Muslim Guard Gets $465K In Calif. Harassment Suit

Muslim Guard Gets $465K In Calif. Harassment Suit

By uzzie on from www.foxnews.com

A jury awarded $465,000 to a Muslim security guard who says his co-workers and supervisors called him a terrorist and an al-Qaida member.

Jurors added $400,000 in punitive damages Monday to their earlier award of $65,000 to Abas Idris for lost wages and emotional distress, the San Francisco Chronicle reported (http://bit.ly/wh5c8Y ) Wednesday.

In Shift, Police Say Leader Helped With Anti-Islam Film and Now Regrets It

In Shift, Police Say Leader Helped With Anti-Islam Film and Now Regrets It

By uzzie on from www.nytimes.com

The New York City police commissioner, Raymond W. Kelly, through a top aide, acknowledged for the first time on Tuesday that he personally cooperated with the filmmakers of “The Third Jihad” — a decision the commissioner now describes as a mistake.
Muhammad Ali at 70: Bill Clinton hails Ali's worldwide impact

Muhammad Ali at 70: Bill Clinton hails Ali's worldwide impact

By uzzie on from news.bbc.co.uk

Muhammad Ali's talent, charisma and strong principles were responsible for raising boxing's popularity across the world, according to former US president Bill Clinton.

Clinton also credited Ali, who turned 70 on Tuesday, with helping pave the way for Barack Obama to become the country's first black president.

"He made millions of people believe. He was something unique," said Clinton.

Three-time world heavyweight champion Ali won 56 bouts over a 21-year career.
Muslims say Ron Paul is their kind of Republican

Muslims say Ron Paul is their kind of Republican

By uzzie on from www.chron.com

Growing up in rural parts of the American West, Nadja Adolf's libertarian streak developed early on.

"When you come from a countryside that can kill you," said Adolf, a Muslim convert in her late 50s, "there is a strong emphasis on individual rights, a strong emphasis on self-reliance and an emphasis on helping each other out."

That attitude is part of the reason Adolf is drawn to Ron Paul, the maverick Republican congressman from Texas who is fighting to stay alive in Republican presiden
At 27, new imam represents a homegrown American Islam

At 27, new imam represents a homegrown American Islam

By uzzie on from www.washingtonpost.com

At just 27 years old, Asif Umar is the new imam of Daar-ul-Islam mosque, the largest mosque in the metro area. The son of Indian immigrants is devoted to the city’s sports teams, marking the end of Ramadan with a St. Louis Blues hockey game.

He also represents the ascendance of a distinctly American brand of Islam, a new generation of Muslim Americans who were born in the United States and who spent their teenage years in the often uncomfortable glare of the post-9/11 spotlight.
Ohio Muslim inmates who had wanted food prepared to Islamic custom settle lawsuit with prison

Ohio Muslim inmates who had wanted food prepared to Islamic custom settle lawsuit with prison

By uzzie on from www.washingtonpost.com

A Muslim death row inmate has settled a lawsuit that accused the Ohio prison system of denying him meals prepared according to Islamic law while providing kosher meals to Jewish prisoners.

Ohio had previously decided to remove all pork products from prison menus in response to the lawsuit, though inmates weren’t seeking a ban on pork.

Details of the settlement announced Wednesday weren’t released. The inmate’s lawyer would not comment. JoEllen Smith, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department
More UK Muslims landing in prisons

More UK Muslims landing in prisons

By uzzie on from www.thenews.com.pk

A growing number of young British Muslims, most of them of Pakistani origin, are turning away from religion and instead ending up in prisons in UK, an expert has said.

Writing About The Midwestern Muslim Experience

By uzzie on from www.npr.org

Playwright Ayad Akhtar's debut novel, American Dervish, tells the story of Hayat Shah, a Pakistani-American boy in Milwaukee coming to terms with his religion and identity.

Ahktar says he drew from the sensibilities of Jewish writers and filmmakers like Saul Bellow, Philip Roth and Woody Allen when thinking about how to give form to his experiences growing up as a young Muslim in the Midwest.
5 Important Lessons From Harry Potter

5 Important Lessons From Harry Potter

By uzzie on from muslimmatters.org

With that in mind, I wanted to create a list of things we (people who have read or watched the series) can take from Harry Potter that might actually benefit us. InshaAllah, we’ll see that the boy with the scar can teach us something after all.
Sausage and Cancer: Maybe Jews, Hindus and Muslims Are Right

Sausage and Cancer: Maybe Jews, Hindus and Muslims Are Right

By uzzie on from www.ibtimes.com

A recent study indicated that people who eat a single serving of red meat per day developed an increased risk of pancreatic cancer.

As reported in the British Journal of Cancer, Swedish researchers discovered that people who consume four ounces of processed meat daily (including such delicacies as sausage and four slices of bacon) had a 19 percent increased chance of contracting pancreatic cancer.

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