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C. Muslim parents report 27 incidents of bullying in schools
WASHINGTON, June 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on the U.S. Department of Education to address the issue of bullying of Muslim students in schools nationwide.
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NYPD reportedly infiltrated Muslim student groups, obtained student records without warrants
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate apparent violations of the privacy rights of Muslim students by the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and several colleges and universities.
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Partnerships for Learning, Youth Exchange and Study Program (P4L-YES) is a program sponsored by the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to provide scholarships for secondary school students from countries with significant Muslim populations to spend up to one academic year in the U.S. The students live with host families, attend school, and engage in activities to learn about American society and values, acquire leadership skills, and help educate Americans about their countries and cultures.
A press release says: "After September 11, the United States was confronted with a harsh reality; many people of the Islamic world dislike American government policies and distrust America's intentions. As Americans we need to understand this climate, and do our part to br...
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SANTA ANA, Calif. - A jury convicted 10 Muslim students Friday of disrupting a talk by the Israeli ambassador on a university campus in a case that has stoked an intense debate about free speech.
The students also were convicted of conspiring to disrupt Ambassador Michael Oren's speech in February 2010 at the University of California, Irvine.
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A Muslim man used complex magic tricks and simple theology to teach seventh-graders a bit about his religion Thursday.
Aref Khatib talked about Islam to about 100 Thomas Jefferson Middle School students in Doug Bausch's social studies classes.
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A San Diego public school that became the focus of international attention after it agreed to set aside time for Muslim students to pray in class has ...
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Recent political and media debates have focused on Australian values, Australianness and being un-Australian. The current war on terror and the Cronul...
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What exactly does the Muslim Students Association stand for? Can we take the stated intent of the group at face value, or is there something more sinister behind the MSA?
In May, there was an interesting and disturbing exchange between members of the MSA and writer David Horowitz at the University of California at San Diego. (It was caught on tape and can be viewed online.) Mr. Horowitz was there to counter the MSA's Israeli Apartheid Week. Given that the MSA members at such rallies have a tendency to display signs that are favorable to Adolf Hitler and Nazism, it's no wonder Mr. Horowitz felt the need to hold a counterpoint discussion.
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Introduction
The Internet is a "network of networks" that consists of millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government networks. Int...
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By Amy Taxin
The Associated Press