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Unsettling U.S. Political Climate Galvanizes Muslims to Vote

Euro-Islam8 years ago8 years ago01 mins

These are unsettling times for many American Muslims. “People are losing their sleep,” said Naeem Baig, the president of the Islamic Circle of North America. “The political environment is creating a divide in America” by race, language, gender and religion. But it has also had an unintended consequence: galvanizing Muslims to vote. NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/02/us/unsettling-political-climate-galvanizes-muslims-to-vote.html

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Andre Carson: Speech to Islamic Circle praised success of all faith-based schools

Euro-Islam12 years ago12 years ago03 mins

U.S. Rep. Andre Carson, an Indianapolis Democrat who is one of only two Muslims in Congress, is coming under attack for a speech he gave to the Islamic Circle of North America. André Carson, created controversy when he told an Islamic Circle of North America convention that; American schools should be modeled after Madrassas, or…

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A Group to Counter Anti-Islam Sentiment

researcher12 years ago03 mins

As anti-Muslim rhetoric rises locally and nationally — some of it fueled by the presidential campaign — a group of Chicago-area Muslims is battling back, using tactics including a television ad campaign and public forums against bigotry. Gain Peace, an Islamic outreach organization based in Chicago, spent $40,000 in December to counter negative portrayals and…

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Muslims take to Minn. State Fair to repair image

researcher14 years ago14 years ago01 mins

Volunteers from the Minnesota chapter of Islamic Circle of North America took to the “Great Minnesota Get-Together” to repair the image of Muslims in America. A poll released last week showed many Americans have the same mixed feelings about the Muslim faith. The nonpartisan Pew Research Center found that most Americans doubt that Islam is…

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In Hartford, Thousands Gather To Celebrate Islam

researcher16 years ago5 years ago01 mins

The annual Islamic Circle of North America convention drew thousands at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, bringing Muslims from a wide variety of backgrounds, mixing “tradition” with the “modern.” Women with headscarves holding Starbucks coffee cups, American converts, and Muslim Americans from states including Texas and the Carolinas came to the convention, drawing more…

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