Politics
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Actor Riz Ahmed wants to stop Hollywood’s ‘toxic portrayals’ of Muslims
British actor and rapper Riz Ahmed has launched a fund to help combat “toxic portrayals” of Muslims in films. (BBC)…
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Senate confirms Zahid Quraishi as first Muslim American federal judge in US history
By Clare Foran and Ali Zaslav, CNN (CNN)The Senate on Thursday voted to confirm Zahid Quraishi to be a US District Judge…
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U.S. Supreme Court takes up FBI bid to block Muslim civil rights suit
By Lawrence Hurley (REUTERS.COM) The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the FBI’s bid to block a civil…
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Every day feels like post-9/11 for Muslims of France
BY ABDENNOUR TOUMI With the ongoing process of headscarf bans flaring up again following a mosque project in France, it…
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Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic loses genocide appeal
BY MIKE CORDER ASSOCIATED PRESS (THE OLYMPIAN) THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS, Ratko Mladic, the military chief known as the “Butcher of Bosnia”…
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COUNTY COUNCIL CANDIDATE UBAX GARDHEERE CENTERS CAMPAIGN AROUND LIVED EXPERIENCE
by Chamidae Ford (SOUTH SEATTLE EMERALD) Ubax Gardheere recently announced her plan to run for King County Council District 9, which…
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‘A lot for children:’ Muslim group says action needed instead of thoughts, prayers
By The Canadian Press (KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK) Rania Lawendy says classmates of a Muslim teen who was deliberately struck and…
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Mosque Sting Operation Will Get Supreme Court Treatment
By ALEXANDRA JONES The FBI had to pull the plug on the operation when someone called the police on its…
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Muslim family killed in ‘premeditated’ hit and run in London, Ont., driver charged with murder, police say
3 adults and 1 teen dead, child in hospital with serious injuries from Sunday incident By CBC News (CBC) A…
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Appeals court upholds man’s conviction for threatening tweet
By MICHAEL KUNZELMANThe Associated Press (SEATTLETIMES) A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the conviction of a North Carolina man who…
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