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Articles tagged "muslims"NewsPublisher pulls novel about Muhammad’s child bride over fears of Muslim violenceby Erik Lacitis [The Seattle Times (MCT)][21.Aug.08] :. She’s a Spokane journalist who spent five years and seven drafts perfecting her novel—an “exciting tale of love, war, spiritual awakening and redemption”—that got...  NewsYoung British Muslims putting their faith in Facebookby Tom Hundley and Margaret Ramirez [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][14.Feb.08] :. LONDON—Sabia Naz from Hounslow wanted to know if it was haram—forbidden—for pious Muslim women to show their feet in public. Ali Imdad, a student from Leicester, was interested in...  News‘The Kite Runner’ defies Muslim stereotypesby Lewis Beale [Newsday (MCT)][14.Dec.07] :. Possibly the most striking thing about “The Kite Runner,” opening Friday, is that the film’s lead characters are all Muslims, but not one of them is a terrorist, convenience store... PopMatters Pick TV ReviewLifting the Veilby Cynthia Fuchs[14.Sep.07] :. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy counters George Bush's "confident" display with her own observations: "Now we've come back six years later," she narrates, "to ask if life for women in Afghanistan is any better in a liberated country."  Music FeatureBrother Ali Has Finally Laid Down The Undisputed Truthby Chris Riemenschneider [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)][30.Apr.07] :. The conscientious hip-hopper talks about racial identity and the new album that could blow up his career at last. NewsGermany’s identity debate bodes wellby Trudy Rubin [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][9.Apr.07] :. BERLIN - Early last month, a German judge provoked an outcry by citing the Koran as grounds for denying a divorce to a German Muslim woman whose husband beat her. Last week, Der Spiegel ran a scare... |
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