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| Donald Trump equated the Nation of Islam with extremist terrorist groups in an interview on Fox News on Monday morning, calling both, "bad people," and repeating his call for increased "law and order" in response to recent police slayings. |
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| With the Republican National Convention being held this week in Cleveland, a prominent Muslim advocacy group has announced it will challenge the GOP and party officials during the convention. |
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| The tragic events of the last few days are forcing America to confront its legacy of racism and inequality.People are angry. But for every instance of police brutality against minority communities, there are instances of police officers and civilians working together to fix these troubling societal issues. |
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| Muhammad Ali, the eloquent, colorful, controversial and brilliant three-time heavyweight boxing champion who was known as much for his social conscience and staunch opposition to the Vietnam War as for his dazzling boxing skills, died Friday. |
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| In response to political rhetoric vilifying select religious groups, a House delegation, including Rep. Keith Ellison introduced the Freedom of Religion Act today to prohibit travel bans based on religion. |
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| When Fox News reported that President Obama’s daughter, Malia, had elected to attend Harvard University after taking a year off from school it seemed an innocuous enough story. However, their audience proved nothing is off-limits when attacking a black president, his wife, and his children. |
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| It has often been said that history is written by the winners, but what about those who shape history in the making? That is what the American Muslim communities nationwide are going to find out. |
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| The U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations is condemning Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz and his staff for refusing to meet them during Monday's National Muslim Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill. |
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| Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, has received a death threat from an online magazine published by the Islamic State terrorist organization.. |
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| Muslims across the nation are offering condolences on the passing of Muslim Academic Dr. Akbar Muhammad, the youngest son of Elijah Muhammad and brother to the late Imam WD Muhammad. |
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| Muslims all across the country are paying the price for the horrific crimes of a few extremists halfway across the world. They are being demonized, harassed, and even physically assaulted for following a certain religion and to make matters worse, some political leaders are actually condoning it. |
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| Muslim American groups and leaders are expressing solidarity with the people of Belgium after another series of terrorist attacks killed and injured hundreds innocent people. "Our sincerest thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims of all" - Salam Al-Marayati, MPAC |
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| On Monday the Council on American-Islamic Relations held news conference asking state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate an allegedly bias-motivated attack on a Muslim and a Hispanic man by an assailant reportedly shouting “Trump, Trump, Trump. |
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| Muslim delegates from across the nation will gather on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on April 18 during National Muslim Advocacy Day. The event will connect national, regional and state Muslim organizations, community members with their elected representatives in Congress. |
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| Long time Atlanta Muslim leader, Imam Plemon El-Amin, has become the newest Board Member of the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC). During a recent interview he discussed the current state of African American-Immigrant relations in the Muslim American community. |
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| Muslim-American groups welcomed remarks by President Obama last week, at the Islamic Society of Baltimore in which he rejected “inexcusable political rhetoric” targeting Muslims. |
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| The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), released the results of a six-state survey indicating that 73 percent of registered Muslim voters say they will go to the polls in upcoming primary elections and that 67 percent will vote for Democratic Party candidates. |
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| During the month of February, Muslim News Magazine will pay tribute to Black History Month with programming that celebrates the legacy of African Americans. Viewers will be able to see a wide range of documentaries and television specials from MNM's huge digital library. |
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| Muslim News Magazine’s production of “Bilal, From Makka to Timbuktu,” is the heartwarming story of Bilal ibn Rabah, an African, who lived at the time of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). The film depicts events that led up to his conversion and follow him until after the death of the Prophet. |
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| Fifty-five people who were government ministers, state governors, public officials, bankers and businessmen stole 1.34 trillion naira ($6.8 billion) from Nigeria's public purse over a seven-year period, the information minister said on Monday. |
