Video: Anderson Cooper Exposes 'Ex-Terrorist' Walid Shoebat as Fraud (CAIR)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJN00dBhZVk

Video: CNN Exposes Walid Shoebat's Terror Training Scam (CAIR)

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Verse: Wisdom is a Great Wealth

Tonight: Anderson Cooper Exposes Islam-Basher Walid Shoebat

'Ex-Terrorist' Rakes in Homeland Security Bucks (CNN)

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Agency Asked to Drop Conference Featuring Islamophobe DHS Paid Islamophobe $5,000 for Rapid City Appearance Report: Manufacturing the Muslim Menace How We Train Our Cops to Fear Islam Video: CAIR Decries Anti-Muslim Police Trainers

CAIR: L.A. Sheriff Reaches Out to Muslims, Feds Increase Surveillance American Muslim Woman Breaking Down Barriers in Weightlifting

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VERSE OF THE DAY: WISDOM IS A GREAT WEALTH - TOP

"Satan threatens you with poverty and prompts you to commit what is indecent, while God promises you His forgiveness and bounties ... He grants wisdom to whom He pleases; and whoever is granted wisdom is indeed given a great wealth."

The Holy Quran, 2:268-269

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CNN'S ANDERSON COOPER EXPOSES ISLAM-BASHER WALID SHOEBAT - TOP Anderson Cooper 360, 7/13/11, 10 p.m. ET

Join us for a special investigative report about a self-proclaimed former Islamic terrorist who is making good money from American taxpayers with a story that just doesn't add up. (More)

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'EX-TERRORIST' RAKES IN HOMELAND SECURITY BUCKS - TOP Drew Griffin and Kathleen Johnston, CNN, 7/13/11

Walid Shoebat had a blunt message for the roughly 300 South Dakota police officers and sheriff's deputies who gathered to hear him warn about the dangers of Islamic radicalism. Terrorism and Islam are inseparable, he tells them. All U.S. mosques should be under scrutiny. "All Islamic organizations in America should be the No. 1 enemy. All of them," he says. It's a message Shoebat is selling based on his own background as a Palestinian-American convert to conservative Christianity. Born in the West Bank, the son of an American mother, he says he was a Palestinian Liberation Organization terrorist in his youth who helped firebomb an Israeli bank in Bethlehem and spent time in an Israeli jail. That billing helps him land speaking engagements like a May event in Rapid City -- a forum put on by the state Office of Homeland Security, which paid Shoebat $5,000 for the appearance. He's a darling on the church and university lecture circuit, with his speeches, books and video sales bringing in $500,000-plus in 2009, according to tax records. "Being an ex-terrorist myself is to understand the mindset of a terrorist," Shoebat told CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360." But CNN reporters in the United States, Israel and the Palestinian territories found no evidence that would support that biography. Neither Shoebat nor his business partner provided any proof of Shoebat's involvement in terrorism, despite repeated requests. (More)

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Agency Asked to Drop Conference Featuring Islamophobe DHS Paid Islamophobe $5,000 for Rapid City Appearance Report: Manufacturing the Muslim Menace How We Train Our Cops to Fear Islam Video: CAIR Decries Anti-Muslim Police Trainers

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CAIR: L.A. SHERIFF REACHES OUT TO MUSLIMS AS FEDS INCREASE SURVEILLANCE - TOP Ruxandra Guidi, KPBS, 7/13/2011

SAN DIEGO -- On a weekday morning, a group of businessmen, scholars, residents and a sheriff’s deputy meet for coffee and eggs in the basement of a mosque, near downtown Los Angeles. They're the Muslim American Homeland Security Congress, locals who want to shape the way counter-terrorism works in their community.

On the agenda this morning, is an invitation to L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca for Ramadan services, which start in early August. Baca has reached rock-star status here, after he founded this group six years ago.

Sitting in his office in the eastern edge of the city, Baca does not appear cop-like in the least bit—he’s thin and gentle in his demeanor.

"Someone has to stick their neck out to defend Muslims," said Baca. "We wanted to get ahead of the predictable problems that all counties face in America and that is, work closely with the immigrant public, which is a very big part of L.A." (More)

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AMERICAN MUSLIM WOMAN BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS IN WEIGHTLIFTING - TOP Associated Press, 7/13/2011

ATLANTA (AP) --

Kulsoom Abdullah's Ph.D. from Georgia Tech and black belt in taekwondo are proof she doesn't back away from challenges.

Abdullah on Friday will become the first woman to compete in the national weightlifting championships while wearing clothing that covers her legs, arms and head, in keeping with her Muslim faith.

The 35-year-old Abdullah entered the nationals in Council Bluffs, Iowa after the International Weightlifting Federation ruled on her behalf two weeks ago that athletes could wear a full-body "unitard" under the customary weightlifting uniform.

The petite and soft-spoken Abdullah, who weighs about 100 pounds, might seem an unlikely candidate to break down barriers in a sport known for bravado and bulk. She is eager to show she can stand up under the weight of her latest challenge. (More)