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Pakistan deputy attorney-general to clean shoes at Amritsar Golden Temple

3/31/2012

Pakistan's deputy attorney-general is to clean the shoes of thousands of devotees at India's Golden Temple in Amritsar in 'penance' for the beheading of a Sikh in Peshawar two years ago.

Pakistani Deputy Attorney General Khurshid Khan shines shoes at Gurudwara Rakabganj in New Delhi

After spending several hours polishing the shoes of worshippers at Gurdwara Sisganj in New Delhi on Monday, where he was part of a Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association delegation, Muhammad Khurshid Khan left for Amritsar, home of the Golden Temple and the centre of the Sikh religion, to clean thousands more.

He began his service pilgrimage after Jaspal Singh, one of three Sikh men kidnapped by Taliban militants in Peshawar in 2010, was murdered. The other two men were rescued by the Pakistani Army. Since then he has visited Sikh temples or Gurdwaras in Pakistan and India to declare his opposition to terrorism through 'sevadari' – service – to other religions

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Why you shouldn’t tell American border guards you’re in Islamic Studies

3/29/2012

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The story of one McGill student’s Constitutional battle with the US government

PhD Candidate in Islamic Studies

By Andreanne Stewart
Published on March 26, 2012

On May 1, 2010, Pascal Abidor was riding an Amtrak train from Montreal to New York. His parents live in Brooklyn, and he was on his way to visit them. The school year at McGill had just ended, and he felt relieved and calm as the train rolled south towards America.

At about 11 a.m., the train arrived at the U.S. border and made a routine stop. A team of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers boarded the train and advanced through each car, questioning passengers. Pascal had made this trip countless times before, so when a customs officer approached him, he didn’t give it a second thought.

But Pascal had never met Officer Tulip.

After looking over Pascal’s U.S. passport and customs declaration, Officer Tulip asked two simple questions: Where do you live, and why?

Pascal answered that he lived in Canada. He lived in Canada because that’s where he was pursuing a PhD in Islamic Studies.

Next, she asked him where he had traveled in the previous year, and he answered Jordan and Lebanon. He showed her his French passport (he’s a dual citizen) with the “Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan” stamp, and the Lebanese stamp with the little cedar tree on top.

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Iraqi Immigrants in California Town Fear a Hate Crime in a Woman’s Killing

3/28/2012

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By IAN LOVETT and WILL CARLESS
Published: March 27, 2012

EL CAJON, Calif. — Shaima Alawadi’s family says they found the first note taped to the front door of their house on a quiet suburban street here. It said: “This is my country. Go back to yours, terrorist,” according to her 15-year-old son, Mohammed.

Ms. Alawadi’s husband, Kassim Alhimidi, says he wanted to call the police. But his wife said no, insisting the note was only a child’s prank. Like many others in the neighborhood, the couple were immigrants from Iraq. In 17 years in the United States, they had been called terrorists before, he said.

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SEWING DISCORD

3/20/2012

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American troops are in the market for patches that mock Muslim faith

By Erik German Sunday, March 18, 2012

An “infidel” patch in English and Arabic being worn below an American flag patch.

Under the American flag on a soldier’s uniform is a patch that reads “infidel” in both English and Arabic.

The patch isn’t Army-issued. It’s not regulation. But lots of troops in the war zone have sewn it on their camos.

A handful of U.S. companies are doing a brisk business selling patches and plastic bracelets that mock the Muslim faith. The “infidel” patch is a big seller, as is “pork-eating crusader,” also in English and Arabic.

Their customers are service members who might or might not be Christian, but who are all tired of back-to-back deployments and the anti-American sentiment they encounter almost every time they go into a village.

And many have become more discouraged — bitter even — in the past month, watching Afghans riot outside the gates of their bases because of the unintentional burning of copies of the Koran and Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s call for an early U.S. withdrawal because of a soldier’s alleged massacre of 16 villagers.

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Israel Loves Iran Campaign

3/19/2012

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Check out this wonderful new site built by Israelis who are in favor of peace.

It's all too often we let the media speak for us, often making difficult situations appear black and white.

The media makes it seem that ALL of Iran wants to wipe Israel off the map, that ALL Palestinians want the same. Basically that ALL Muslims want ALL Jews annihilated. This is an outrageous fallacy, one that I do not support or condone. Rather, speak against.

Speaking from the Muslim side of things, most Muslims tend to think that ALL of Israel wants to destroy us, that even Israel's citizens are war mongers and death dealers. I am ashamed to admit that I too used to let the media guide my opinions. However, it's very clear to me that there are kind, beautiful people that wish for nothing more than to raise their families in peace while making new friends.

All Israelis are not bad just like all Iranis or Palestinians are not bad. Jews and Muslims lived and died together for centuries, this is still not out of the realm of possibility.

Please support this campaign, perhaps a show of our strength in numbers can sway the powers that be to learn compassion.

We Love Israelis Too!

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Imam dies in mosque arson attack in Belgian capital

3/13/2012

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Police and forensics experts were in attendance at the scene

An imam has been killed in an arson attack at a Shia mosque in the Brussels suburb of Anderlecht.

The 46-year-old imam died of smoke inhalation trying to put out the fire.

The suspect entered the mosque armed with an axe and a knife, and spread flammable liquid before setting it alight, officials said.

He was grabbed and locked in a room by worshippers. Police said his motives were unclear but he had described himself as a Muslim born in 1978.

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This is Why Radical Christians are One of the Greatest Threats to the US Constitution

3/1/2012

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For the past several years Loonwatch writers have repeatedly made the very significant (and obvious) point that radical Christian Islamophobes seek to undermine the constitution of the USA by entangling church and state; i.e. undermining the separation of Church and State.

We have also pointed out that the fervent fear-mongering about “Islamization,” a fairytale concept, is nothing more than projection on the part of these radicals. (Propaganda about the “Islamization” of the USA is even more ridiculous when one considers history; the fact that America was forcibly “Christianized” by colonial settlers and their offspring.)

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Pakistan deputy attorney-general to clean shoes at Amritsar Golden Temple

Why you shouldn’t tell American border guards you’re in Islamic Studies

Iraqi Immigrants in California Town Fear a Hate Crime in a Woman’s Killing

SEWING DISCORD

American troops are in the market for patches that mock Muslim faith

Israel Loves Iran Campaign

Read the article below!

Imam dies in mosque arson attack in Belgian capital

This is Why Radical Christians are One of the Greatest Threats to the US Constitution

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