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| Ariens Manufacturing changed its prayer-on-the-job policy Thursday, drawing pushback from dozens of Muslim employees who say they’re now out of a job. Before this week, Somali Muslims employed by Ariens were allowed to leave the production line twice a shift to pray. |
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| In his final State of the Union address, President Obama reflected on his legacy and described a vision for the future of America. Speaking with the confidence of a man who has accomplished many of his goals, he reflected on the state of discourse in our nation. |
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| BAIT-CAL Films officially annouced today the release date of it's highly anticipated new documentary, “From Africa to the White House”. The film, takes an inspiring look at black history and the iconic figures who influenced it most. |
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| Located just a few miles south of downtown Los Angeles, The Bilal community has been an intricate part of L.A. history for more than half a century. The Bilal Islamic Center is currently initiating construction of a new Masjid center building, which will encompass a city block when completed. |
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| Muslim Americans across the nation are reacting to President Barack Obama's announcement on a history-making deal with Iran to ensure it does not develop nuclear weapons. |
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| The Republican Party is recognizing the need to reform itself and is becoming more inclusive and open-minded on social issues such as immigration, the confederate flag and welfare programs. |
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| This week President Obama hosted his annual Iftar dinner celebrating Ramadan at the White House. He invited a group of young Muslim American leaders to dine at his table and discuss the future of Muslims in America. |
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| Terrorism is defined by wikipedia as violent acts intended to create fear, perpetrated for an economic, religious, political, or ideological goal. So why doesn't the media call the Charleston shooting an act of terrorism? |
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| As the new crescent moon brings in the holy month of Ramadan, Michelle and I send our warmest greetings to all those observing the month of fasting in the United States and around the world... |
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| President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he will seek the support of America, Europe and Nigeria's neighbours in tackling the unemployment and security problems confronting the country. |
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| If any Christian “Constitutional Conservative” were to actually sit down and read the United States Constitution, there is something missing that may be of interest to them — any mention of God, Jesus, or Christianity. |
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| The city of Baltimore, recently in the media spotlight due to racially motivated police violence, will host the annual ICNA-MAS convention this Memorial Day weekend for the second year in a row. |
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| Lindsay Lohan was spotted on Wednesday carrying a Quran as she left court-ordered community service at a children's center in Brooklyn. After spending time in Dubai earlier this year she has become interested in the Islamic way of life. |
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| It's been four years since a group of US Navy Seals assassinated Osama bin Laden at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The successful mission was a high point during President Obama's first term, and a major factor in his re-election. However many questions still remain about the details of his killing. |
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| Some 280 delegates from more than 20 states met this week with elected officials and congressional staffers during the "historic" first-ever National Muslim Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. |
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| In the world 15 years from now, the U.S. will be far less dominant, several emerging markets will catapult into prominence, and some of the largest European economies will be slipping behind. |
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| In a historic breakthrough for Nigerian democracy, incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan conceded defeat Tuesday in a hard-fought presidential election, to his victorious rival, Muhammadu Buhari. |
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| America's largest Muslim organization has called on the Republican Party's likely 2016 Presidential front-runner Jeb Bush, to drop one of his key PAC advisors. |
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| An American man from Georgia who planted a bomb was willing to see innocents die so that people would blame Muslims. And he called himself a 'patriot.' |
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New Animation Movie About Bilal the Ethiopian: Islam’s First Muezzin |
| The upcoming animated feature film Bilal is based on the true story of the highly trusted Ethiopian companion of the Prophet Muhammad. Bilal, also known as Bilal ibn Rabah, was a freed slave, who rose to power during the early years of Islam. |
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| The city of Los Angeles' oldest Muslim community, Masjid Bilal Islamic Center, and their leader Imam Abdul Karim Hasan, will be honored this year by the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California during their annual conference. |
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| A prominent national Muslim organzation and social media bloggers are strongly condemning the brutal slaying of 3 Muslim college students in North Carolina. The incident sparked widespread outrage on social media network Twitter. |
