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Pew Poll: Muslims ‘Well Integrated’ in US
“survey of Muslim Americans finds them to be largely assimilated, happy with their lives, and moderate with respect to many of the issues that have divided Muslims and Westerners…”
TMO and AJC Host Senior Journalists from Indonesia, Malaysia, Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan
May 21–Troy–The Muslim Observer and the American Jewish Committee together hosted seven prominent journalists and their East-West Center host during their visit to America and the Detroit area from countries scattered across Asia this past Monday evening in Troy.
Palmyra Mosque Opens Doors
“I know very little about the Qur`an and I know very little about Muslims,” Simpsons said. “This is first chance I’ve had to learn.”
Wajihi Rizvi: UT Arlington Commencement Speaker
Graduating student Wajihi Rizvi delivered the commencement speech at the University of Arlington which was was attended by by over 6000 graduates, faculty, staff and special guests. First Lady Laura Bush was the keynote speaker.
Hersh: Bush Administration Arranged Support for Militants Attacking Lebanon
Hersh: “What it is simply is a covert program we joined in with the Saudis as part of a bigger broader program of doing everything we could to stop the spread of the Shia, the Shia world, and it bit us in the rear, as it’s happened before.”
Black Friday In Hyderabad
Though the central and state governments have denied any intelligence failure as responsible for the blasts, several questions pointing to the major security lapse at Mecca Masjid are being raised.
Letter to Editor: Save the US Ummah
Jeffery Lang has lucidly identified some negative aspects in the present state of the US `ummah, (by and large also applicable to the Ummah in general). Racial bias; cultural bias; cultural obsession (with one’s culture to the extent of confusing/substituting the essentials of Islam with cultural practices); imposition of remotely obscure and/or questionable interpretations of the Shari’ah seem to be mainly responsible…
Don’t Sell Yourself Short
Let us look at ourselves the way ALLAH looks at us and not the way our chief enemy wants us to look at ourselves.
Letter to Editor: Response to “Sajida and Kate”
I was hugely disappointed by the oversimplification of complex societal issues in Mahvish Akhtar’s article “Sajida and Kate” in the May 10-16 2007 issue of The Muslim Observer.
George Bush, the Dictator
A working constitutional government contains a separation of powers between three equally powerful branches and this directive states that the executive branch has the power to coordinate the activities of the other branches.
SE Michigan (V9-I22)
Fundraiser for Crescent Academy International
Community News (V9-I22)
US Attorney meets with Muslims in Colorado / Muslim jail guard allowed to wear kufi in New York / Syed Fareed will work in Dallas office of Fish & Richardson PC / Milwaukee mayor to visit places of worship / Trenton mosque sues to remove leader / FBI confronts student at UC Irvine /
Houstonian Corner (V9-I22)
30 community organizations attend M. J. Khan’s briefing about meeting with Secretary Chertoff
Boston (V9-I22)
Pr. Bush honors Quincy MA imam / Harvard exhibition of political art / Evidence of frivolous lawsuit against Boston mosque /
Depression
“Keep yourself busy. Sit with your family, I will stress this point. AVOID SITTING BY YOURSELF OR BEING ALONE. Find the people who you can trust and who truly care about you and talk to them…”
Obama Fundraiser Draws Young South Asian Professionals
What’s piquing their interest, Patel said, is Obama’s multiculturalism. “He wants to change what American looks like and he wants to bring respect to what it means to be American,” she told India-West. “As a multinational, he knows about diversity and encompasses it. He grew up in Indonesia and has an African father. We are literally Indian American, and he’s literally African American. Whether it’s unconsciously or consciously, it speaks to people, and that’s a beautiful thing.”
Ustad Tari Khan Tabla Solo In Kherwa
Ustad Tari Khan Tabla Solo In Kherwa
Traditional Dish Dance — Tari Piring Kubu Durian
Traditional dish dance called Tari Piring. Performed by members of Kubu Durian in Padang Sumatra. Accompanied by traditional music instruments. Filmed by local tv station Fativi.
