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Brace yourself for some good change: altmuslim is joining the Patheos family. Before Illume, before Islamicity added news and essays to its site, before Beliefnet and later Patheos and Huffington Post Religion created robust Islam sections and/or expanded their coverage of Muslims, there was altmuslim, the cutting-edge website created by Halalfire Network founder Shahed Amanullah. The website was developed to be “an introspective voice that helps promote a critical (and self-critical) analysis of issues regarding the Muslim world.” In its 11 years of existence, it has done just that. From the insightful and intelligent news articles and op-ed pieces published in the months after the tragedy of 9/11 to stunning slide shows to providing incisive coverage of a plethora of issues facing Muslims, altmuslim has been the destination to feel the pulse of the American Muslim and global Muslim world. ()
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Naveeda Ikram, a Labour councillor for Little Horton since 2004, was officially installed by the City of Bradford as the first Muslim woman to become lord mayor in the UK Saturday, June 04, 2011

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The families of two American hikers held in Iran for 662 days brought boxing legend Muhammad Ali to Washington, DC, where he appeared with other American Muslim leaders at a news conference to release a letter pleading for the release of US hikers Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal Saturday, June 04, 2011

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A group of Muslim craftsman are working to restore religious icons that were burned in St Mary's Church in the Cairo suburb of Imbaba after militants set it on fire on May 7 Saturday, June 04, 2011

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Oklahoma-born convert Suhaib Webb, who sprinkles public addresses with pop culture references, has a growing following, especially among young Muslims. Traditionalists are leery. Saturday, June 04, 2011

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Setting an immunity to shield officials of the George Bush administration from prosecution over their conduct in their war on terror, the US Supreme Court ruled that former Attorney General John Ashcroft cannot be held liable for the unjustified detention of American Muslims after the 9/11 attacks Saturday, June 04, 2011

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Younus Mohammad, a Muslim convert born Jesse Curtis Morton, has been arrested in Morocco for threatening the creators of South Park and is awaiting extradition to the US Saturday, June 04, 2011

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Plans to build summer camp for Muslim youth at Coralville Lake in Iowa have been scrapped, ending more than a decade of controversy. The Muslim Youth Camps of America told the US Army Corps of Engineers last month it would not seek a new lease for the 114-acre site. Saturday, June 04, 2011

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Ratko Mladic, frail but defiant after 16 years on the run, made his first appearance before UN judges and his victims Friday, dismissing a long list of charges of genocide, mass murder and persecution as "obnoxious" and "monstrous words" that had nothing to do with what he called the defense of his nation Saturday, June 04, 2011

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A next door neighbor of the Jaffarya Islamic Center in East Amherst, NJ is protesting the project by placing a sign in his front yard which reads "Bomb Making - Next Driveway" Saturday, June 04, 2011

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Four years after they first frightened France, Muslim creationists from Turkey are back touring the country preaching against evolution and claiming the Koran predicted many modern scientific discoveries Saturday, June 04, 2011

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A mentally ill Vietnam War veteran and convert to Islam is set to stand trial on charges he planned to attack a prominent Michigan mosque with fireworks that police say they found in his car; his defense attorney says his client is guilty only of hyperbole Saturday, June 04, 2011

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US government tactics in pursuing domestic terrorism cases target and entrap Muslim community members and fail to enhance public safety, according to a report released Wednesday by a human rights center at New York University's law school Saturday, June 04, 2011

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A judge has ruled that construction of a new mosque in Murfreesboro, TN does not harm the residents who sued the county to stop it. Saturday, June 04, 2011

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Osama bin Laden's burial at sea was quickly criticized by Muslim scholars who claimed it had breached sharia law and warned that it may provoke calls for revenge attacks against US targets Wednesday, May 04, 2011

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A senior Pakistani intelligence official said that 10 relatives of Osama bin Laden left behind in Abbottabad will be interrogated and then most likely turned over to their countries of origin Wednesday, May 04, 2011

