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PORTLAND MAINE-A mosque in Portland was vandalized today in connection with the recent killing of Osama Bin Laden. The Portland Press-Herald reports: The graffiti, which included comments like “Go Home” and Osama Today Islam tomorow(sic)” was found hours after Pres. Obama anounced that U.S. forces had killed Osama bin Laden. Read The Whole Story RELATED […]

NEW YORK-Krystal Callender, a 13-year-old girl was arrested and charged with a hate crime for ripping of the religious scarf and calling her a “terrorist,” and given no bail by a judge. Previously her companion, Osman Daramy a 12-year-old boy with a Muslim mother was also charged and held with out bail for the same […]

WASHINGTON D.C.-Peter King, the congressman from New York known for his House hearings on the possible radicalization of Muslim-Americans has had a pig’s foot sent to his office in Washington D.C. The Huffington Post reports: “There’s blood, there’s the severed foot. The message refers to Mohammed, and it says all babies in America would be […]

NEW YORK-At a recent screening of the movie “Mooz-Lum” Nia Long spoke about how motherhood prepared her for the role of a Muslim mother in the movie. “Mooz-Lum” director, Qasim “Q” Basir also spoke about how his personal experiences led to the story of the movie in which a young African American Muslim man goes […]

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — It has been nearly two years since Muzzammil Hassan directed police officers in this serene Buffalo suburb to the decapitated remains of his estranged wife inside the Muslim-oriented television station the couple ran.

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalis say Islamist insurgents have banned unrelated men and women from shaking hands, speaking or walking together.

There is a new trailer for “MOOZ-Lum,” which stars Nia Long, Evan Ross and Roger Guenveur Smith. The movie is about a Black Muslim family and a young Muslim man’s experience with prejudice and racism on a college campus following 9/11. The movie will be in limited release, February 11th 2011. RELATED STORIES Beck Claims […]

President Barack Obama, in a rare discussion about his religious beliefs, described himself on Tuesday as a “Christian by choice” who arrived at his faith in adulthood because “the precepts of Jesus Christ” helped him envision the kind of life he wanted to lead. Obama talked about his beliefs when he was asked, “Why are […]

Heat over a Florida church’s plans to burn Korans on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks is being felt as far away as Afghanistan.

President Obama exhorted a Florida minister Thursday to “listen to those better angels” and call off his plan to engage in a Koran-burning protest this weekend.