New America Media: Religion: July 2011

White Supremacist Attack: A Norwegian Muslim Responds

New America Media, Audio, Shirin Sadeghi, Posted: Jul 29, 2011

A prominent Norwegian Muslim of Pakistani origin discusses the aftermath of the recent white supremacist terrorist attack in Norway.

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: anders behring breivik, bomb, islam, killer, murder, muslim, norway, norwegian, shabana rehman, shooting, supremacist, terrorist, terrorist attack, white, white supremacy

Stieg Larsson’s “Expo” Reports on Oslo Suspect’s Far-Right Connections

Unsilent Generation, News Report, James Ridgeway, Posted: Jul 26, 2011

Stieg Larsson didn’t live to see his Milennium novels succeed, but had he lived, he’d be as proud of Expo, his magazine that exposes fascists like Oslo’s terrorist.

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: Anders Breivik, anti-facists, muslims, norway, stieg larsson

Islam-Baiting Failed in Campaign 2010 and Will Do Worse in 2012

New America Media/TomDispatch.com, News Analysis, Stephan Salisbury, Posted: Jul 24, 2011

Islam-bashing by political candidates failed to win votes in 2010 and could be even be less potent in 2012. A longer version of this article appeared in TomDispatch.com

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: 2010, campaign, failed result, Islamaphobe, Muslim-bashing, political, Rick Scott, Ron Klein

South Sudan's Critical Question: Can Oil and Water Mix?

The Tyee, News Report, Cam Sylvester, Posted: Jul 15, 2011

What shapes the chances for the hopeful new nation that others call a 'pre-failed state'?

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: challenges, christian, muslim, oil, peacekeeping, problems, resources, south sudan, sudan, united nations, water

Does the Muslim World Need Women Preachers or Sex Slaves?

New America Media, News Analysis, Nehad Ismail, Posted: Jul 14, 2011

Preacher or sex-slave? Muslims debate the role of women in Islam as contestants in a new Malaysian TV show compete to be the next great Muslim woman preacher.

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: dawah, islam, khadija radwan, koran, malaysia, morocco, mosque, murshidat, muslim, preacher, preachers, qur'an, reality television, regent's park mosque, saudi, sex, sex slave, sex slavery, slave, tunisia, woman, women, women preachers

The DSK Sex Scandal: A Peephole into Hotel Life in Manhattan

New America Media, News Report, Shirin Sadeghi, Posted: Jul 13, 2011

In the city that never sleeps, bedrooms aren't just for beds. And maids, ever present, ever in the midst of it all, know this better than most.

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: #DSK, africa, african, bedroom, cleaner, dominique strauss-kahn, dsk, fifth avenue, ghana, grand central station, harvard club, hotel, hotel workers union, housekeeper, immigrant, immigrants, immigration, international immigrants foundation, local 6, maid, manhattan, midtown, nafissatou diallo, new york, new york yacht club, oral, oral sex, politician, power, prostitute, sex, sexual, sofitel, strauss-kahn, times square, west 44th street

NAM Radio: Is Imran Khan Pakistan's Most Popular Politician?

New America Media, Audio, Shirin Sadeghi, Posted: Jul 11, 2011

Imran Khan is a sports hero, leading philanthropist, and international celebrity. As head of the Tehreek-e Insaf party, he's also one of Pakistan's most popular politicians.

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture

Tags: barack obama, boycott, cricket, cricket world cup, hero, imran khan, interview, jemima, jemima goldsmith, jemima khan, movement for justice, osama bin laden, pakistan, parliament, philanthropy, political, politics, pti, shaukat khanum cancer hospital, tehreek-e insaf