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    <title>Alliance between Obama and Lobbyists: To be or not to be?Rafik</title>
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    <modified>2008-11-17T21:56:14-08:00</modified>
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    <id>tag:muamalat.net,2008://1.1</id>
            <summary type="text/plain">Please click here to watch the report by Campbell Brown from CNN.  Has Obama already started bending one of his campaign promises?
In Transition, Ties to Lobbying
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, New York Tim ...</summary>
        <author>
      <name>Rafik</name>
                </author>
        <dc:subject>The Islamic Workplace</dc:subject>
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      Please click here to watch the report by Campbell Brown from CNN.  Has Obama already started bending one of his campaign promises?
In Transition, Ties to Lobbying
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, New York Times
WASHINGTON ? President-elect Barack Obama has imposed stricter conflict-of-interest restrictions on his White House transition team than any president before him. But a [...]
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    <entry>
    <title>Former Marine outlines secret dossiers on Muslims and Arabs in Southern CaliforniaRafik</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://makkah.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/former-marine-outlines-secret-dossiers-on-muslims-and-arabs-in-southern-california/" />
    <modified>2008-11-17T16:14:18-08:00</modified>
    <issued>2008-11-17T16:14:18-08:00</issued>
    <id>tag:muamalat.net,2008://1.2</id>
            <summary type="text/plain">By Rick Rogers
STAFF WRITER, San Diego Union-Tribune
November 17, 2008
OCEANSIDE ? Two years after his arrest, a former Marine gunnery sergeant is talking about the FBI, CIA and U.S. Immigration and C ...</summary>
        <author>
      <name>Rafik</name>
                </author>
        <dc:subject>The Islamic Workplace</dc:subject>
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      By Rick Rogers
STAFF WRITER, San Diego Union-Tribune
November 17, 2008
OCEANSIDE ? Two years after his arrest, a former Marine gunnery sergeant is talking about the FBI, CIA and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement files he stole from Camp Pendleton for a civilian agency.
Gary Maziarz, a former Marine intelligence specialist, gave secret government files to an anti-terrorism [...]
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      </entry>
    <entry>
    <title>Young Muslims and Muslimas on?Islam and the U.S. Presidential Elections?Rafik</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://makkah.wordpress.com/2008/11/16/young-muslims-and-muslimahs-on-islam-and-the-us-presidential-elections/" />
    <modified>2008-11-16T12:18:39-08:00</modified>
    <issued>2008-11-16T12:18:39-08:00</issued>
    <id>tag:muamalat.net,2008://1.3</id>
            <summary type="text/plain">Please click here to watch this interesting exchange of views on &amp;#8220;Islam and the Elections&amp;#8221; from young Muslims and Muslimahs. In a forum at New York University, Muslim students consider how ...</summary>
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      <name>Rafik</name>
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        <dc:subject>The Islamic Workplace</dc:subject>
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      Please click here to watch this interesting exchange of views on &#8220;Islam and the Elections&#8221; from young Muslims and Muslimahs. In a forum at New York University, Muslim students consider how Islam was used by the McCain and Obama campaigns.

