Jewish scholar lectures on ‘How Islam Saved the Jews,’ at UAB

April 22, 2014   David J. Wasserstein, a professor of Jewish History at Vanderbilt University, will lecture on “How Islam Saved the Jews” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. The free, public lecture will take place at UAB’s Volker Hall, Lecture Room A, 1670 University Blvd. The…

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Westminster University students ‘furious’ after controversial Islamic preacher booked for charity dinner talk

November 14, 2013   National Charity Week began in controversy after Westminster Islamic Society (ISOC) asked an anti-gay and anti-Semitic Muslim scholar to give a speech to over 300 students. ISOC had originally arranged for the moderate Wasim Kempson to come in as a guest speaker, but students were left confused after the controversial figure…

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Universities cancel Muslim cleric’s speaking tour over concerns about his anti-gay views

November 7, 2013   A Muslim cleric who preaches that gay people are worse than animals is at the centre of a fierce “free speech” row after being invited to speak at universities across the country. Mufti Ismail Menk was due to visit six universities – Oxford, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Cardiff and Glasgow – next…

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Police, FBI investigate vandalism at Delaware mosque in Newark

October 27, 2013 Police are trying to determine who vandalized a mosque and school in Newark. Investigators believe it happened early Friday morning at the Islamic Society of Delaware’s community center in Newark. Vandals tore down a fence and used rocks to damage a digital sign. Pieces of the fence were used to make a…

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Milwaukee Syrians divided on U.S. intervention over chemical weapons

Members of Milwaukee’s Syrian community will be watching intently as the U.S. Congress debates this week whether to take military action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for his suspected use of chemical weapons on his own people last month. It is a debate of grave consequence, a life and death decision for this community, many…

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