Muslims in America: A New Day Under Obama

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Posted by Al-Husein N. Madhany   
Friday, 03 July 2009
muslims-listening-speech-wh.jpgBecause the notion of Muslims as scary "others" was so pervasive in some areas of America, I had hoped  the election of Barack Obama might make a difference. It has.

The day before the November presidential election, I was checking in my bags at the San Francisco airport. I handed my driver's license to the woman behind the counter and told her my name. When she looked at me, I could tell there was confusion and apprehension behind her mask of polite professionalism. I'd seen that look many times before.
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Most Stood by, But Two Braved Expolosion to Save Woman

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Posted by elizabeth allen   
Thursday, 02 July 2009

joy-jumper.jpgThe town that has suffered recently endless political humiliation, has something to be proud of this week:

Two men braved a burning car to save a stranger seconds before the car exploded into an inferno because, they said, they couldn’t live with themselves if they hadn’t acted.

“I just couldn’t stand by and watch while someone burned to death,” said Jason Whittle, 36, a city of Columbia traffic safety officer...

Michael Samuels, 37, saw sparks near the car. "She was in the car with power lines on top of it and people were shouting, ‘Don’t touch the car! Don’t touch the car!’ But somebody had to get that woman out. My heart told me to go.”

(Continue reading in South Carolina's The State) 

File photo courtesy of Sun Star 

 

Retired Doctors Give Free Medical Care at their Community Clinic (Video)

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Posted by geri   
Thursday, 02 July 2009

retired-doctor-clinic.jpgTwo boyhood friends who know what it's like to struggle in lower income families, together made it through medical school and now, 60 years later, they've come together again to provide free medical care to their community.

They coax companies into giving them free supplies or drugs to ease the burden.

Watch the Making a Difference video below, or at NBC website .

 

 

 

28,000 Pizzas With Beer Being Sent to Troops in Iraq for July 4th

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Posted by geri   
Thursday, 02 July 2009

operationpizza.gifSoldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan will taste a slice of home on July 4th after the delivery of 28,000 pizzas from UNO Chicago Grill.

The pies were shipped from JFK Airport in special containers to arrive fresh on battlefield thanks to the nonprofit organization Pizzas 4 Patriots, founded bytretired Master Sgt. Mark Evans.

Evans calls it a world record pizza party, which will serve almost 90,000 soldiers.  DHL Express is delivering the entire load in a 747 aircraft for free -- including 30,000 cases of beer.

AT&T joined the party sending along free calling cards so the troops can call home.

(Read more from NY Daily News)

 

Pizza Party a Big Hit with 300 Homeless Men

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Posted by geri   
Tuesday, 30 June 2009

pizza-hut-pizzas-3.jpg"She's earning her sainthood one slice at a time..."

LeeAnn Camut organized a pizza party at St. John's Hospice for nearly 350 homeless men. The now-annual pizza affair is much anticipated.

"I wanted to feed their souls and not just their bodies," she said. "I wanted to make them feel special."

(Read the story in Philly.com)

 
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