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    <entry>
    <title>Afghan girl begging for bread, yearning to go to school (while global leaders dine on $500 wine)Rafi</title>
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    <modified>2008-11-14T12:56:42-08:00</modified>
    <issued>2008-11-14T12:56:42-08:00</issued>
    <id>tag:muamalat.net,2008://1.4</id>
            <summary type="text/plain">CNN
KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) &amp;#8212; Little Banafsha wakes up in her small mud home, has a cup of tea and braces herself for the day ahead.
Banafsha, learning in a center run by Aschiana, an Afghan NG ...</summary>
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      <name>Rafik</name>
                </author>
        <dc:subject>The Islamic Workplace</dc:subject>
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      CNN
KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) &#8212; Little Banafsha wakes up in her small mud home, has a cup of tea and braces herself for the day ahead.
Banafsha, learning in a center run by Aschiana, an Afghan NGO, says she wants to become a teacher. She is just 11 years old but she is the breadwinner for her [...]
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    <entry>
    <title>Signs of Hate now demonstrate IslamophobiaRafikapartheid-signsnodogsandchineseallowedno-irish-need-a</title>
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    <modified>2008-11-11T21:31:17-08:00</modified>
    <issued>2008-11-11T21:31:17-08:00</issued>
    <id>tag:muamalat.net,2008://1.5</id>
            <summary type="text/plain">Rafik Beekun
Previous Signs of Hate and Discrimination
Whites Only
No Dogs And Chinese Allowed
No Irish Need Apply
Jews Not Allowed
Christians Only, Jews Not
Current Signs of Hate and Discrimnation
Mu ...</summary>
        <author>
      <name>Rafik</name>
                </author>
        <dc:subject>The Islamic Workplace</dc:subject>
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      Rafik Beekun
Previous Signs of Hate and Discrimination
Whites Only
No Dogs And Chinese Allowed
No Irish Need Apply
Jews Not Allowed
Christians Only, Jews Not
Current Signs of Hate and Discrimnation
Muslims Nearby
Caution: Muslim Employees Ahead
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    <entry>
    <title>Prospective Jobs in Obama AdministrationRafik</title>
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    <modified>2008-11-09T11:29:42-08:00</modified>
    <issued>2008-11-09T11:29:42-08:00</issued>
    <id>tag:muamalat.net,2008://1.6</id>
            <summary type="text/plain">A website (www.change.gov) is designed to provide prospective applicants with information to help them apply for positions in the Obama-Biden Administration
This website is designed to provide prospec ...</summary>
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      <name>Rafik</name>
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        <dc:subject>The Islamic Workplace</dc:subject>
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      A website (www.change.gov) is designed to provide prospective applicants with information to help them apply for positions in the Obama-Biden Administration
This website is designed to provide prospective applicants with information to help them apply for positions in the Obama-Biden Administration. President-Elect Obama will make appointments throughout the federal government. Some positions will require Senate confirmation while [...]
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    <entry>
    <title>Key Obama Advisor Has Hindu Extremist Baggage from Vishwa Hindu Parishad of AmericaRafik</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://makkah.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/key-obama-advisor-has-hindu-extremist-baggage-from-vishwa-hindu-parishad-of-america/" />
    <modified>2008-11-08T11:51:47-08:00</modified>
    <issued>2008-11-08T11:51:47-08:00</issued>
    <id>tag:muamalat.net,2008://1.7</id>
            <summary type="text/plain">For all the talk of change and hope, one of the first thing that Obama did after getting elected was appoint Sonal Shah, a right wing Hindu extremist figure, as a key advisor to his transition team. F ...</summary>
        <author>
      <name>Rafik</name>
                </author>
        <dc:subject>The Islamic Workplace</dc:subject>
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      For all the talk of change and hope, one of the first thing that Obama did after getting elected was appoint Sonal Shah, a right wing Hindu extremist figure, as a key advisor to his transition team. Folks may be aware that it is Hindu extremist groups such as the VHP and its student wing [...]
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      </entry>
    <entry>
    <title>Obama?s Israeli Advisor, Rahm Emanuel, Is His New White House Chief of StaffRafik</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://makkah.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/obamas-israeli-advisor-rahm-emanuel-is-his-new-white-house-chief-of-staff/" />
    <modified>2008-11-08T11:41:08-08:00</modified>
    <issued>2008-11-08T11:41:08-08:00</issued>
    <id>tag:muamalat.net,2008://1.8</id>
            <summary type="text/plain">Note from Rafik Beekun: Obama has just appointed Raham Emmanuel as his Chief of Staff. He holds a dual US/Israeli citizenship, and has served in Israel&amp;#8217;s army, the IDF. His father was a member o ...</summary>
        <author>
      <name>Rafik</name>
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        <dc:subject>The Islamic Workplace</dc:subject>
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      Note from Rafik Beekun: Obama has just appointed Raham Emmanuel as his Chief of Staff. He holds a dual US/Israeli citizenship, and has served in Israel&#8217;s army, the IDF. His father was a member of the Zionist organization, the IRGUN, led by Menachem Begin. Rahm is abrasive according to people who know him and Congressmen, and [...]
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    <entry>
    <title>Islam and Obama: American Muslims overwhelmingly voted DemocraticRafik</title>
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    <modified>2008-11-08T11:35:36-08:00</modified>
    <issued>2008-11-08T11:35:36-08:00</issued>
    <id>tag:muamalat.net,2008://1.9</id>
            <summary type="text/plain"> Lorraine Ali
NEWSWEEK http://www.newsweek.com/id/168062 
For the past few months, not a day went by without the words &amp;#8220;Muslim&amp;#8221; and &amp;#8220;Obama&amp;#8221; being mentioned in the same sentence ...</summary>
        <author>
      <name>Rafik</name>
                </author>
        <dc:subject>The Islamic Workplace</dc:subject>
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       Lorraine Ali
NEWSWEEK http://www.newsweek.com/id/168062 
