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Tag: Islam
Muslim Street Food Vendors Keep Cooking Despite Ramadan Fast
Many of the Muslim vendors of New York’s ubiquitous food carts spent the last month fasting for Ramadan, even while serving others.
Protest in NYC Against Congressional Hearings on Threat of Homegrown Islamic Terrorism
Hundreds of demonstrators, including mothers of some 9/11 victims, gathered in Times Square on Sunday to protest Rep. Peter King’s (R-NY) planned congressional hearings on the radicalization of American Muslims. Aswini Anburajan and Mohsin Zaheer report.
Muslim Americans To Demonstrate Against Congressional ‘Radicalization’ Hearings
Muslim Americans are protesting congressional hearings on the “radicalization of American Muslims” scheduled for March 10. Meanwhile, Park51 opponents are screening a “documentary” purporting to show the dangers of a proposed Islamic cultural center in lower Manhattan.
"Liberal Snobs" and the Rest of Us: Arab American Reaction to the New Yorker
This week’s New Yorker cover showing Barack Obama in Muslim garb and his wife, Michelle, dressed as a Black militant has shown that even in a political campaign where race, gender and age barriers have tumbled, there are still some…