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title : Islamic Holy Book Stolen From Interfaith NC Airport Chapel, Critical Note Left
summary : Two copies of the Quran were stolen from the interfaith chapel at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina. In their place was left a religiously disparaging handwritten note.
date : Apr 04, 2017 11:29 AM EDT
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title : Muslim Immigrant Joins California Lieutenant Governor Race
summary : "Let's get tough on hate," proclaims a physician who came to the U.S. from Pakistan and who just entered the 2018 race for California lieutenant governor.
date : Mar 30, 2017 12:37 PM EDT
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title : Muslim Converts Revitalize Europe’s Fading Christian Churches
summary : Due to Muslim conversions, faith leaders indicate Christianity now is making a comeback in Europe.
date : Mar 27, 2017 09:35 AM EDT
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title : Pastor's Home Vandalized After He Opposed NJ Mosque Construction
summary : New Jersey pastor Joseph Basile said his home was vandalized multiple times due to his lack of support of a proposed, new Islamic community center; construction of the center was denied by local zoning board members last week.
date : Mar 15, 2017 01:35 PM EDT
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title : Christians in Muslim Countries Fear 'Alienation,' Retaliations Due To Trump Ban
summary : No one is more afraid of the consequences of President Donald Trump's executive order banning travelers from seven Muslim-majority states than Christians within those designated countries, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
date : Feb 06, 2017 04:38 PM EST
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title : 'Refugees Are Already Vigorously Vetted' Says Former Homeland Security Immigration Officer
summary : "The only explanation for this [immigration/travel ban] order is that refugees are being used by the president to appeal to his base at the expense of U.S. security," stated Natasha Hall, a former immigration officer with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in an opinion piece published Tuesday in The Washington Post. "Such a move is not only despicable and devastating to the people who desperately crave the safety of our country -- it erodes the American legal system by turning it into a political tool."
date : Feb 02, 2017 08:04 PM EST
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title : Immigration Travel Ban: Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft Oppose Trump's Executive Order
summary : Silicon Valley leaders immediately expressed concern and denounced an executive order signed on Friday by U.S. President Donald Trump that temporarily banned immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States, even if they already were approved to do so. However this ban was temporarily overturned on Saturday after American Civil Liberties Union officials won an emergency stay in federal court, meaning those affected with valid visas cannot be deported and sent back to their home countries.
date : Jan 29, 2017 11:15 AM EST
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title : Jesus Speaks to Islamist Militants Hunting Down Christians: ‘Why Do You Persecute Me?’
summary : A group of militants planning to kill Christians holding a baptism service said Jesus stopped them by showing himself in a dust storm and speaking to them with a mighty voice.
date : Dec 23, 2016 12:37 PM EST
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title : Christian Governor of Jakarta Denies Insulting Islam in Indonesia, Faces Prison: Trial Update
summary : Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, the Christian governor of Jakarta in Indonesia, denied insulting Islam in the first day of a trial in which he is blamed of blasphemy. As a non-Muslim governor of the capital of Indonesia, Purnama was accused of misusing a Qur'anic verse to gain votes during his pre-election campaign -- a verse that suggests Muslims should not be ruled by non-Muslims. His case is being perceived as a test of religious liberty in Indonesia, which is about 87 percent Islamic and home to 12.7 percent of the world's Muslims.
date : Dec 13, 2016 03:12 PM EST
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title : ‘Islam or Die’ Spray Painted on Texas Church Walls
summary : Two churches in San Antonio, Texas were vandalized with words that reports say could be a response to comments made by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during Sunday’s debate.
date : Oct 12, 2016 04:55 PM EDT
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title : Religious Discrimination Now Can Be Reported, Measured in US Schools Via DOE
summary : U.S. Department of Education (DOE) leaders implemented new measures that will require schools to report the number and frequency of religion-based harassment of students. For the first time, every public school across the country will report to the department's Civil Rights Data Collection on the number of incidents of religious-based bullying or harassment in their schools in the 2015-2016 school year. This new data is intended to provide stakeholders, policymakers and educators critical details about religious discrimination problems, as well as a way to measure future progress.
date : Sep 26, 2016 03:09 PM EDT
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title : New York Bomber 'Found Religion' on Trips to Afghanistan 2 Years Ago
summary : The man arrested Monday for setting explosives in New York and New Jersey that injured 29 people, Ahmad Rahami, was an 'Americanized' asylum seeker who moved to the United States with his family in 1995 when he was 7 years old. Called A "class clown," he was considered nice and friendly by schoolmates and worked at his family's chicken restaurant in Elizabeth, N.J. However, acquaintances said Rahami changed drastically after he returned from a trip to his home country of Afghanistan, two years ago, apparently then focused on his Muslim religion.
date : Sep 20, 2016 07:17 PM EDT
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title : Muslims Jailed for Religious Extremism, Anti-Terror Laws Were Pardoned in Ethiopia
summary : Ethiopia's chief prosecutor announced 1,000 convicts were pardoned Saturday, including 135 Muslims jailed under anti-terror laws for opposing what they called government interference in their religion. The president signed the pardon for Muslim group members after they expressed regret, Prosecutor-General Getachew Ambaye was quoted as saying by the state-run Ethiopian News Agency.
