya Guarnieri

Thu, 26/08/2010 - 2:30pm
When I was growing up in Gainesville, Florida, the Klan was still a force. Now a pastor wants to burn the Qur'an, what's changed?The New York Times is reporting that a pastor in my hometown of ...
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France's ban on the Islamic veil has little to do with female emancipation

Thu, 26/08/2010 - 1:51pm
A focus on women's rights is being used to justify intervention in religious and public life that would otherwise be unacceptableIf there were any doubt about the motivation for the ban on Islamic ...
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Eating less meat is more Islamic | Joseph Mayton

Thu, 26/08/2010 - 9:00am
The Qu'ran reminds us animals and birds are 'communities like you'. So why do so many Muslims break their fast with meat?For most of the billion-plus Muslims who sit down each evening to break ...
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The New York stabbing | Michael Tomasky

Wed, 25/08/2010 - 6:48pm
Anyone surprised that a Muslim cab driver was stabbed in New York? If you are surprised, you've been sleepwalking the last two weeks.The man, Ahmed Sharif, will survive. But from reports it seems ...
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The mosque, Saudi Arabia and American values | Michael Tomasky

Tue, 24/08/2010 - 8:19pm
Have you noted the return to the public sphere of tea party movement honcho Mark Williams, the man who a few weeks ago wrote that twisted "letter to Abe Lincoln from the NAACP"? Well, his ...
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