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| The world lost a pioneer, visionary and a leading voice for Muslims in America. Dr. Maher Hathout (1936-2015) was a leader for Islam and for humanity, a voice for the voiceless, a patriot, a poet, a physician, a friend and a family man. He made an indelible impression on everyone he met. |
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Muslim Group Launches Controversial Billboard Campaign to Promote Dialogue |
| The Atlanta chapter of a prominent national Muslim group has re-launched a controversial billboard campaign that drew anger from conservatives last year. The group says the campaign is designed to encourage dialogue and mutual understanding. |
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| The United Arab Emirates has included two prominent U.S.-based Islamic groups on a list of more than 80 terrorist movements worldwide. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), as well as the Muslim American Society, are on a list that also included al-Qaeda and Islamic State. |
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| On Friday, the the Washington National Cathedral was filled with the sounds of Muslim prayers. It marked the first time Muslim Americans have held a traditional Jummah prayer inside this sacred religious space. |
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| Despite more than 70 percent of Muslim Americans voting Democratic, the Republican Party still managed to take control of Congress. An exit poll taken among Muslim voters on Election day revealed some very interesting new trends among American Muslims. |
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| With the incessant violence in the Middle East caused by violent extremism, Muslims are asking each other what can they do to combat groups like ISIS. 'Crisi of Isis' program offers some answers. |
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| In the history of America, few men have had a greater impact on the religious landscape, than Imam W. Deen Mohammed. Today, Imam Mohammed would have been 81-years old. Here's a look back at his life and legacy. |
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| The Council on American-Islamic Relations today released the results of a survey indicating that 69 percent of registered Muslim voters will go to the polls on November 4 and that more than half will vote for Democratic Party candidates. |
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| The threat of an Ebola pandemic has taken a firm grip on the western news media. However some residents of Ghana, West Africa are raising serious concerns over whether the Ebola threat is real. |
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| BAIT-CAL and Muslim News Magazine TV (MNM), today offered sincere condolences on the death of internationally-known and respected Kenyan academic Professor, Dr. Ali Mazrui. He was 81-years old. |
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"I Am Ali," in theaters and on demand Oct. 10, showcases the lesser-known side of the boxing legend Muhammad Ali. May May Ali, the eldest of Ali's children says this one stands apart for how personal it is. |
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Every year on Columbus Day, the calls for a holiday honoring the indigenous peoples who originally settled America grow louder. And now, another city has listened. |
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The Supreme Court heard oral arguments tuesday in Holt v. Hobbs, which will decide on whether an Arkansas prison policy barring a Muslim inmate from growing a beard violates his freedom of religious expression. |
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Eric Holder, the nation’s first African American attorney general has resigned from the post following a turbulent five-and-a-half year tenure focusing on civil rights, national security and quelling racial tensions. |
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Marilyn Monroe is the most talked about celebrity death in history. Meet the Muslim American who investigated her case in 1962 and signed her death certificate. |
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| Muslim groups were condeming remarks made by Rep. John Bennett (R-OK). The GOP Representative told constituents that Islam's goal is "the destruction of Western civilization from within," that the faith is 90 percent "violence" and that Islam "is a cancer in our nation that needs to be cut out." |
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On Friday, the USC Center for Islamic Thought and Culture presented the 'American Muslims in Public Service' conference. Congressman Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) headlined the event. Ellison is the first Muslim ever to be elected to Congress. |
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In just two weeks, "The Legacy of Timbuktu: Wonders of the Written Word" exhibit will finally arrive in Los Angeles. It will be on display over the weekend of September 12-14 at Masjid Omar Ibn Al-Khattab, located across the street from the University of Southern California. |
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Distraught family members of American Douglas McAuthur McCain, killed in Syria after allegedly joining forces with a militant group, spoke to news outlets and turned to social media Tuesday to express shock and sadness and in some cases, to defend their relative. |
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The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), a coalition of several leading national and local Muslim organizations issued its strongest statement yet, condemning the murder of American journalist James Foley by the hands of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. |
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This week, the police shooting of Michael Brown, an African American teenager, in Ferguson, MO has once again sparked a critical national conversation around race, prejudice and fairness in the American criminal justice system. |
