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Woman forced to leave mall after refusing to remove hijab is considering legal action
By The Associated Press   

NEW ORLEANS — A Muslim woman says her civil rights were violated when a security guard forced her to leave a shopping mall when she refused to take her headscarf off.
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Poll: 1 in 10 get Obama’s religion wrong
By The Associated Press   

WASHINGTON — One in 10 voters believes Barack Obama is Muslim, a mistaken impression that lingers across party lines.
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Delaware panel probes teacher’s Obama remark
By The Associated Press   

DOVER, Del. — A Delaware state human relations commission is investigating allegations that a fifth-grade teacher told her class she wouldn’t vote for Barack Obama because he is “scary” and a is Muslim.
The mother of a 10-year-old student complained, saying her daughter’s teacher made the comments during a mock primary on Super Tuesday in February at a southeastern Delaware elementary school.
The student is a Muslim.
The Democratic presidential candidate is a Christian, but he’s had to fight against false Internet rumors suggesting he’s really a Muslim intent on destroying the United States.
The Indian River School District says it has resolved the issue after meeting with the mother and the teacher who allegedly made the comments.
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Government secretly profiles Muslims, Arab immigrants
By ASMA AHMAD. Staff Writer   

LOS ANGELES – Samia Khan* has lived in the United States for more than 10 years now, and the green-card holder is looking forward to the upcoming day that she will become a U.S. citizen.  The one thing that Khan is hoping most for is that the ‘random’ security checks and harrowing experiences that she has at airports will come to a stop once she has her U.S. passport.
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Nobel Peace Prize winner honored for bolstering human security
By InFocus News Staff   

New York – In front of a packed New York City audience on March 9, the Muslim Public Affairs Council honored Dr. Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, with MPAC Foundation’s 2nd Annual Human Security Award.
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