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A Monday evening rally held by the Islamic Society of Greater Portland to celebrate the death of Osama Bin Laden has been cancelled due to security concerns Wednesday, May 04, 2011

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Osama bin Laden had been losing support in the Muslim world in recent years and Al Qaeda had been declining in popularity, according to surveys conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Global Attitudes Project Wednesday, May 04, 2011

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Three days since the death of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, Pakistanis and Afghans are showing indifference towards bin Laden's high-profile death Wednesday, May 04, 2011

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A Jewish civil rights group has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of the Islamic Center of North Fulton in Alpharetta, GA that claims its expansion project was unlawfully blocked Wednesday, May 04, 2011

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Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has been killed by US forces at his compound in north-west Pakistan Monday, May 02, 2011

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Sila Sahin, a 25-year-old Turkish Muslim actress living in Berlin, has reportedly received threats for posing nude in the German edition of Playboy Monday, May 02, 2011

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Virginia's prison system did not violate a Muslim inmate's religious rights when it refused to allow him to grow a 1/8-inch beard, a federal judge has ruled Monday, May 02, 2011

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In one of the oldest Muslim communities in the US, a $5.5 million, 21,000-square-foot Moorish-style mosque and Islamic center has opened to serve Sacramento (CA) area Muslims Monday, May 02, 2011

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Eleven Muslim students arrested for disrupting a speech by Israeli US Ambassador Michael Oren at the University of California, Irvine pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges Saturday, April 23, 2011

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Members of the interfaith clergy - Muslims, Christians and Jews - stood hand in hand, others were linked arm in arm, silently surrounding the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn with 700 supporters to protest Florida Pastor Terry Jones' plan to hold a rally today outside the mosque Saturday, April 23, 2011

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A French law banning facial veils in public places took place this week, with women wearing burqas with their faces covered risking a €150 fine and mandatory lessons on being French Saturday, April 16, 2011

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A small group of animal rights party and the larger xenophobic Freedom Party of Geert Wilders is leading the support to put a ban on kosher and halal slaughter methods in the Netherlands; the bill is expected to go to a parliamentary vote this month Saturday, April 16, 2011

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An event touted as the first "Muslim Day at the Missouri Capitol" drew more than 100 people, and was intended to display the peaceful and patriotic side of Muslims to state legislators who have proposed measures barring Missouri courts from considering international or Islamic religious law known as Sharia Saturday, April 16, 2011

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After sustained protest in Afghanistan over a Florida pastor's Quran burning, many face the unpleasant truth that more Qurans were burned in the course of their protests than by Terry Jones - top spiritual leaders moved quickly to explain to fellow Afghans how to protest in an Islamic manner Saturday, April 16, 2011

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Leaders of the Islamic Center of Springfield, Missouri say they received a threatening letter targeting Muslims and earlier that day found charred remains of three Qurans Saturday, April 16, 2011

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A group of international negotiators says the Palestinian Authority has succeeded in building the capabilities needed to run a country Saturday, April 16, 2011

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Not content with burning the Islamic holy book the Quran, Florida pastor Terry Jones plans to hold a trial of the Prophet Mohammed for "crimes against humanity" Thursday, April 07, 2011

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Sen. Richard J. Durbin’s held hearings on Muslim civil rights which featured the same partisan sparring (though less media attention) as Rep. Peter T. King’s hearing on Muslim radicals just three weeks earlier Wednesday, March 30, 2011

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Detroit Muslims plan to welcome Florida pastor Terry Jones, who burned a Qur'an last month and plans to visit Dearborn, MI to protest outside the Islamic Center of America Wednesday, March 30, 2011

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Gov. Chris Christie today voiced his strongest defense yet of Sohail Mohammed, a Muslim lawyer he nominated to the Superior Court earlier this year, before a largely receptive town hall audience Wednesday, March 30, 2011

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Former Atlanta radio talk show host and presidential hopeful Herman Cain is under fire for saying that he "will not" appoint any Muslims in his administration Wednesday, March 30, 2011

