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‘Redneck Muslim’ Fears Attacks If City Requires Public Hearing for Mosque Project
Will Coley, the so-called "Redneck Muslim," appeared on a radio show with Chris Cantwell, another resident of Keene, New…
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Time for Muslims To Start Winning Elections, Cambridge-Based Nonprofit Organization Says
BOSTON (AP) — A nationwide campaign to get more Muslim Americans involved in local politics is being launched by a Massachusetts nonprofit. Jetpac…
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American Muslims Becoming More Liberal, Arlington Protester Says
Muslims in America are becoming more tolerant of other religions and homosexuality, said the speaker at a protest in Arlington against President…
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Islamic Cemetery on Fast Track
Dudley town officials have reached an agreement with the Islamic Society of Greater Worcester for the cemetery, which has drawn stiff opposition…
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Trump: US should consider profiling Muslims
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is suggesting the United States should "seriously" consider profiling Muslims inside the country as a terrorism-…
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Moulton raises a storm with Trump, Hitler comments
BOSTON – Seth Moulton, the first-term congressman from the North Shore, dropped a bombshell Wednesday, comparing Donald Trump's rise to…
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Cruz and Trump: Boost surveillance of Muslims after Brussels
NEW YORK (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz said Tuesday that surveillance in Muslim neighborhoods in the U.S. must be intensified…
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Despite apology, professor Larycia Hawkins leaves Wheaton College
Wheaton College professor Larycia Hawkins, who faced termination from her tenured post at the evangelical school for publicly saying Christians and Muslims…
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5 faith facts about Donald Trump: a Bible-collecting Presbyterian
Donald Trump, the New York real estate billionaire and reality television star fabled for bluster (and bad hair), has ruled the polls…
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Obama visits mosque tied to controversial imams
CATONSVILLE, Md. — President Barack Obama paid his first visit to a U.S. mosque on Wednesday, but he chose one that has…
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Senate Democrats block Syrian refugee screening bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats have blocked a House-passed bill that would crack down on Syrian and Iraqi refugees coming to the…
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Guests for Obama speech reflect diverse views
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has invited 23 guests to sit with the First Lady during his final State of the Union address…
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Saudis cut diplomatic ties with Iran amid uproar over cleric’s execution
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Saudi Arabia announced Sunday it was severing diplomatic relations with Shiite powerhouse Iran amid escalating tensions over the Sunni…
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Massachusetts communities of faith become more diverse
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Trump tempest echos Muslim debate roiling evangelical leaders
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's persistently anti-Muslim rhetoric has kept the GOP up in arms to protect their party…
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London mayor says Trump speaks ‘utter nonsense’
LONDON (AP) — Donald Trump's comments about London are "nonsense," the city's mayor said Tuesday, inviting the…
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Trump’s Muslim ban draws flood of rebukes
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Donald Trump called Monday for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,"…
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Killers were ‘radicalized,’ practiced shooting
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The husband and wife who carried out the San Bernardino massacre had been radicalized and had frequented local…
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FBI shifts focus to terrorism in California massacre
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The FBI announced Friday that it is investigating the mass shooting at a Southern California office party as…
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Motive in California attack remains elusive
WASHINGTON (AP) — Why did they do it? The California rampage that left 14 dead shows the motives behind mass violence can be…
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Muslim Republican Saba Ahmed works to build bridges
WASHINGTON – While waiting her turn to appear on a Fox News show last month, Saba Ahmed, a Pakistani-American and a Muslim,…
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In Yom Kippur, a time to fast and reflect
Starting at sundown on Tuesday, much of Boston's Jewish population will begin to celebrate the holiest day of the year…
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Religion of peace?
All of a sudden, George W. Bush is being held up as a role model for Republicans by Democrats. What did Bush…
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Clockmaker student’s lawyer demands $15 million
IRVING, Texas – Lawyers for Ahmed Mohamed, the 14-year-old high school student who was arrested for bringing a homemade digital clock…
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Mass. Muslims push agenda with first ‘Day on the Hill’
STATE HOUSE — The Bay State Muslim community on Thursday sought to assert itself at the State House in the areas of housing,…
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With secret prayers, Jews challenge ‘status quo’ at Jerusalem holy site
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – As the group of Orthodox Jews came near the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City, one…
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Kidnapped Syrian priest escapes from Islamic State
HOMS, SYRIA (CNA/EWTN News) – A Syrian priest who was captured by Islamic State militants in May thought he would die for…
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A rabbi and an imam: The story of Isaac and Ishmael can be a source of hope
(RNS) — On Wednesday (Sept. 23) as Jews end their Yom Kippur fast, Muslims will begin the Eid al-Adha holiday. Imam Haytham…
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Islamic group, civil rights activists to protest US counter-terrorism efforts at Boston City Hall
Written by Philip Marcelo BOSTON (AP) — Muslim groups and civil rights activists across the nation are calling for greater transparency in an…