For the past few months, not a day went by without the words &#8220;Muslim&#8221; and &#8220;Obama&#8221; being mentioned in the same sentence. From the divisive shouts and jeers at McCain rallies to the Op-Ed pages of The New York Times to an interview with Colin Powell on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; Muslims?or [...]
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    <entry>
    <title>The Extremists Behind the?Obsession?MovieRafik</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://makkah.wordpress.com/2008/10/28/the-extremists-behind-the-obsession-movie/" />
    <modified>2008-10-28T08:43:27-07:00</modified>
    <issued>2008-10-28T08:43:27-07:00</issued>
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            <summary type="text/plain">Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic
27 Oct 2008 09:45 am
I&amp;#8217;ve only watched the 12-minute version of &amp;#8220;Obsession,&amp;#8221; the film sent to more than 28 million people in various swing states, appa ...</summary>
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      <name>Rafik</name>
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        <dc:subject>The Islamic Workplace</dc:subject>
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      Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic
27 Oct 2008 09:45 am
I&#8217;ve only watched the 12-minute version of &#8220;Obsession,&#8221; the film sent to more than 28 million people in various swing states, apparently by associates and partisans of the Jewish movement known as Aish HaTorah, or &#8220;Fire of the Torah,&#8221; but it was enough for to understand that it [...]
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    <entry>
    <title>Which Religion Picks the Best Stocks?Rafik</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://makkah.wordpress.com/2008/10/26/which-religion-picks-the-best-stocks/" />
    <modified>2008-10-26T13:24:44-07:00</modified>
    <issued>2008-10-26T13:24:44-07:00</issued>
    <id>tag:muamalat.net,2008://1.11</id>
            <summary type="text/plain">David Van Biema, TIME Magazine
Which faith plays the market best when it seems headed for the financial equivalent of purgatory? That may sound like a whimsical question, but there are, in fact, mutua ...</summary>
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      <name>Rafik</name>
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        <dc:subject>The Islamic Workplace</dc:subject>
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      David Van Biema, TIME Magazine
Which faith plays the market best when it seems headed for the financial equivalent of purgatory? That may sound like a whimsical question, but there are, in fact, mutual funds tailored to a number of religions and denominations. Their track records won&#8217;t answer the question of which investment strategy best ensures [...]
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    <entry>
    <title>An American Muslim?s experience with democracyRafik</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://makkah.wordpress.com/2008/10/24/american-muslims-are-voters-too/" />
    <modified>2008-10-24T10:50:57-07:00</modified>
    <issued>2008-10-24T10:50:57-07:00</issued>
    <id>tag:muamalat.net,2008://1.12</id>
            <summary type="text/plain">About a decade and a half ago, I ran for the office of state assemblyman in District 31 of Nevada.   My first name Rafik did not sit well with some, and one of my advisors (who happened to be a state  ...</summary>
        <author>
      <name>Rafik</name>
                </author>
        <dc:subject>The Islamic Workplace</dc:subject>
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      About a decade and a half ago, I ran for the office of state assemblyman in District 31 of Nevada.   My first name Rafik did not sit well with some, and one of my advisors (who happened to be a state assemblyman then) suggested that I change my name to &#8220;Rocko Beekun&#8221; from &#8220;Rafik Beekun&#8221;.  [...]
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    <entry>
    <title>Muslim Leaders?Global Fight Against ExtremismRafik</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://makkah.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/muslim-leaders-global-fight-against-extremism/" />
    <modified>2008-10-23T15:53:29-07:00</modified>
    <issued>2008-10-23T15:53:29-07:00</issued>
    <id>tag:muamalat.net,2008://1.13</id>
            <summary type="text/plain">Stryker McGuire, Newsweek
A year ago, 138 Muslim leaders from 40 nations addressed a plea for interfaith dialogue to the leaders of the world&amp;#8217;s Christian churches in a bid to diminish the influe ...</summary>
        <author>
      <name>Rafik</name>
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        <dc:subject>The Islamic Workplace</dc:subject>
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      Stryker McGuire, Newsweek
A year ago, 138 Muslim leaders from 40 nations addressed a plea for interfaith dialogue to the leaders of the world&#8217;s Christian churches in a bid to diminish the influence of extremism around the world. That initiative, &#8220;A Common Word Between Us and You,&#8221; led to a conference between Muslim and U.S. Protestant [...]
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    <entry>
    <title>Moved by a CrescentRafikkareem-rashad-sultan-khan-american-hero1</title>
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    <modified>2008-10-22T05:26:28-07:00</modified>
    <issued>2008-10-22T05:26:28-07:00</issued>
    <id>tag:muamalat.net,2008://1.14</id>
            <summary type="text/plain">Note from Rafik Beekun: Very few commentators of an international stature like Maureen Dowd have examined at length Powell&amp;#8217;s statement about the Islamophobic statements made by many in the Repub ...</summary>
        <author>
      <name>Rafik</name>
                </author>
        <dc:subject>The Islamic Workplace</dc:subject>
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      Note from Rafik Beekun: Very few commentators of an international stature like Maureen Dowd have examined at length Powell&#8217;s statement about the Islamophobic statements made by many in the Republican party over the past year. My wife is a Navy veteran.  My son is now serving in the Navy.  My father-in-law served in [...]
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    <entry>
    <title>Like AIG, Sarah Palin has taken advantage of taxpayersRafik</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://makkah.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/like-aig-palin-took-advantage-charging-alaska-for-her-kids-travel-and-lodging-expenses/" />
    <modified>2008-10-21T22:14:33-07:00</modified>
    <issued>2008-10-21T22:14:33-07:00</issued>
    <id>tag:muamalat.net,2008://1.15</id>
            <summary type="text/plain">First Story: AP Investigation: Alaska Funded Palin Kids&amp;#8217; Travel
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS reported in the New York Times
Published: October 22, 2008