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Republican presidential hopefuls, eager to shore up support with primary voters, have unleashed a series of rhetorical attacks against Islamic law, or Sharia, in what is widely seen as an attempt to burnish their conservative credentials Wednesday, March 30, 2011

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Full-time model Shanna Bukhari is defending her Miss Universe bid from some Muslim groups who have accused her of disrespecting Muslim communities in the UK Wednesday, March 30, 2011

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Chicago resident Amjed Mahmood pled guilty in a fraud scheme that targeted Muslim community with claims that their investments of millions of dollars with him were in accordance with Islamic law Wednesday, March 30, 2011

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Two co-founders of the plan to build a Muslim community center and mosque in downtown Manhattan have begun exploring a new, and possibly competing, project: an interfaith cultural center Wednesday, March 30, 2011

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A nine month study of the counter-terrorism industry by a Massachusetts think tank finds that the US government spends millions of dollars into unregulated programs that present Islam as inherently violent and prone to terrorism. Wednesday, March 09, 2011

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The death from leukemia of 15-year old Chicago resident Bilal Mallick on Sunday has prompted a bone marrow drive within Chicago's large Muslim community Friday, February 18, 2011

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Over 80 people of faith from Long Island, including Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, and interfaith leaders, called on Representative Peter King (R-NY) to cancel his planned Congressional hearings to investigate claims of radicalization in the American Muslim community Thursday, February 17, 2011

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11 members of the Muslim Student Union at the University of California, Irvine have been formally charged with disrupting a speech by Michael Oren, Israel's ambassador to the US. Sunday, February 06, 2011

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The Egyptian regime of Hosni Mubarak dug in today, defying international pressure to begin an immediate transfer of power while launching attacks on journalists and human rights observers Thursday, February 03, 2011

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A 29-year-old Somali man was found guilty Thursday of attacking a Danish political cartoonist known for his drawing of the prophet Mohammed with a turban shaped as a bomb Thursday, February 03, 2011

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altmuslim this week - august 15, 2011 - This week, a new look at "social cohesion" as riots grip Britain (and Muslims emerge as victims or heroes). Also, how Ramadan is helping American Muslims "reboot" the American Dream, and the Whole Foods Ramadan marketing catastrophe that wasn't (after all, any publicity is good publicity)
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10 lessons from our Tunisian brothers & sisters - The Tunisians, in shaking off a long-standing dictator on January 21, 2011, have inspired the downtrodden and hopeless well beyond their borders. The photograph above shows Egyptians applying the Tunisian lessons, just one week later. We can learn a lot from their experiences. (January 29, 2011)

A defense of free speech by Muslim Americans - A group of us felt strongly enough about the situation of cartoonist Molly Norris to issue a statement in defense of free speech, which Ms. Norris has been made aware of and is grateful for. (September 21, 2010)

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altmuslim review 034 - We talk about the drama around the recent attempts in Florida to burn the Qur'an, and defend free speech in the process. We also talk with bestselling author and international security analyst Nafeez Mossadeq Ahmed. (September 26, 2010)

altmuslim review 033 - We're baaaaack! We speak about the ongoing controversy over Park51 and what means for the future of lower Manhattan. Also, a discussion with Farhad Chowdhury of the M100 Foundation, which seeks to change the way Muslims pay zakat (August 13, 2010)

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Extremists should not decide what Islam is, Rafia Zakaria, Indianapolis Star, January 8, 2011

Shariah law is often not what Muslim judges say it is, Rafia Zakaria, Indianapolis Star, Oct 23, 2010

Zahed will be speaking on the challenges of growing a Muslim-oriented business at a conference on Muslim Entrepreneurship in Ireland in the Aungier Street campus of Dublin Institute of Technology on Wednesday, October 6th.

