Black Muslims: Left Out of the National Conversation on Islam
Amsterdam News, News Report, Posted: Aug 30, 2010
A 2007 Pew Center study found that 35 percent of all American Muslims were born here. Of that 35 percent, 20 percent are African-American.
Categories: Religion, Top Stories
Tags: african americans, debate, ground zero, mosque, muslims
Higher Ground Needed on Ground Zero Mosque Debate
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 29, 2010
What Feisal Abdul Rauf, the would-be imam of the Islamic cultural center near ground zero, should say to elevate the discussion around the center to a higher ground.
Categories: Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Feisal Abdul Rauf, ground zero, islam, islamic cultural center, mosque, muslim
FBI Jeopardizing Muslim Civil Rights, Say Activists
India West, News Report, Posted: Aug 27, 2010
Civil liberties organizations are claiming that the constitutional rights of Muslim Americans are in jeopardy after the FBI said it needs no suspicion of wrongdoing before it initiates surveillance.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Law & Justice, Religion, South Asian
Tags: civil rights, FBI, Muslims
New America Now: Acknowledging the "Other"
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 27, 2010
A look at race relations in current news, a fiction story and a documentary on adoption.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Chinese, European, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Multimedia, New America Now, News, Original NAM Content, Religion, Sections, Top Stories
Tags: David Mitchell, Franz schurmann, Ground Zero Mosque, Jacob de Zoet, Parvez Sharma, PNSco-founder, Stephanie Wang-Breal, Wo Ai Ni Mommy
Ground Zero Mosque: Why Some Muslims Don't Want It, Either
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 24, 2010
One NY immigrant asks, ‘How can I go and pray in a place that will cause so much pain to so many people?'
Categories: Ethnicities, Middle Eastern, News, Original NAM Content, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: 9/11, charles rangel, Islam, Muslims, NewYork
Kansas Republican Apologizes for Linking to Racist Rant in Campaign
India West, News Report, Posted: Aug 23, 2010
Kansas congressional candidate Mike Pompeo apologized for his campaign calling a racist rant against his Indian American opponent a "good read."
Categories: Front Page, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, South Asian
Tags: Hindu, Kansas, mid term elections, Pompeo, Raj Goyle
Jewish Leaders Join Support for Ground Zero Mosque
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 22, 2010
Los Angeles religious leaders from a variety of faiths voiced their support for plans to build a mosque near Ground Zero in New York.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Intersections, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: groundzeromosque, groundzeronewyork, interfaith, jewish, mosque
No Surprise So Many Think Obama’s Muslim
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Aug 21, 2010
A new Pew Research Center poll found a large increase in the number of Republicans who believe that Obama is a Muslim.
Categories: African American, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: groundzeromosque, obama, obamamuslim
Right Wing's Efforts to Claim Dr. King's Legacy Condemned
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Aug 20, 2010
A planned march led by Glenn Beck on the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington draws the ire of civil rights leaders.
Categories: African American, Front Page, Religion
Tags: celebration, civil rights, fox news, glennbeck, martin luther king
Arab Media: Ground Zero Mosque Debate a Test for Obama
New America Media, Roundup, Posted: Aug 17, 2010
Obama said Muslims have the right to build a mosque near Ground Zero, but he did not say whether he thinks it’s a good idea.
Categories: Middle Eastern, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: 9/11, 911, groundzero, groundzeromosque, groundzeronewyork, mosque911, mosquegroundzer
The Coptic Grave
BelAhdan, Commentary, Posted: Aug 13, 2010
Ramadan, the holy Muslim month began Wednesday. Here, the writer reflects on being Muslim in the U.S. and a recent visit to his village, where his closest friend was from the only Christian family there.
Categories: Front Page, Middle Eastern, Religion
Old Epic Story, New Twist
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 12, 2010
A modern way of story telling, through a graphic novel, to tell a story more than 2,000 years old.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Ethnicities, Multimedia, News, Religion, Sections, South Asian, Top Stories
Jainism Transverses an Ocean
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 11, 2010
When monks can't travel by boat, plane or bus, how do they get from India to California?
Categories: Audio, Ethnicities, Multimedia, News, Religion, Sections, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: anniversary, buddhism, jainism, modern, shobha vora
Nine Extraordinary Paths
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 10, 2010
In a high-tech India, it is the ordinary men and women who follow paths of faith that stick out in William Dalrymple's book, Nine Lives
Categories: Audio, Ethnicities, Multimedia, News, Religion, Sections, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: Nine Lives, William Dalrymple
Ground Zero Mosque Controversy Highlights Islamophobia
Pakistan Link, Commentary, Posted: Aug 09, 2010
The reaction from the American right to the idea of a mosque near Ground Zero exposes those who are intent on marginalizing American Muslims.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: ground zero, Islam, Mosque, Muslim, Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, world trade center
New America Now: The Many Faces of Religion in India
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Aug 06, 2010
How has Arizona changed post SB1070 and a close look at religion in the 21st century in India.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Economy, Immigration, Latino, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: africa, hinduism, immigration, india, jainism, pixar, ramayana, wall street
Latino Catholics Support Gay Marriage
Public Religion Research Institute, News Report, Posted: Aug 04, 2010
Latino Catholics in California are significantly more likely to support same-sex marriage than Latino Protestants.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Latino, Religion
Tags: gaylatinos, gaymarriage, latinosgay, prop8, prop8california, samesexmarriage
The Conversation - Roy and Rodriguez on the Lessons of Shirley Sherrod
New America Media, Video, Posted: Aug 01, 2010
Essayist Richard Rodriguez and radio host Sandip Roy on the lessons to be learned from the Shirley Sherrod affair.
Tags: NAACP, Obama, race, Shirley Sherrod