• Verse of the Day: "Behold! The angels said: 'O Mary! God gives thee glad tidings of a Word from Him. His name will be Jesus Christ, the son of Mary, held in honor in this world and the Hereafter and in (the company of) those nearest to God.'" (The Holy Quran, 3:45)
  • Who Guards the Most Sacred Site in Christendom? Two Muslims
• Video: Meet Asma Hanif, Nurse to Muslim Women in Need (MSNBC)
  This week's Melissa Harris-Perry Foot Soldier is Asma Hanif, an advanced practice nurse who has devoted her life to operating Al-Nissa Holistic Health Center, a free clinic for women who are homeless, uninsured, or victims of domestic abuse, andMuslimat Al-Nisaa, a shelter for Muslim women.
• CAIR-Chicago: Judge Gives Green Light to Islamic Center (Daily Herald)
  The lawsuit was filed by CAIR on behalf of administrators of the center, claiming its constitutional rights were violated.
  • CAIR-Chicago: Federal Judge OKs Islamic Worship Center (Chicago Trib)
• TN: Lawmakers Raise Stink Over Sink, Interrogate Suspected Muslim Fixture
  The incident involved Sen. Bill Ketron, R-Islamisnot, and Rep. Judd Matheny, R-Xenophobia-Utopia, who were the main sponsors of a 2011 bill to codify paranoia over Islam into law. The final bill adopted by the Legislature was so watered down, the sponsors complained it had been waterboarded. The faith of the faucet used to dilute the law is unknown.
  • Islamophobia Watch: TN Voucher Bill Could Fund Muslim Schools
    Ketron, who sponsored anti-Shariah Law legislation in 2009, said the voucher bills have advanced too quickly in the legislature this year and more consideration is needed on the measure.
• CAIR-OH Meets With 18 Congressional Offices During National Advocacy Days
  • CAIR-FL Fights to Run 'My Jihad' Bus Ads
  • CAIR-OK: Meet Our 7th Annual Banquet Award Recipients
  • CAIR-Philadelphia Video: Upholding Our Constitution, Embracing Our Faith
• Dawkins, Harris, Hitchens: New Atheists Flirt with Islamophobia (Salon)
  • How to Write About Muslims
    The Western press and social media often seem to exercise two options for dealing with the Muslim population of the world: overt, unabashed Islamophobia or slightly subtler Islamophobia. 
• CAIR-CAN: Standing Up for Religious Freedom Abroad, Not at Home (Toronto Star)