Shahed will be speaking about marketing to Muslims at the second annual American Muslim Consumer Conference in New Jersey on October 30, 2010

Shahed participated in a debate about the Park51 center with Joshua Treviño at UT Austin's LBJ School of Public Policy, September 15, 2010

It's the occupation, stupid, Wajahat Ali, Salon.com, June 4, 2010

Sex and the City 2's stunning Muslim clichés, Wajahat Ali, Salon.com, May 28, 2010

Draw Muhammad Day: Collectively Punishing Muslim Americans, Shahed Amanullah, Huffington Post, May 25, 2010

Shahed will be a guest on the BBC World Service's World, Have Your Say discussing the proposed French ban on niqab (and fines for husbands who compel their wives to wear them) on May 18, 2010.

Even Controversial Views Should Be Protected by Freedom of Speech, Asma Uddin, The Huffington Post, May 7, 2010.

What I understand about Faisal Shahzad, Wajahat Ali, Salon.com, May 6, 2010

No freak out about South Park, Zahed Amanullah, The Guardian, Comment is Free, April 23, 2010.

Shahed will be a guest on the BBC World Service's World, Have Your Say discussing the South Park controversy along with Zarqa Nawaz (Little Mosque on the Prairie) and other guests on April 22, 2010.

Shahed will be a guest on NPR's State of Belief discussing Barack Obama's outreach to the Muslim world, April 17, 2010.

Zahed will be attending a panel discussion entitled "Are Islam and Free Speech Compatible?" in London, England on Friday, March 26, 2010 sponsored by The City Circle. He will be accompanied by Riazat Butt (The Guardian), Hamid Khan (Consultant in Offender and Youth Development), Abu Muntasir (JIMAS), and Dr Usama Hasan.

'Jihad Jane': not the usual suspect, Wajahat Ali, The Guardian, Comment is Free, March 18, 2010.

Al-Awlaki, a new public enemy, Zahed Amanullah, The Guardian, Comment is Free, December 30, 2009.

Islamophonic: Review of the year, Riazat Butt, Zahed Amanullah and David Shariatmadari, Cif Belief (The Guardian), December 18, 2009.

Fort Hood has enough victims already, Wajahat Ali, Comment is Free (The Guardian), November 6, 2009

The pitfalls of filming Muhammad, Shahed Amanullah, The Guardian, Comment is Free, November 4, 2009.

IN THE NEWS
Pakistanis question who knew what about bin Laden - Columnist Rafia Zakaria, a Pakistani who resides in the United States, says most Pakistanis cannot imagine that the army would be so incompetent as to not know bin Laden was in Pakistan. She says it's too formidable a burden to believe that this one institution that has imposed itself on the Pakistani people could also be, like the rest, somewhat inept. (May 15, 2011)

The Killing of Osama bin Laden - While Valarie Kaur sees danger following Bin Laden's killing, Rafia Zakaria sees reason for hope. She's an American Muslim who teaches constitutional history and political philosophy at Indiana University. She's also an editor with altmuslim.com, a website that encourages an exchange of ideas between Muslim Americans and non-Muslim Americans. (May 6, 2011)

Muslims speak out in support of threatened cartoonist Molly Norris - Shahed Amanullah, founder and editor-in-chief of Altmuslim and one of the letter’s drafters, told TheDC that in the wake of the threats, he and the Muslim community had reached out to Norris. “What we really wanted was to continue down the road we’ve already started with her, because a lot of us have already been in touch,” Amanullah said, explaining that the letter was, in addition to being a stand for free speech, also an expression of support for Norris. (September 23, 2010)

Quran snatcher’s fame growing - "What's great about this is that it's coming from Joe America," said Shahed Amanullah, editor of AltMuslim.com, a Web magazine. "What he did, and the way people responded, gives me more faith in America than anything any politician or media celebrity could do." (September 21, 2010)

For Muslims, bonfire that wasn’t still carries implications - "Part of it has to do with attitudes toward free speech in the Muslim world and in the West,” said Shahed Amanullah, editor of AltMuslim.com, a Web magazine. "The Muslim world is still not used to the idea of free speech, whereas here in the West, we understand that someone is always going to do something sacrilegious, and we've all developed thicker skins.” (September 18, 2010)

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