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Controversial Florida Pastor Terry Jones Goes Face to Face with Dearborn Imam

April 22, 2011.

Video: Fox News

Pastor Terry Jones, the Florida man who burned a Koran in March, triggering a wave of violence in Afghanistan, appears on a Fox program with an imam and a moderate Christian cleric.

The Meaning of the Koran

By ROBERT WRIGHT September 15, 2010.

Print: New York Times

Robert Wright tries to show that the Koran is saying the same thing as the Bible.

Queensland lawyer Alex Stewart smokes pages from the Koran and Bible

The Courier-Mail, AAP September 13, 2010.

Print: Adelaide Now

In a stunt posted on YouTube, an Australian burns both the Koran and the Bible, testing pages from each as rolling paper for a marijuana joint.

Afghanistan’s dirty little secret

Joel Brinkley September 1, 2010.

Print: San Francisco Chronicle

For centuries, Afghan men have taken boys, roughly 9 to 15 years old, as lovers. In Kandahar, population about 500,000, and other towns, dance parties are a popular, often weekly, pastime. Young boys dress up as girls, wearing makeup and bells on their feet, and dance for a dozen or more leering middle-aged men who throw money at them and then take them home. A recent State Department report called “dancing boys” a “widespread, culturally sanctioned form of male rape.”

Sociologists and anthropologists say the problem results from perverse interpretation of Islamic law.

Far From Ground Zero, Obscure Pastor Is Ignored No Longer

By DAMIEN CAVE August 26, 2010.

Print: New York Times,

Florida pastor Terry Jones plans to commemorate the 9-11 attack by burning copies of the Koran.

No mosque at Ground Zero

Pat Condell June 9, 2010.

Video: YouTube

Pat Condell tells Americans why they should stop the planned building of a Mosque at Ground Zero.

‘South Park’ creators warned: Poking fun at Muhammed could invite deadly Muslim rage

Michael Sheridan April 22, 2010.

Print: NYDailyNews.com

RevolutionMuslim.com posted a warning following the 200th episode of Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s ‘South Park,’ which included a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad disguised in a bear suit.

Pakistan: Who’s Attacking the Christians?

Omar Waraich / Gojra August 5, 2009.

Print: Time

A number of factors contribute to growing religious intolerance: a harsh blasphemy law and the increasing presence of radical Islamist organizations

Six Christians killed over Quran claims

Associated Press August 1, 2009.

Print: msnbc

In eastern Pakistan, homes torched over allegations holy book was defiled

Challenging Sex Taboos, With Help from the Koran

ROBERT F. WORTH June 7, 2009.

Print: New York Times

Wedad Lootah, a Muslim woman from Emirati now living in Dubai, counsels Arab individuals and couples about sexual relationships. She recently published a book, “Top Secret: Sexual Guidance for Married Couples.”

My persecution by the Muslim McCarthyites

Taj Hargey April 9, 2009.

Times Online

Islam in Britain has been taken over by the followers of a distorted faith. We need a reformation to rescue it

Muslim education: A long, long lesson

March 26, 2009.

Economist

For Muslim youngsters, studying their faith is a time-consuming business