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October 2, 2006
Welcome Back Taliban!
You'd better sit down. Today Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist suggested that the best way to deal with the increasing Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan ... is to reintegrate the group into the Afghani government. From the AP via the International Herald-Tribune: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill F ... More >>
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August 7, 2007
The Continuing Story of Goat Boy, the Pesky Terrorist
If there's anything funny about the U.S. War on Terror and its hunt for al-Qaeda, it's the fact that nearly six years after 9/11, we still haven't been able to capture or kill Adam Yahiye Gadahn, a.k.a. Azzam the American, a.k.a. Goat Boy. At least that's what we've come to call Gadahn around the ne ... More >>
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August 20, 2007
Behind the hijab in Anaheim
Update: View a slideshow of images from Open-Mosque Day here. Too much is still unknown, speculated about and misunderstood when it comes to Muslims abroad and in the U.S. To counter this in their own small way, a dozen or so mosques throughout L.A. and Orange counties flung their doors open this p ... More >>
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November 12, 2007
Robert Morey Still Up to his Resume-Stretching
Remember Robert Morey, the self-proclaimed Islam expert who runs Faith Community Church in Irvine? Last March, the Weekly examined many of his outrageous claims--that he's on a Hamas death list, that the Los Angeles Police Department consulted with him to make sure local Muslims wouldn't kill cops d ... More >>
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September 9, 2008
Dead Again!
For the second time in a year, a terrified American public has received the reassuring news that Adam Gadahn, a.k.a. "Goat Boy," is dead. Probably. As far as we know. Seeing as how we haven't heard much from him lately and he likes to harangue his former countrymen with annoying lectures about U.S. ... More >>
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March 18, 2009
Muslim Groups Consider Breaking FBI Ties Over Irvine Case
Citing the highly publicized case involving an undercover informant who spied on an Irvine mosque, a coalition of U.S. Muslim organizations has announced it may suspend relations with the FBI."Muslim communities throughout the United States have made significant advances in promoting and contributin ... More >>
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March 26, 2009
FBI Spying on Mosques Draws Senate Attention; Rights Workshop Helps Local Muslims Deal With the Feds
A Senate Judiciary Committee questioned FBI Director Robert Mueller Wednesday about a Muslim coalition's consideration of breaking ties with the bureau following the highly publicized federal government spying on an Irvine mosque.Meanwhile, a workshop has been organized for this Sunday to help local ... More >>
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April 3, 2009
Notorious Islam Hater to Speak at Chapman U Tomorrow
Wilders: If only all Islam-haters had hair like his...Dutch filmmaker and politician Geert Wilders will speak tomorrow at Chapman University's Memorial Hall at 2 p.m., hosted by the School of Law, and one wonders why my alma mater's fine film school isn't hosting the event. Simple: Wilders is a bit, ... More >>
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January 10, 2008
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November 22, 2007
Tuesday - 11/20
When the Levees Broke: Part II at the Irvine Fine Arts Center, The Whirling Dervishes of Turkey at the Barclay
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September 12, 2002
Rogue Statesman
Congressman Dana Rohrabachers absolutely crazy, quite possibly illegal back-channel chats with the villains of Sept. 11
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April 19, 2007
So I Married a Terrorist . . .
Saraah Olsons strange trip through the U.S. war on terror
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September 21, 2006
'I've Never Been to America. America Came to Me'
Ex-Guantanamo Bay inmate Moazzam Begg recalls his three-year journey through Americas war on terror
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March 2, 2006
Dr. Jihad
The crusading life of Islam expert Robert Morey
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October 13, 2005
This Week in Ramadan and Rosh Hashana
The crusading life of Islam expert Robert Morey
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August 11, 2005
Mind Your Own Fatwas!
Some guy charges Garden Grove imam with terrorist love
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November 11, 2004
Allah Carte
Breaking the Ramadan fast with the Islamic Centers Auntie Fatima
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November 4, 2004
Ramadan-a-Dine-Long!
Enjoy the Islamic bounties of Lotus Chinese Eatery
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August 26, 2004
Diary of a Mad County
Enjoy the Islamic bounties of Lotus Chinese Eatery
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July 8, 2004
Terror-Fied
The War on Terror begins at home. My home.
