Tag Archives: Muslims

From sea to spying sea: FBI used ‘outreach’ program to collect and store data on Muslims

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Alex Kane

The FBI’s ‘mosque outreach’ has enabled the agency to collect data on Muslims’ religious beliefs, store that data and share it with other law enforcement agencies.

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Newark mayor and Yale president slam NYPD spying program

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Alex Kane

Bloomberg continues to stand by NYPD’s ‘guide to Muslims’ and ‘mosque crawlers’ as Newark’s Corey Booker and Yale’s president denounce the program

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Michael Bloomberg and New York’s Muslims: a lesson in how Israel courses through Jewish-Muslim relations

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Alex Kane

Ever since Lawrence Swaim of the California-based Interfaith Freedom Foundation articulated his valuable insight to me that the question of Israel courses through Jewish-Muslim relations, I’ve been coming across stories that fit into that theme. In general, strong support for … Continue reading →

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Harvard distances itself from Peretz, but event is still on

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Adam Horowitz

Benjamin Sarlin follows up on the ongoing Marty Peretz controversy for the Daily Beast. He reports: Robert Paul Wolff, a professor at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst who is being honored at the same event as Peretz, joined in the criticism. … Continue reading →

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Peretz issues 50 percent apology for latest anti-Muslim racism

Posted on September 13, 2010 by James North

Editor-in-chief Martin Peretz, who has become the crazy uncle in The New Republic’s attic, says he is sorry for half of his most recent anti-Muslim tirade.  He has been under great pressure, from Nicholas Kristof in The New York Times … Continue reading →

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On 9/11 anniversary, Park 51 Islamic center sparks rallies, for and against

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Alex Kane and Ellen Davidson

    Thousands rallied in Manhattan’s City Hall Park, near the site of Ground Zero, on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks to denounce anti-Muslim bigotry, while blocks away an equal number demonstrated against the proposed Cordoba House Islamic … Continue reading →

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Anti-Defamation League condemns the very ‘anti-Muslim sentiment’ it contributes to

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Alex Kane

A month after the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the “nation’s premier civil rights” agency (in their words), came out against building an Islamic community center blocks away from Ground Zero because “building [it] in the shadow of the World Trade Center … Continue reading →

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Keep chewing that qat, Friedman — but spare us the visions

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Paul Woodward

Tom Friedman, refreshed and inspired by his recent jaunt to Yemen, writes: I believe the only way the forces of 1979 can be rolled back would be with another equally big bang — a new popular movement that is truly … Continue reading →

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A journalist notions a U.S. attack on Israel

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Jeffrey Blankfort

Louise Diamond writes that in evaluating what happened to make a Muslim major apparently take up arms against his fellow soldiers, readers should consider how they’d respond if the US decided to attack Israel, and Jewish American soldiers refused to … Continue reading →

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