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Islamophobia Today: Newspaper Apologizes, City Council Balks, Twitter Bungles Burqa Ban
By David Knowles - AOL News(Sept. 14) -- Whether non-Muslim Americans are becoming more mistrustful of those who practice the Islamic faith, or whether media outlets have simply covered such instances to the point of making it seem that way, is, to be sure, a matter of opinion. From the divisive protests over the proposed construction of Park51 (the so-called "ground zero mosque"), to the threats by a Florida pastor to burn the Quran, a steady stream of stories has kept Americans debating the role that Islam should play in the mosaic of U.S. religious, political and public life. Tuesday was no exception, with three ...
Eiffel Tower Evacuated After Bomb Threat
By David Knowles - AOL News(Sept. 14) -- The Eiffel Tower and its surrounding grounds were evacuated Tuesday after a bomb threat was made. A police search found nothing suspicious. An anonymous phone call was made to the owners of the tower just after 8:20 p.m. local time, Le Figaro reported. Some 2,000 people were at the Eiffel Tower and Champs de Mars park at 9 p.m. local time when police directed them to move to the banks of the Seine River as they conducted a thorough search of each floor of the tower with bomb-sniffing dogs, AFP reported. According to the Telegraph, the resulting traffic congestion threw ...
French Senate Votes 246-1 to Ban Muslim Burqas
By David Knowles - AOL News(Sept. 14) -- Following the lead of the National Assembly, the French Senate today voted overwhelmingly to ban full Islamic veils in public. The final tally was 246 in favor of enacting the new law, and one legislator voting against it. In July, the National Assembly voted 335-1 to pass the law, which bears the formal name "Forbidding the Concealing of the Face in the Public Space." Al-Jazeera reported that the text does not actually contain the words "veil" or "Islam." Today's move, however, is clearly directed at the relatively small number of Muslim women who opt for covering their faces ...
Peshawar's Women Lead the Way to Recovery
By Adnan R. Khan - AOL NewsPESHAWAR, Pakistan (July 23) -- A late Sunday morning in Peshawar's main shopping district used to be a place reserved only for the brave or the suicidal. A year ago, when this roiling frontier city was gripped by the savagery of near daily bomb blasts, few people dared to risk their lives for the sake of a new outfit or a new toy for their child or a leisurely stroll through the dense maze of the bazaar's frenetic alleyways. Back then, Peshawar was in lockdown, its old city grinding to a surreal standstill amid an atmosphere charged with fear and foreboding. A year later, the bazaar is ...
Time to Ban the Burqa? French Minister Says Yes
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyOh, dear. The burqa wars are back. In an interview with the Financial Times on Saturday, one of France's junior ministers -- Fadela Amara -- called for an all-out ban on the garment.And she didn't mince words. According to Amara, the burqa represents "the oppression of women, their enslavement, their humiliation." An outright ban would help stem the spread of the "cancer of radical Islam." Amara -- a feminist and former woman's rights organizer -- is of Algerian descent. ...
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