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Saturday, March 24, 2012

A Boy to Be Sacrificed - Being Gay in Morocco - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/opinion/sunday/a-boy-to-be-sacrificed.html


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Article: The Sports World Gets a Little Bit Friendlier for Female Muslim Athletes



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NYTimes: As Displaced Return to Iraq, New Tensions for Neighbors

Near-record numbers of families are coming home, in some cases reviving resentments created by bloody purges that carved Iraq into archipelagos of Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds. http://nyti.ms/GNv6Vv

Article: My Parents Put Me Into a Mental Hospital

I am convinced my parents did what they thought best for me. I am also convinced that I never would have tried to kill myself if they hadn't brought me there, and outed me.


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Article: A Clear Vision: Developing a Religious Strategy for Equality



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AP Mobile: Woman to wed slain French soldier posthumously

A story from AP Mobile:

Woman to wed slain French soldier posthumously

thumbnailPARIS (AP) - The pregnant girlfriend of a French soldier killed in a dramatic gun rampage will wed her partner posthumously, a family lawyer said Saturday. Paratrooper Abel Chennouf was shot dead earlier this month at a cash machine in southern France, one of a series of killings blamed on 24-year-old Islamist fanatic Mohamed Merah. Lawyer Gilbert Collard said that Chennouf's pregnant girlfriend, ...

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Friday, March 23, 2012

Article: The Arab World's Dwindling Jewish Diaspora



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Article: Op-Ed: President Obama is not a Muslim (not that there’s anything wrong with that)


Op-Ed: President Obama is not a Muslim (not that there's anything wrong with that)
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/03/22/3092288/op-ed-president-obama-is-not-a-muslim-not-that-theres-anything-wrong-with-that

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Article: 100 Civil Rights Groups Call on Feds to Investigate NYPD for Spying on Muslims


100 Civil Rights Groups Call on Feds to Investigate NYPD for Spying on Muslims
http://colorlines.com/archives/2012/03/100_civil_rights_groups_call_on_feds_to_investigate_nypd_for_spying_on_muslims.html

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Article: Moscow's Muslims find no room in the mosque


Moscow's Muslims find no room in the mosque
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17436481

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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Article: Muslims and Sikhs condemn government plans to legalise same-sex marriage



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Article: Omar Sharif Jr: I'm Gay, Jewish, and May Be Persecuted in My Home Country of Egypt |Gay News|Gay Blog Towleroad


Omar Sharif Jr: I'm Gay, Jewish, and May Be Persecuted in My Home Country of Egypt |Gay News|Gay Blog Towleroad
http://www.towleroad.com/2012/03/omar-sharif-jr-im-gay-jewish-and-may-be-persecuted-in-my-home-country-of-egypt.html#gay%2Bnews)

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Article: Muslim, Sikh Groups Attack Britain's Plans for Marriage Equality |Gay News|Gay Blog Towleroad


Muslim, Sikh Groups Attack Britain's Plans for Marriage Equality |Gay News|Gay Blog Towleroad
http://www.towleroad.com/2012/03/muslim-sikh-groups-attack-britains-plans-for-marriage-equality.html#gay%2Bnews)

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Monday, March 19, 2012

Article: Silent tears within the brothel walls of Bangladesh



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Sunday, March 18, 2012

Article: How the Fundamentalist Mind Compels Conservative Christians to Force Their Beliefs on You | Truthout


How the Fundamentalist Mind Compels Conservative Christians to Force Their Beliefs on You | Truthout
http://www.truth-out.org/how-fundamentalist-mind-compels-conservative-christians-force-their-beliefs-you/1332095126

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Valentine's Day Across the Muslim World (2012)