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The Muslim Public Affairs Council blasted comments by President Barack Obama’s National Security Advisor Susan Rice, who delivered remarks to the National Jewish Leaders Assembly in Washington, D.C., last week. MPAC called her speech 'a series of blindly one-sided comments'. |
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On July 29th the City of Los Angeles held it’s inaugural celebration of Muslim Heritage Month. The event, which was held at L.A. City Hall, honored leading members of the local Islamic community for their exceptional contributions to the city. |
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Excitement is brewing for the highly anticipated arrival of "The Legacy of Timbuktu: Wonders of the Written Word" traveling museum exhibit, which comes to Los Angeles this September. Banquet tickets officially go on sale Friday, July 25 |
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Over 560 Palestinians have lost their lives due to Israeli military aggression in Gaza in just three weeks, more than half of them in the past five days. Yesterday, President Barack Obama expressed “serious concerns” over civilian deaths in Gaza, dispatched Secretary of State John Kerry to Cairo. |
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OK, so by this afternoon, the exchange rate of death in three days was 88-0 in favour of Israel. But now for the Gaza story you won’t be hearing from anyone else in the next few hours. |
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America's largest Muslim activist group has officially requested Secretary of State John Kerry to intervene on behalf of a Muslim Amercan citizen beaten unconsciously by Israeli police officers last week. |
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This year, for many Muslims living either in the territories that are located around the equator or north of the equator, Ramadan has fallen in the summer, thus allowing them to experience hunger and thirst like so many others that have so little to feed and drink on a daily basis. |
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In 2011, Chicago based entrepreneur Tausif Malik established a community based “Muslim Spelling Bee” with the sole idea of increasing Muslim Student participation at major spelling bee competitions. This social enterprise has now emerged as the largest community based spelling bee competition. |
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The Clara Muhammad School National Alumni Association will host their annual reunion on Saturday, August 9 in Oakland, California. The theme for this years gala event will be “Women and Mothers: Honoring their commitment to Family and Community". |
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British woman Katherine Tee is saying she spotted what she believes is the missing Malaysian Air flight MH370 while she was sailing. She saw in early March, but is only now coming forward because she did not believe her eyes at the time. |
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said it has asked the Fox subsidiary FX Networks for a meeting to discuss community concerns about potential Islamophobic stereotyping in the upcoming series "Tyrant" due to air June 24. |
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Several groups plan to file a formal complaint on Tuesday seeking an audit of the New York Police Department’s intelligence gathering operations, after recent revelations that the department had been monitoring political activists and filing reports on their plans. |
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BAIT-CAL Worldwide has officially announced the dates for the highly anticipated arrival of "The Legacy of Timbuktu: Wonders of the Written Word" traveling exhibition in Los Angeles.The exhibit is being presented by Muslim News Magazine TV at the Omar Ibn Al-Khattab Masjid. |
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BAIT-CAL Worldwide has taken a major step towards changing the way America looks at it's Muslim community. Late last year, when the company launched their new Internet channel MNM-TV, its hope was to offer a different look at Muslims. |
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The abduction of almost 300 girls from schools in northern Nigeria in recent weeks has received worldwide attention, including a pledge from the U.S. government to help investigate. The group behind these kidnappings calls itself Boko Haram. But questions still remain about their true origins. |
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Muslim organizations across the America are welcoming the decision of the New York Police Department to disband a secretive unit that engaged in mass surveillance of Muslim communities. |
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On this first anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing, Muslim Americans accross the nation have joined together in remembering its victims. Many of America's most prominent Islamic organizations have publicly expressed their condolences and prayers. |
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Muslim News Magazine and other prominent American Islamic organizations are urging mosques and Muslim institutions nationwide to consider applying for funds available through the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP). |
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Long time California Imam and prison chaplain, Yusuf Islam, passed away on March 28. He was 77-years old. Islam, who is recognized as the first Imam in Bakersfield, was an iconic figure in that city. His extraordinary efforts helped numerous incarcerated Muslims successfully make their transition from prison to societal life. |
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An African emperor who ruled Mali in the 14th century discovered America nearly 200 years before Christopher Columbus, according to African griots. Mansa Abubakari II, the 'Voyager King' once ruled what was the richest and largest empire on earth - covering nearly all of West Africa. |
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