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Halloween Filter: Can I wear my hijab for a costume? (As a statement that HEY MUSLIMS AREN'T SCARY?) Special politically-correct snowflake details inside. [more inside]
posted by cyndigo on Oct 29, 2010 - 39 answers

This-is-a-long-shot-filter: I'm just beginning to do a study of Muslims in China, a subject I find extremely interesting. Specifically, I'm looking at the Hui minority, histories of violence among Muslims in China, current ethnic tensions between the Hui and other ethnic identities, and conflict between the Hui and the Chinese government. Looking for personal accounts, opinions, and thoughts that can lead me further into research. [more inside]
posted by pyrom on Oct 17, 2010 - 12 answers

How can I help support the "Ground Zero" Mosque? [more inside]
posted by j1950 on Aug 19, 2010 - 33 answers

What should I do with the DVD "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West"? [more inside]
posted by cjorgensen on Oct 8, 2008 - 36 answers

IslamFilter: I'm looking for examples of regional cultures/ethnic groups within the present-day Ummah that were bypassed by the expansion of Islam. For example, most of the people of the mountainous and hard to access Nuristan province of Afghanistan only converted to Islam ca. 1890. Prior to that it was known to everyone outside Nuristan as "Kaffirstan" (land of the unbelievers/infidels). [more inside]
posted by thewalrus on May 26, 2008 - 11 answers

There are many Muslims in America. Are they mostly Shia or Sunni, and do they get along better than they seem to do elsewhere? [more inside]
posted by Postroad on Dec 4, 2006 - 27 answers

My girlfriend's parents (future inlaws?) forward me a lot of those awful right-wing emails. The latest one is an anti-Islam rant (inside). [more inside]
posted by neuron on Jul 24, 2006 - 73 answers

When Muslims pray, why do they hold their hands out before their faces like a book?
posted by zadcat on Nov 23, 2004 - 13 answers