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 Owla Awada manages a popular bakery in Dearborn, Michigan, one of the largest U.S. Muslim communities.
August 2nd, 2011
10:00 AM ET
Muslim Americans are most optimistic religious group, study saysBy Alan Duke, CNN (CNN) - Muslim Americans are more optimistic about their future than members of any other religious group in the United States, according to a Gallup report released Tuesday. "They have generally optimistic and positive views about government, its agencies and the future of America, but they report a significant level of prejudice and discrimination," said Ahmed Younis, an analyst for the Abu Dhabi Gallup Center. Nearly half of the Muslim Americans surveyed by Gallup said they have experienced racial or religious discrimination in the United States, according to the report, which was compiled by the Abu Dhabi Gallup Center from two years of polling. "The American Muslim story is the American story in many ways," said Younis.  Iraqis sit outside the Holy Family church in the north of Kirkuk after a car bomb exploded wounding at least 20 people.
August 2nd, 2011
08:02 AM ET
Church bombing wounds at least 20By Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Baghdad (CNN) - A car bomb exploded outside a Catholic church in central Kirkuk early Tuesday, wounding at least 20 people, authorities said. The attack took place in Kirkuk's Shatterlo neighborhood around 5:30 a.m., according to a police official who spoke to CNN on condition anonymity, because he's not authorized to speak to the media. The wounded included staff from the Holy Family Church and people with homes nearby. Police said at least 20 people were injured in the attack, while the Interior Ministry put the number at 23. The explosion damaged the church and a number of nearby houses, police said. Kirkuk is an ethnically divided mixed city located about 240 kilometers (150 miles) north of Baghdad. Read the full story here
August 2nd, 2011
07:47 AM ET
Ramadan offensive threatens Somalia's starvingBy Nima Elbagir, CNN Mogadishu, Somalia (CNN) - The Ramadan offensive has begun here, an obvious date to rally supporters of the al Qaeda affiliated Al-Shabaab militant group, but this year feels a little different. I was in the Somali capital two years ago and every night, just before the call to prayer signaled the breaking of the fast, we'd hear a cacophony of mortar rounds and gunfights. Somali friends told me back then the militants believed dying in battle while still fasting would ensure they "entered heaven without even taking their shoes off." This year Al-Shabaab's grip on the capital and the loyalty of Somalis feels more tenuous. Since I was last here in 2009 the rains have failed and the drought has spread bringing with it famine and desperation. Read the full story of the Ramadan offensive in Somalia
August 2nd, 2011
07:40 AM ET
Victim: Revenge in Iran acid attack is 'not worth it'From Shirzad Bozorgmehr, CNN Tehran, Iran (CNN) - A woman blinded in an acid attack seven years ago said Sunday she stopped the "eye for an eye" punishment for her attacker because "such revenge is not worth it." A physician was to drop acid - under legal supervision - into the eyes of Majid Movahedi on Sunday, according to Fars News Agency, to punish him for throwing acid in Bahrami's face. The act disfigured her face and blinded her. "I never intended to allow Majid to be blinded," Ameneh Bahrami told CNN. "... Each of us, individually, must try and treat others with respect and kindness in order to have a better society." Read the full story of the Islamic law about an eye for an eye
August 2nd, 2011
07:36 AM ET
Congressman explains debt deal is a 'sugar coated Satan sandwhich'Washington (CNN) – We 'lift the bun' to hear from Rep. Emanuel Cleaver who explained to CNN's Wolf Blitzer the debt deal went against every major religion. On Monday he tweeted, "This deal is a sugar-coated Satan sandwich. If you lift the bun, you will not like what you see." The four-term Missouri Democrat continued his Twitter diatribe against the deal to raise the amount of money the nation can borrow and make a down payment on the federal deficit saying, "This debt deal is antithetical to everything the great religions of the world teach, which is take care of the poor, aged, vulnerable." You can follow us on Twitter @CNNBelief. Read more on the 'satan sandwhich' from CNN's Political Ticker |
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