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &amp;#8212; Gov. Sarah Pali ...</summary>
        <author>
      <name>Rafik</name>
                </author>
        <dc:subject>The Islamic Workplace</dc:subject>
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      First Story: AP Investigation: Alaska Funded Palin Kids&#8217; Travel
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS reported in the New York Times
Published: October 22, 2008

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &#8212; Gov. Sarah Palin charged the state for her children to travel with her, including to events where they were not invited, and later amended expense reports to specify that they were [...]
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    <entry>
    <title>Islamophobic article from Republican Official in Alamogordo, New MexicoRafik</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://makkah.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/islamophobic-article-from-republican-official-in-alamogordo-new-mexico/" />
    <modified>2008-10-21T22:09:17-07:00</modified>
    <issued>2008-10-21T22:09:17-07:00</issued>
    <id>tag:muamalat.net,2008://1.16</id>
            <summary type="text/plain">Why I&amp;#8217;m a Republican

Alamogordo Daily News

Article Launched: 10/21/2008 12:00:00 AM MDT
 

I read in today&amp;#8217;s paper what a woman wrote explaining why she&amp;#8217;s a Democrat. Let me tell y ...</summary>
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      <name>Rafik</name>
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        <dc:subject>The Islamic Workplace</dc:subject>
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      Why I&#8217;m a Republican

