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Oklahoma State Senate Votes Down Anti-Shariah Bill

By UCN on April 8, 2012 11:46 AM

The Oklahoma state Senate voted down a bill that would have prohibited state judges from considering foreign laws, including religious laws, in their decisions.

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Florida Pastor Terry Jones Says Islam's Goal Is 'World Domination' at Protest In Michigan

By UCN on April 8, 2012 11:14 AM

Controversial Florida Pastor Terry Jones spoke Saturday in Dearborn in front of the biggest mosque in Michigan. (JARRAD HENDERSON/Detroit Free Press)

Speaking Saturday in front of the biggest mosque in Michigan, the Florida pastor known for burning the Quran blasted Islam and called upon Americans to take back their country.

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Muslims Launch Campaign to Dispel Misconceptions About Shariah

By UCN on March 4, 2012 3:54 PM

Hundreds of protestors came out to oppose the building of a Islamic center near Ground Zero in New York City's financial district on Aug. 22, 2010. (Ann Hermes / The Christian Science Monitor)

Against a backdrop of heartland fears that U.S. Muslims seek to impose Islamic law on American courts, a leading Muslim group will launch a campaign on Monday (March 5) to dispel what it called misconceptions about Shariah.

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Survey On Islam In America Reveals Number of Mosques Has Grown Dramatically

By UCN on February 29, 2012 6:13 PM

The Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Mich., opened in 2005. It's one of hundreds of new mosques built or established since 9/11.

In the decade since 9/11, American Muslims and mosques have come under a close lens, from congressional hearings on radicalization to campaigns against mosque construction projects and anti-Sharia legislation proposals in dozens of states.

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NYC Mayor Bloomberg Defends City Surveillance of Muslims as Outrage Grows

By UCN on February 22, 2012 10:08 AM

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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg joins designer Diane Von Furstenberg to discuss the latest efforts to support the fashion industry and the economic impact of fashion week at CFDA Fashion Incubator on February 13, 2012 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images North America)

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday fired back at the president of Yale University and others who have suggested city police went too far in their surveillance of Muslims.

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Retired U.S. General Who Criticized Islam Withdraws from West Point Prayer Breakfast

By UCN on January 31, 2012 4:05 AM

Lieutenant General WIlliam G. Boykin speaks at his retirement ceremony at United States Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg N.C. (Walter Sokalski, USASOC PAO)

A retired U.S. lieutenant general who made comments denigrating Islam has withdrawn from speaking at a West Point prayer breakfast after a veterans' advocacy group protested his invitation.

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Invitation for Retired U.S. General Who Criticized Islam to Speak at West Point Draws Protest

By UCN on January 30, 2012 5:17 PM

Lieutenant General WIlliam G. Boykin speaks at his retirement ceremony at United States Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg N.C. (Walter Sokalski, USASOC PAO)

A veterans' advocacy group asked the Army chief of staff Monday to rescind a West Point prayer breakfast invitation to a retired U.S. general who made comments denigrating Islam.

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Muslim Activists Call for NYPD Head, Ray Kelly, to Resign Over Anti-Islam Movie

By UCN on January 26, 2012 2:08 PM

New York Police Department Commissioner Ray Kelly points as Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance (R) looks on at a news conference announcing the indictment of 35 members of a large scale PCP drug ring on January 18, 2012 in New York City. (Mario Tama/Getty Images North America)

Muslim groups are calling for New York's police commissioner to step down because of his appearance in a film they say paints their religion and its adherents in a bad light.

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Court Rules Oklahoma Ban On Islamic Law Is Unconstitutional

By UCN on January 10, 2012 3:22 PM

Muneer Awad, executive director of Council on American-Islamic Relations in Oklahoma, talks to members of the media outside Federal Courthouse in Oklahoma City on Monday Nov. 8 , 2010 after U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange issued a temporary restraining order blocking a state constitutional amendment that prohibits state courts from considering international or Islamic law when deciding cases. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Steve Gooch)

An amendment that would ban Oklahoma courts from considering international or Islamic law discriminates against religions and a Muslim community leader has the right to challenge its constitutionality, a federal appeals court said Tuesday.

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Queens, New York Arson Attacks Under Investigation as Hate Crimes Against Muslims

By UCN on January 2, 2012 2:13 PM

Four arson attacks in Queens, N.Y. are being investigated as possible hate crimes against Muslims on Jan. 2, 2012. (ABC News)

Four arson attacks in Queens, N.Y., are being investigated as possible hate crimes against Muslims, police said.

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