date : Sep 12, 2016 10:46 AM EDT
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title : Muslim Group Protests New York Town's 9/11 New Memorial
summary : Members of a New York Muslim group called the Islamic Organization of the Southern Tier took offense to a new Owego, New York, memorial created to honor Americans who died in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. IOST representatives fired off a letter to Owego city leaders, communicating they believe words engraved in the granite memorial would encourage hatred toward Muslims.
date : Sep 07, 2016 02:23 PM EDT
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title : Drones from Swedish Church to Drop Thousands of Bibles in Iraq to Convert ISIS
summary : An evangelical church from Sweden is planning to drop thousands of electronic Bibles to areas controlled by the Islamic State in Iraq. With the goal of spreading the word of God, the church will be using drones to distribute Bibles in hopes of converting the locals to Christianity.
date : Aug 12, 2016 10:25 AM EDT
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title : Pakistan 'Honor Killing:' Brother of Model Qandeel Baloch 'Proud of Murdering Her'
summary : The brother of Pakistani model and social media star, Qandeel Baloch, said he's proud to have killed his 26-year-old sister, because "girls are born to stay home" and he was embarrassed by her social media posts. Baloch's brother, Waseem Azeem, 25, filmed a confession video, in which he expressed no remorse. Waseem said killing his sister brought honor to his family and earned him a place "in heaven."
date : Jul 24, 2016 01:20 PM EDT
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title : California Classrooms Now to Include LGBT History Lessons, Same-Sex Parents' Models
summary : New lessons for elementary, middle and high school students that recognize the contributions of minorities including "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans," were approved by the California Board of Education members Thursday. The updates are part of a broader overhaul of California's history and social science curriculum.
date : Jul 16, 2016 10:45 AM EDT
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title : Richard Dawkins: Atheist 'Ready to Convert to Religion If Evidence Backs It Up'
summary : Atheist author and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins recently mentioned in an interview with readers on social networking site Reddit he could be ready to convert to a religion if shown evidence for why he should believe in such an option. However, Dawkins stated no one has been able to do that so far.
date : May 30, 2016 10:41 PM EDT
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title : Muslim-Turned-Christian Author: 'Islam is Not Religion of Peace' But 'Christians Should Love Muslims'
summary : Radical Islam issues are addressed from a unique perspective in a new book authored by Nabeel Qureshi, entitled "Answering Jihad: A Better Way Forward." The former Muslim who converted to Christianity encourages Christians to love Muslims despite acts of terrorism.
date : Apr 01, 2016 11:25 AM EDT
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title : Ted Cruz Still Wants To Patrol Muslim Neighborhoods as 'Successful Terrorism Prevention'
summary : Republican presidential candidate and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz stood by his proposal to patrol U.S. "Muslim neighborhoods" during CNN's Republican Town Hall in Wisconsin Tuesday night, repeating his assertion that this strategy worked in New York City.
date : Mar 30, 2016 07:59 PM EDT
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title : Muslim Shopkeeper Sharing Easter ‘My Beloved Christians' Post Murdered by Fellow Muslim
summary : Hundreds of people paid their respects to a Scottish Muslim shopkeeper in a vigil Friday evening after he was brutally murdered Thursday night in an attack outside of his shop that police stated occurred after the shop owner posted a message on Facebook professing love for Christians and for Jesus and wishing them a happy Easter.
date : Mar 28, 2016 09:32 AM EDT
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title : Pastor and Religion Adviser Advocates For Mangochi Muslims After Africa Building Raids
summary : Mangochi police officers Tuesday raided the same government premises that Muslim Jamaat community representatives had seized from the government a few weeks ago, report media sources. Malawi is among the smallest countries in Africa, with Christianity as the chosen religion practiced by the majority of residents. Mangochi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland.
date : Mar 16, 2016 03:54 PM EDT
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title : Israel's Secular Jews Prefer Children Marry Christians Than Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Shows New Pew Survey
summary : Jews and Arabs in Israel's religiously divided society are splintered to major degrees on morals, politics and day-to-day life issues, indicates a major new Pew Research Center survey released Tuesday (March 8). They especially differ about religion's role in public life.
date : Mar 08, 2016 10:15 AM EST
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title : Religious People Feel Happier but More Anxious Than Nonbelievers, Suggests British New Research
summary : Religious people are happier, but more anxious, according to new figures released by United Kingdom-based Office for National Statistics in its annual "well-being" research program that measures the emotional contentment of British people. The survey asks citizens to rate their lives on a scale of 0 to 10.
date : Feb 04, 2016 07:56 PM EST
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title : Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Self-Made American Muslim, Asks Voters To Truly Examine Reasons for Choices
summary : Born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr., basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar changed his name upon converting to Islam, putting him at an interesting intersection of the issues majorly affecting the United States. As a self-made black American Muslim, among multiple racial clashes and divisive rants of certain presidential candidates, he's had plenty to say lately.
date : Feb 02, 2016 05:51 PM EST
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