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April 1, 2004
Burning Bush
The presidents conservative critics
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December 25, 2003
Mr. Taliban
Dornan says Rohrabachers got a weakness for terror suspects
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February 20, 2003
Conspiracy Theories
Dornan says Rohrabachers got a weakness for terror suspects
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July 4, 2002
The Partially Informed Alarmist
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March 28, 2002
More Fuelish War Talk
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November 1, 2001
Pulling His Cheney
Shabbir Mansuri critiques the Second Ladys critique of multiculturalism
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August 19, 1999
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Shabbir Mansuri critiques the Second Ladys critique of multiculturalism
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April 30, 2009
The FBI, the Islamic Center of Irvine and Craig Monteilh: Who Was Conning Whom?
Shabbir Mansuri critiques the Second Ladys critique of multiculturalism
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June 19, 2009
Does Al Qaeda's Infamous Goat Boy Read the Weekly?
In April, the Weekly published this story about Craig Monteilh, a self-described FBI mole who spied on Orange County mosques and claimed that he foiled unspecified terrorist plots. No evidence has ever surfaced to bolster Monteilh's claims, and in that story, I noted that only two OC residents have ... More >>
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August 20, 2009
[Hey, You!] Free to Be You and Me
In April, the Weekly published this story about Craig Monteilh, a self-described FBI mole who spied on Orange County mosques and claimed that he foiled unspecified terrorist plots. No evidence has ever surfaced to bolster Monteilh's claims, and in that story, I noted that only two OC residents have ... More >>
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May 29, 2009
Irvine Mosque Speaks: OC Weekly World Exclusive!
On Feb. 21, FBI agents arrested Ahmadullah Sais Niazi, an Afghan immigrant, and charged him with lying about his brother-in-law's status as an alleged Al Qaeda terrorist. A few days later, Craig Monteilh, a convicted con artist, held a press conference to announce that he was an FBI informant and ha ... More >>
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January 8, 2010
[UPDATED:] Local Muslims Begin New Year With Hate Crimes Against Them
CAIR-LAAnti-Muslim vandalization, Mission Viejo-styleUPDATE: See bottom for details of town hall tonight addressing hate crimes directed at local Muslims.This is no way to start the new year fresh: local Muslims are dealing with two incidents of anti-Islam hate targeting their community.
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April 6, 2010
Tariq Ramadan's Looming OC Speech Draws Warning From Muslim Group
Wikipedia CommonsTariq RamadanWhat the American Islamic Forum for Democracy derides as the "Tariq Ramadan American Islamist Victory Tour 2010" includes a May stop near Disneyland, where American Muslims are being warned by the self-described liberty lovers to "be on guard" as the Swiss academic ... More >>
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August 19, 2010
Imane Boudlal, Muslim Fighting Disney for Right to Wear Hijab: "We Should Just Accept Each Other and Respect Each Other"
Keith May/OC WeeklyImane BoudlalImane Boudlal made national headlines Wednesday when she challenged the famously--and extensively--strict Disney dress code, which included a ban on the hijab. Speaking with the Weekly today, the 26-year-old Anaheim resident said, "we should just accept each other ... More >>
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August 23, 2010
Imane Boudlal, Disney Worker Who Sparked Hijab Flap, Rejects New Company Compromise
Imane Boudlal, who has repeatedly defied orders against wearing a traditional Islamic headscarf on the job as an Anaheim Disney Resort restaurant hostess, calls the company's latest attempt at a compromise "offensive." After the jump, see how Boudlal would like to appear at her public work statio ... More >>
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September 8, 2010
International Burn a Koran Day is a Terrible Idea--Just Ask Busta Rhymes and Toumani Diabate
Book burning? Puh-leez.Ugh. File this under major stupidity: On Sept. 11, Pastor Terry Jones of Gainesville, Florida plans to stage "International Burn a Koran Day" to demonstrate his anti-Islam values. Jones heads the Dove World Outreach Center, which consists of about 50 members. He says h ... More >>
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October 7, 2010
Islamaphobes Go Nuts Because Campbell's Now Makes Halal Soups
Alphabet Soup to be Replaced by Quran Broth?Mass-produced items identified as kosher long ago entered the daily lives of non-Jews in this country--in fact, betcha pesos to dollars most people don't even notice the acronym "KSA" put on items approved by the Kosher Supervision of America. But as Mu ... More >>
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December 2, 2010
Bookworms
White-nationalist reads in the United States and Europe reflect anti-migrant hatred in a grim economy
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February 1, 2011
Imam Muzammil Siddiqi of Islamic Society of Orange County Condemns Holocaust Deniers
