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Obama vows US will destroy Islamic State — but not at the cost of our values
By Gregory Korte — December 6, 2015
He had harsh language for Islamic State "thugs and killers, vowing to fight "by being strong and smart, resilient and relentless." But he also stressed American values, concluding. "Freedom is more powerful than fear."
Most Americans don’t fear Muslims in US, new poll finds
By Reuters — December 6, 2015
The poll, conducted after the California shooting, shows 51 percent of Americans -- including 60 percent of Democrats but only 30 percent of Republicans -- view Muslims in the U.S. the same as any other community,
Couple whom FBI, Obama call terrorists were once a ‘happy bride’ and her ‘sweet’ husband
By Reuters — December 5, 2015
All their mosque acquaintances knew of Tashfeen Malik and Syed Riswan Farook is that they were quietly devout. The FBI says they orchestrated "an act of terrorism."
‘Own it!’ Terrorism is an Islamic issue, say some Muslims
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 4, 2015
(RNS) The U.S has no clear ideological campaign to fight ISIS or Islamists and President Obama is ducking reality by refusing to label Islamic terrorism, said a panel of progressive Muslims.
San Bernardino killer couple’s motive still unknown, officials say
By Reuters — December 3, 2015
Muslim leaders fear the husband and wife, both with Muslim-sounding names, who killed 14 people will inspire Islamophobia.
Saudi court rules a Palestinian poet must die for apostasy, rights group claims
By Reuters — November 20, 2015
Human Rights Watch says the poet, Ashraf Fayadh, was condemned for his writings and allegedly abandoning Islam.
‘I’ll warm myself on fire of revenge’: Hatred hangs in ruins of Iraq’s Sinjar
By Reuters — November 19, 2015
Islamic State militants overran Sinjar last year, purging its Yazidi population -- with the collaboration of Sunni residents who once lived in peace with their Yazidi neighbors.
Muslims also killed in Islamic State attack on ‘Crusader France’
By Reuters — November 19, 2015
Judging from published lists of the 129 dead, about 6 percent have been identified by family and friends as Muslim by religion or by ethnic ties to majority-Muslim countries.
The ‘Splainer: What makes the cow sacred to Hindus?
By Kimberly Winston — November 5, 2015
(RNS) Four Muslims living in India have been killed by Hindu mobs after they were suspected of either eating beef or slaughtering a cow. What is behind the religious beliefs underpinning these killings? Let us ‘Splain ...
Ben Carson wouldn’t vote for Muslim president because he takes religion seriously (COMMENTARY)
By Trevin Wax — October 19, 2015
(RNS) People have a right to take a candidate’s religious views into account before they cast a vote -- whether they are evangelical, Catholic, Muslim, Hindu, or not religious at all.
Muslims prepare for weekend of anti-Islam protests
By Lauren Markoe — October 8, 2015
(RNS) Muslim leaders are reviewing safety procedures with congregants and, in some cases, organizing counterevents in preparation for a weekend of protests planned by groups known for their anti-Muslim views.
US Muslim activists sue Myanmar president over treatment of Rohingyas
By Reuters — October 3, 2015
Weeks before elections in Myanmar, the complaint, filed Oct. 1 in Manhattan federal court, accuses Thein Sein and top officials of "hate crimes and discrimination amounting to genocide."
75 percent of Republicans ‘less likely’ to vote for Muslim
By Reuters — October 2, 2015
In a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted Sept. 23-30, 75 percent of Republican voters said they would be less likely to vote for a candidate who is Muslim.
Hungarian church thanks God, government for fending off migrants
By Reuters — October 2, 2015
Prime Minister Viktor Orban has sealed Hungary's borders with Serbia to stem the influx and pledged not to let mainly Muslim migrants threaten Hungary's Christian traditions.
Ben Carson’s Muslim comments ignore his own denomination’s history (COMMENTARY)
By Aaron Griffith — September 23, 2015
(RNS) One wonders whether Carson’s rhetoric about Muslims would at all be tempered if he recalled the example of beleaguered Seventh-day Adventists staring down forced Sabbath-keeping.
