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		<link>http://5pillar.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/elderly-israeli-killed-in-jerusalem-terror-stabbing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As he tried to escape the scene, the terrorist stopped long enough to plunge his knife into the chest of an elderly pedestrian. Emergency resuscitation efforts by ambulance crews failed.
Despite his own wounds, the police officer managed to shoot the attacker several times. Another passerby then overpowered the injured terrorist.   &#62;&#62;&#62;&#62;&#62;
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		<title>What&#8217;s wrong with having a Muslim for president?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What about other groups? If the idea of a Latino or a Muslim in the White House is beyond belief, what does that say of American society? Either the White House is strictly reserved for those who profess to be orthodox Christians (that excludes Mormons like Mitt Romney) and the whole notion of plurality is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=5pillar.wordpress.com&blog=4013818&post=8885&subd=5pillar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bipartisan Islamophobia Frustrates Muslim Voters</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Muslim-Americans are twice as likely as most Americans to be independents according to several polls. Most will vote for Barack Obama, but even supporters of the Democratic candidate express frustration at the rampant Islamophobia popping up throughout all sides of the presidential election.  &#62;&#62;&#62;&#62;&#62;
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		<title>There&#8217;s nothing wrong with being a Muslim &#8212; It&#8217;s wrong to think so</title>
		<link>http://5pillar.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/theres-nothing-wrong-with-being-a-muslim-its-wrong-to-think-so/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So Kudos to McCain for correcting a false statement. Barack Obama is indeed, not an Arab. That’s where my praise ends, and my issue begins. His ‘answer’ to this misguided woman made it sound like there’s a difference between being an Arab and being a decent family man… citizen. The two are not mutually exclusive. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=5pillar.wordpress.com&blog=4013818&post=8850&subd=5pillar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Powell Rejects Islamophobia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I&#8217;m also troubled by, not what Senator McCain says, but what members of the party say, and it is permitted to be said. Such things as &#8216;Well you know that Mr. Obama is a Muslim.&#8217; Well the correct answer is &#8216;He is not a Muslim, he&#8217;s a Christian, he&#8217;s always been a Christian.&#8217; But the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=5pillar.wordpress.com&blog=4013818&post=8837&subd=5pillar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Islamophobia on the rise in world, OIC chief says</title>
		<link>http://5pillar.wordpress.com/2008/10/17/islamophobia-on-the-rise-in-world-oic-chief-says/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Islamophobia not only stands in front of the Muslims, but the whole humanity, Ihsanoglu said.
&#8220;Stability, peace and security in the world are inseparable from each other. In the long run, Islamophobia will continue in the world. Muslims are psychologically, economically and socially affected by Islamophobia. Such a dramatic situation should be described as a segregation [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=5pillar.wordpress.com&blog=4013818&post=8775&subd=5pillar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The new face of Islamophobia</title>
		<link>http://5pillar.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/the-new-face-of-islamophobia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dehuminisation of Islam will not change the above realities. 
Overcoming ignorance is the only way to change the situation. Look at the realities of the world we are living in…. look at who is holding the guns, dropping the bombs…. with your money….Only you can put an end to  this. &#62;&#62;&#62;&#62;&#62;
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		<title>&#8216;Muslim&#8217; shouldn&#8217;t be a slur</title>
		<link>http://5pillar.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/muslim-shouldnt-be-a-slur/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a &#8220;don&#8217;t worry, be happy&#8221; tone, I breezily noted that although the stoking of racial fear and xenophobia was a cherished tradition of American politics, I really didn&#8217;t think that this time around the candidates would permit the wholesale slander of Islam or Muslims.
Apparently, I was wrong. The undertones have become screaming overtones. And [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=5pillar.wordpress.com&blog=4013818&post=8653&subd=5pillar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Great Schlep&#8217; pitches Obama to Florida Jews</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Selma Furst, voting for an African-American for president seemed unthinkable. &#8220;I grew up with Jewish people and Italian people, but I never lived in a neighborhood that was black,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Somebody said to me, &#8216;What do you object to about him?&#8217; I said, well, truthfully, our colors are different.&#8221;
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		<title>Smearcasters &#8211; How Islamophobes spread fear, bigotry and misinformation</title>
		<link>http://5pillar.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/smearcasters-how-islamophobes-spread-fear-bigotry-and-misinformation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smearcasting documents the public writings and appearances of Islamophobic activists and pundits who intentionally and regularly spread fear, bigotry and misinformation in the media. Offering a fresh look at Islamophobia and its perpetrators in today’s media, it also provides four snapshots, or case studies, describing how Islamophobes manipulate media in order to paint Muslims with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=5pillar.wordpress.com&blog=4013818&post=8595&subd=5pillar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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