Alamogordo Daily News

Article Launched: 10/21/2008 12:00:00 AM MDT
 

I read in today&#8217;s paper what a woman wrote explaining why she&#8217;s a Democrat. Let me tell you why I&#8217;m not. I&#8217;m a Republican because:
I believe in a sovereign God who sometimes gives us what we deserve.
I believe Muslims are our enemies. [...]
I believe there is [...]
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    <entry>
    <title>Putting family before politics: Senator Obama and his ailing grandmotherRafik</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://makkah.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/putting-family-before-politics-senator-obama-and-his-ailing-grandmother/" />
    <modified>2008-10-21T15:47:02-07:00</modified>
    <issued>2008-10-21T15:47:02-07:00</issued>
    <id>tag:muamalat.net,2008://1.17</id>
            <summary type="text/plain">&amp;#8220;And when I hear a woman talk about the difficulties of starting her own business or making her way in the world, I think about my grandmother, who worked her way up from the secretarial pool to ...</summary>
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      <name>Rafik</name>
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        <dc:subject>The Islamic Workplace</dc:subject>
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      &#8220;And when I hear a woman talk about the difficulties of starting her own business or making her way in the world, I think about my grandmother, who worked her way up from the secretarial pool to middle management, despite years of being passed over for promotions because she was a woman..&#8221;
She&#8217;s the one who [...]
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    <entry>
    <title>Kareem R. Khan, American Muslim Hero who made the ultimate sacrificeRafikkareem-rashad-sultan-khan-a</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://makkah.wordpress.com/2008/10/19/kareem-r-khan-american-muslim-hero-who-made-the-ultimate-sacrifice/" />
    <modified>2008-10-19T12:01:24-07:00</modified>
    <issued>2008-10-19T12:01:24-07:00</issued>
    <id>tag:muamalat.net,2008://1.18</id>
            <summary type="text/plain">On ?Meet the Press? today, Colin L. Powell concluded his endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama by referring to the death of a Muslim soldier, Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan of Manahawkin, N.J., who was killed i ...</summary>
        <author>
      <name>Rafik</name>
                </author>
        <dc:subject>The Islamic Workplace</dc:subject>
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      On ?Meet the Press? today, Colin L. Powell concluded his endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama by referring to the death of a Muslim soldier, Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan of Manahawkin, N.J., who was killed in Iraq on Aug. 6, 2007, and whose remains were buried in Arlington.
Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan
He and three other soldiers, including [...]
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    <entry>
    <title>Repression of Muslims in ChinaRafik</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://makkah.wordpress.com/2008/10/18/repression-of-muslims-in-china/" />
    <modified>2008-10-18T18:39:11-07:00</modified>
    <issued>2008-10-18T18:39:11-07:00</issued>
    <id>tag:muamalat.net,2008://1.19</id>
            <summary type="text/plain">Edward Wong, New York Times
KHOTAN, China ? The grand mosque that draws thousands of Muslims each week in this oasis town has all the usual trappings of piety: dusty wool carpets on which to kneel in  ...</summary>
        <author>
      <name>Rafik</name>
                </author>
        <dc:subject>The Islamic Workplace</dc:subject>
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      Edward Wong, New York Times
KHOTAN, China ? The grand mosque that draws thousands of Muslims each week in this oasis town has all the usual trappings of piety: dusty wool carpets on which to kneel in prayer, a row of turbans and skullcaps for men without headwear, a wall niche facing the holy city of [...]
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    <title>Good Samaritan 101: Rabbi Steven Jacobs Confronts Clarion Fund?s Gregory RossRafik</title>
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            <summary type="text/plain">After a press conference against the &amp;#8220;Obsession&amp;#8221; movie held by the Coalition for Renewing American Democracy, the Communications Director of the Clarion Fund confronted the coalition membe ...</summary>
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      After a press conference against the &#8220;Obsession&#8221; movie held by the Coalition for Renewing American Democracy, the Communications Director of the Clarion Fund confronted the coalition members. Here, Rabbi Steven Jacobs is shown talking to the Communications Director.

Interfaith leaders call &#8216;Obsession&#8217; DVD hateful
Detroit News
Critics say film instills fear of Muslims with misleading claims; distributor says [...]
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