President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Islamic Society of Baltimore mosque in Catonsville, Maryland
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President Barack Obama goes without shoes, out of deference, as he delivers remarks at the Islamic Society of Baltimore mosque
Posts Tagged ‘islam
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Feb
15
A Tweet Or Two
The world over, this is what the victims of terrorism look like #ChapelHillShooting http://t.co/EEdW4nWRVT
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Ryan Cummings (@Pol_Sec_Analyst) February 11, 2015My cousin, his wife and sister in law were murdered for being muslim. Someone tell me racism/hate crimes don't exist. #MuslimLivesMatter
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Haya Barakat (@HayaBarakat) February 11, 2015****
Yusor Abu-Salha, murdered in #ChapelHillShooting, recently provided dental aid to Syrian refugees. http://t.co/UUCsHf5EFj
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Raquel E Saraswati (@RaquelEvita) February 11, 2015Deah Barakat, murdered in #ChapelHillShooting, also gave back, providing dental and food supplies to the homeless. http://t.co/r2LPhuZyss
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Raquel E Saraswati (@RaquelEvita) February 11, 2015****
People calling this a dispute over parking are full of BS. Whenever a white person does this to a minority community, we always look for loopholes to justify it. This is a hate crime
Victims’ father on #ChapelHillShooting: “This was not a dispute over a parking space; this was a hate crime." newsobserver.com/2015/02/11/454…
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Brady Dennis (@brady_dennis) February 11, 2015Twitter today: "why don't the media cover killings of minorities like they do killings by minorities?" Um, hello. That's what racism is.
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umair (@umairh) February 11, 2015****
The father of two of three students shot to death in Chapel Hill on Tuesday says the shooting was a “hate crime” based on the Muslim faith of the victims. Chapel Hill police said Wednesday morning that a dispute about parking in the neighborhood of rented condominiums near Meadowmont may have led Craig Stephen Hicks to shoot his neighbors, Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, and his wife Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, 21, and Abu-Salha’s sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19, of Raleigh. But the women’s father, Dr. Mohammad Abu-Salha, who has a psychiatry practice in Clayton, said regardless of the precise trigger Tuesday night, Hicks’ underlying animosity toward Barakat and Abu-Salha was based on their religion and culture.
Sorry your dream was so brutally snatched from you. #ChapelHillShooting http://t.co/2zFa1oNCVc
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_ (@random_ukht) February 11, 2015Deah Barakat tweeted this in October. Ended up getting shot & killed by a man from his community. #ChapelHillShooting http://t.co/M7fUagPvsB
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Saba (@smalfuhaid) February 11, 2015A couple months ago Deah texted me, always trying to change the world for the better. #ChapelHillShooting #deah #rip http://t.co/NeIZ7wv9Dd
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danabarakat (@danabarakat3) February 11, 2015Abu-Salha said police told him Hicks shot the three inside their apartment. “It was execution style, a bullet in every head,” Abu-Salha said Wednesday morning. “This was not a dispute over a parking space; this was a hate crime. This man had picked on my daughter and her husband a couple of times before, and he talked with them with his gun in his belt. And they were uncomfortable with him, but they did not know he would go this far.” Abu-Salha said his daughter who lived next door to Hicks wore a Muslim head scarf and told her family a week ago that she had “a hateful neighbor.” “Honest to God, she said, ‘He hates us for what we are and how we look,’” he said.
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The victims have names and faces:
- Deah Barakat
- Yusor Abu-Salha
- Razan Abu-Salha
RIP. #ChapelHillShooting http://t.co/f1Bp8gNfPA
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Khaled Bey (@KhaledBeydoun) February 11, 2015#Breaking: statement from @ChapelHillPD Chief @ChrisBlue840 regarding motive in #ChapelHillShooting http://t.co/vaQaqbWQrO
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Lauren Horsch (@LaurenHorsch) February 11, 2015****
#WeAreBlackHistory on @ELLEmagazine!! Check out me & other amazing Black women elle.com/culture/art-de… http://t.co/q5WaSyBVuP
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MyFeminismRealAF (@FeministaJones) February 11, 20151 million+ African Americans worked on the home front during WWII & 60% were women #AAHM #BlackHistory @RosieTrust http://t.co/ykJ4SlJHm7
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NationalParkService (@NatlParkService) February 09, 2015****
Horrible news. Chapel Hill shooting: Three American Muslim students killed near University of North Carolina ibt.uk/A006ExC
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Brooklyn Middleton (@BklynMiddleton) February 11, 201587% of U.S. mass shooting are committed by caucasians 13-56. Why don't we spy on this community? #ChapelHillShooting http://t.co/zu7MHD2Gl4”
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Aamir | KASHMIR (@aamiryatoo) February 11, 2015****
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11
“my fellow american”
Thank you so much desertflower for the link to this video over at Extreme Liberal, it’s stunning.
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Aug
11
family
Mansura Shajahan wipes away tears as she and her son Yusuf Shajahan were acknowledged by President Barack Obama at the Iftar dinner in the White House, Aug. 10. Mansura’s husband Mohammed Shajahan died in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11.
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October 2008
Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan (1987 – 2007): A U.S. Army Specialist who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He received a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart for his service. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Kareem was a Muslim.
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The President hosts an Iftar dinner celebrating Ramadan in the State Dining Room
“That is not to say that religion is without controversy,” he said in prepared remarks. “Recently, attention has been focused on the construction of mosques in certain communities – particularly in New York. Now, we must all recognize and respect the sensitivities surrounding the development of lower Manhattan. The 9/11 attacks were a deeply traumatic event for our country. The pain and suffering experienced by those who lost loved ones is unimaginable. So I understand the emotions that this issue engenders. Ground Zero is, indeed, hallowed ground.
“But let me be clear: as a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country. That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances. This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakeable. The principle that people of all faiths are welcome in this country, and will not be treated differently by their government, is essential to who we are. The writ of our Founders must endure.
“We must never forget those who we lost so tragically on 9/11, and we must always honor those who have led our response to that attack – from the firefighters who charged up smoke-filled staircases, to our troops who are serving in Afghanistan today. And let us always remember who we are fighting against, and what we are fighting for. Our enemies respect no freedom of religion. Al Qaeda’s cause is not Islam – it is a gross distortion of Islam. These are not religious leaders – these are terrorists who murder innocent men, women and children. In fact, al Qaeda has killed more Muslims than people of any other religion – and that list of victims includes innocent Muslims who were killed on 9/11.”
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