By George Bisharat /The Washington Post If Americans aspire to more than managing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict via perpetual and inconclusive negotiations, we should applaud this emerging discussion. Having overcome our own institutionalized racial discrimination, we can model the virtues of a vibrant, multicultural society based on equal rights.

Categories: Israel  Palestine  The US  Tolerance  Multiculturalism  Jimmy Carter  

Added: September 03, 2010

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By Ghassan Bridi /altmuslim As opposition builds to the "Ground Zero mosque" by Americans, a "Ground Zero synagogue" was built in the heart of Beirut with little opposition by the Lebanese, who suffered a proportionally worse fate than New York did on 9/11.

Categories: Lebanon  Tolerance  Islam  Hezbollah  Synagogue  

Added: September 02, 2010

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By Dr. Habib Siddiqui / Countercurrents.org America has been a land of immigrants. It is its religious tolerance that allowed many Jews and others to find a safe refuge here. There is no better symbol of America's tolerance than a Muslim center near the Ground Zero. Denying such rights to Muslims who now are perhaps the second largest religious community will be a slap to that very American model.

Categories: Mosque  American Muslims  Islamophobia  Tolerance  9/11  

Added: July 28, 2010

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By Serge Berdugo /csmonitor.com The tone of tolerance for the nation's Jewish minority begins with the king.

Categories: Morocco  Jews  Tolerance  Islam and Multiculturalism  Interfaith  

Added: May 11, 2010

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By Youssef Chouhoud / muslimmatters.org Religious tolerance and access to Islamic institutions can count for more in the Western context while quality of life factors can command more scrutiny in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia.

Categories: Muslims  Islam  Tolerance  Islamophobia  The Muslim World  Muslims in the West  

Added: January 07, 2010

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By Shibli Zaman With all the apocalyptic clamor about ruling by Shari`ah and re-establishing a Caliphate in our times, what is sorely missing in these Muslim revolutionaries is an insight into the hearts of those who set the standards for establishing a successful society that was truly Islamic.

Categories: Muslim Civilization  Compassion  Tolerance  Justice  Islam  

Added: January 06, 2010

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By Zeba Khan / huffingtonpost.com Muslim Americans certainly have a legitimate reason to complain about the discrimination and stereotyping we face in America, but if we want to actually do something about it, we need to reach the hearts and minds of our fellow Americans.

Categories: American Muslims  Democracy  Dialogue with Others  Discrimination  Tolerance  

Added: September 22, 2009

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By Zafar Nomani / washingtonpost.com Fasting serves as a spiritual check, reminding us about issues of poverty and clean water supplies in the world and encouraging us to avoid overeating and wasting food. After all, way too much food ends up in garbage cans.

Categories: Health  Food  Islam  Ramadan  Spirituality  Tolerance  

Added: August 24, 2009

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By Isabelle de Pommereau / The Christian Science Monitor Plans to build the largest mosque in the country highlight a fundamental demographic change that some fear poses a threat to Europe's Christian culture.

Categories: Europe  Germany  Muslims in the West  Discrimination  Heritage  Tolerance  

Added: August 11, 2009

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By Rupert Cornwell / The Independent In his 1994 book, Colored People: A Memoir, Gates wrote that being black was no disgrace, but it could be inconvenient: 'When I walk into a room, people still see my blackness, more than my Gates-ness.' Even when the room is in his own home."

Categories: Race Relations  President Barak Obama  The US, Racism  Tolerance  Equality  

Added: July 24, 2009

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