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How To Keep Malala from Being Appropriated: 5 points on Malala, Obama, and Jon Stewart
By Omid Safi — October 12, 2013
It is vital for Muslim reformers to have and maintain a holistic sense of justice in which one speaks simultaneously against both abuses of Muslim extremists and Western colonial powers. As for Malala, it means simultaneously to speak against the misogynist policies of the Taliban AND the violence inflicted on the people of Pakistan and Afghanistan by American drones.

In Kenya attack, weakened al-Shabab seeks a foothold in Kenya
By Jim Michaels — September 23, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) The attack on a shopping mall in Kenya came shortly before a deadly attack against a church in Pakistan, but analysts warn against concluding that radical Islam is gaining strength.

N.C. clergy seek release of Senate report on torture
By Amanda Greene — September 20, 2013
WILMINGTON, N.C. (RNS) "Our national security would be improved by restoring the world’s respect for U.S. integrity on human rights and adherence to the rule of law," nearly 200 clergy said in seeking a Senate report on post-9/11 torture.

COMMENTARY: Pay no attention to the man behind the burning Qurans
By Jeffrey Weiss — September 9, 2013
(RNS) A Florida pastor plans to burn a pile of Qurans on the 9/11 anniversary, and interfaith activist Mike Ghouse hopes no one pays him an ounce of attention. “It is not what (the pastor) will do, it is what we do as Americans and American Muslims.”

Muslims condemn savage attack on British soldier
By Trevor Grundy — May 23, 2013
LONDON (RNS) "They have done a cowardly, barbaric act," said Imam Ajmal Masroor of the Islamic Society of Britain. "They have insulted God and Islam. They are low vile scum.

Boston mosque says bombing suspect had outbursts but wasn’t violent
By Oren Dorell — April 23, 2013
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (RNS) Leaders at a Cambridge mosque say Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev "disagreed with the moderate American-Islamic theology" of the mosque, but they never had "any hint" the brothers might be violent.

U.S. Muslims mobilize to prevent Boston backlash
By David Gibson — April 16, 2013
(RNS) No sooner had the reality of the Boston marathon bombing sunk in than Muslim activists began sending out news releases and tweets condemning whoever was responsible. It's a familiar sprint for these groups as some were blaming Muslims for the bombings.

COMMENTARY: How to respond to a marathon massacre
By Tom Ehrich — April 16, 2013
(RNS) People filled with hatred and guided by nihilism will always find a way to strike. Our best defense is what I saw in Boston: first-responders rushing toward danger, soldiers in uniform pitching in, strangers joining hands to rush victims to hospitals.

Murder of a Cleric: Order, Chaos, and Justice in a Violent World
By Omid Safi — March 24, 2013
Even our best and most luminous religious scholars and clerics can show horrendous political judgments. If there ever was an age, in this age we cannot expect perfection in politics and perfection in sanctity in one and the same soul.

Family Research Council shooter pleads guilty to terrorism charges
By Kevin Eckstrom — February 6, 2013
The Virginia man who stormed the D.C. headquarters of the conservative Family Research Council last August, shooting and wounding a security guard, planned to "kill as many people as possible and smother the Chick-fil-A sandwiches into their faces," prosecutors said in a plea announcement.

Episcopalians under fire for hosting Muslim convention
By Megan Sweas — December 6, 2012

PASADENA, Calif. (RNS) Leaders of a flagship progressive Episcopal church are defending themselves against charges of sympathy for terrorists in their decision to host the annual Muslim Public Affairs Council convention. By Megan Sweas.

Muslims back Obama, but by smaller margin than in 2008
By Omar Sacirbey — October 29, 2012

(RNS) While fewer Muslims are supporting Obama this year, Muslim support for Mitt Romney, at 7 percent according to a recent poll, is more than triple the 2.2 percent of Muslims who voted for John McCain in 2008. By Omar Sacirbey.

Family Research Council shooter charged with terrorism
By Jeanie Groh — October 25, 2012

WASHINGTON (RNS) A federal grand jury added terrorism to the list of charges faced by the Virginia man who was indicted in the shooting of a security guard at the conservative Family Research Council's Washington offices. By Jeanie Groh.

Family Research Council accuses Southern Poverty Law Center of sparking shooter’s hatred
By Chris Lisee — August 16, 2012

WASHINGTON (RNS) The head of the Family Research Council accused the Southern Poverty Law Center of sparking hatred that led Floyd Lee Corkins II to shoot a security guard at the conservative Christian lobbying group’s headquarters. By Chris Lisee.

FBI, Muslims report progress over training materials
By Tracy Gordon — February 16, 2012

(RNS) The FBI said it was willing to consider a proposal from a coalition of Muslim and interfaith groups to establish a committee of experts tasked with reviewing literature and videos used anti-terrorism training, but it had not yet received a plan to consider.

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