Muzammil SiddiqiSo often when it comes to Islam and the Holocaust, we hear from deniers such as Hamas leader Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, Palestinian National Authority president Mahmoud Abbas, Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Mahdi Akef, the Jordanian Association Against Zionism and Racism ... More >>
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February 23, 2011
Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day
Headline: Groups Sue FBI Over Muslim SurveillanceComment by RAMJET2: It doesn't matter if the FBI is watching the muslim community. WE are watching the muslim community and where ever they go WE pay special attention to what they do, what they carry and how they are dressed. As Bill O'Reilly, Fox ... More >>
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March 25, 2011
[UPDATE: OC Democrats Blast Pauly] Video Captures Protesters, Politicians Berating Muslims at Yorba Linda Charity Function
UPDATE, MARCH 25, 4:40 P.M.: The Democratic Party of Orange County has weighed in on Villa Park City Councilwoman's Deborah Pauly's harsh remarks at an anti-Muslim rally in Yorba Linda last month. (Welcome to the party, folks!)As you might expect from a party philosophically opposite of a teabagg ... More >>
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April 6, 2011
Pastor Terry Jones Brings Koran-Burning Fury to OC
Controversial Florida Pastor Terry Jones, who was blamed for unrest in Afghanistan after publicly burning the Koran, was in Santa Ana today.The Gainesville, Fla., preacher reportedly arrived last night to take part in today's taping of a segment on Truth TV, an Arabic-language Christian network. ... More >>
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April 14, 2011
[UPDATED with New Anti-Muslim Rally Plans:] Video Captures Protesters, Politicians Berating Muslims at Yorba Linda Charity Function
Muzammil SiddiqiHere we go again.Organizers of February's controversial and much-blasted anti-Muslim rally in Yorba Linda have issued an ultimatum to the Orange County Human Relations Commission: rescind the Community Leader award it is presenting to Islamic Society of Orange County Imam Muzammil ... More >>
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May 25, 2011
[UPDATED with Sentence for Deborah Pauly Threats:] Video Captures Protesters, Politicians Berating Muslims at Yorba Linda Charity Function
Paul Dean AndrewsUPDATE, MAY 25, 3:46 P.M.: A San Pedro man was sentenced today to 97 days in jail, three years probation and an order to stay away from Deborah Pauly for threatening violence against the Villa Park city councilwoman via a Facebook message. Paul Dean Andrews, 28, was slapped with ... More >>
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June 27, 2011
[UPDATED with "Victim" Speaking:] Muslim Worker Told to Remove Hijab Sues Abercrombie & Fitch
UPDATE, JUNE 27, 11:52 A.M.: The Muslim woman at the center of a lawsuit against Abercrombie & Fitch over being forced to remove her hijab while working in the stockroom of a Hollister Co. store in San Mateo spoke at this morning's press conference."When I was asked to remove my scarf after ... More >>
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June 28, 2011
Dutch Parliament Bans Halal and Kosher Slaughter, Giving Anti-Muslim Activists Here Hope for Same in U.S.
Flickr user Violette79Today, the Dutch parliament voted to ban the ritual slaughter of animals, a ban that effectively outlaws kosher and halal butchering in the country. The disturbing attack on religious freedom came via the strange coalition of animal rights activists and anti-Muslim politicia ... More >>
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July 22, 2011
Vela Scarves Blends Western Fashion With Islamic Tradition
Vela's signature piece, the ruffled "Mademoiselle""Victorian Lace," "Black Ruffle Prima Ballerina" and "Cat's Meow" are names of the top-selling products at Vela Scarves, a Fountain Valley-based online fashion company that produces high quality hijabs, or headscarves, for Muslim women."Vela is a ... More >>
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August 4, 2011
Olive Tree's Annual Iftar Begins
Olive Tree's Facebook pageAll is quiet on Brookhurst Street these days. It's Ramadan, the holy month of Islam. Muslims fast during the day (called sawm) in order to be reminded of the virtue of patience and humility, and restaurants are normally closed during the day.At the end of each day's sawm ... More >>
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August 9, 2011
Whole Foods Scrambles To Do Damage-Control After One Region Buckles Under Islamophobic Pressure
Whole FoodsWhole Foods wants to get one thing straight: Addressing a report from our sister paper Houston Press--Whole Foods: "We Should Not Highlight Ramadan"--which set off a maelstrom of attacks on the haute-hippie market, the corporate-run @WholeFoods has spent the day doing damage cont ... More >>
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October 3, 2011
Souhair Khatib Can Sue County of Orange for Having to Remove Her Hijab: U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court today upheld an Orange County woman's right to sue the County of Orange for its jailers making her remove her hijab, or traditional Islamic headdress, in a Santa Ana courthouse holding cell in 2006. The high court essentially rejected an appeal by the county of a March ruli ... More >>
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