"Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance."-Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Friday, October 29, 2010

Links

This link is from the website of the council on American-Islamic Relations, it was very useful to me because it discusses a lot of unbiased information about Islam and Islamophobia amongst people in the U.S.
This news article from the Sacramento Bee News was useful because it addresses the current rise of anti-Islamic feelings and their causes.
This news paper article from Today’s Zaman was useful in providing information from a Muslim point of view and discussing the political attempts made by U.S. presidents to support Muslims against Muslim prejudices.
This article from the Huntington Post helped me in creating a post on one of the current expressions of anti-Muslim sentiments, the Ground Zero Mosque controversy.
This blog helped me learn about Republican’s role in creating anti- Muslim sentiments by creating in accurate stereotypes to further scare American citizens.
This blog from CBS news helped me because it talks about the Ground Zero Mosque controversy and how Muslims have the right to its construction granted to them by the constitution.
From this website I was able to pull direct quotes form verses of Quran to help create a better understanding of Islam in my Islam post
The new article from this website helped me learn about another example of anti-Muslim Expression that took place in Murfreesboro Tennessee.

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