In Ferguson, Nation of Islam members push for peace

August 25, 2014 FERGUSON, Mo. — Ever since Michael Brown, a young, unarmed African-American, was shot by a police officer on Aug. 9, various crews have played a part in achieving the tentative peace that has taken hold of the St. Louis suburb once rocked by protests. Some wear black T-shirts with large white letters

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Even the Islamists of ISIS are obsessing over Ferguson

August 21, 2014 They’re hoping to use black disenchantment as a recruiting tool. You can understand if President Obama would rather talk about the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq, where he has scored some victories, than talk about the unholy mess in Ferguson, Mo. Surprisingly, though, ISIS militants are following developments in the

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CAIR Asks Imams to Devote Sermons to Racial Equality in Response to Missouri Police Shooting

August 14, 2014 CAIR today called on imams (prayer leaders) nationwide to devote at least a portion of their khutbas (sermons) for tomorrow’s weekly congregational prayers (jummah) to the issues of racial equality and social justice. That request comes in the wake of racial turmoil resulting from the fatal police shooting on Saturday of 18-year-old

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