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  • 'ONE NATION UNDER ALLAH': COLORADO HIGH SCHOOL CLUB RECITES PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN ARABIC

    06/15/2013 7:52:08 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 36 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/13/2013 | AWR Hawkins
    A "multicultural student group" at Rocky Mountain High School recited the Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic on Monday, replacing "one nation under God" with "one nation under Allah." School principal Tom Lopez supported the decision to have the pledge recited in this manner, and even after an outraged public contacted the school to complain Lopez stood his ground. Lopez claims the kids weren't trying to be "un-American," but to "[accentuate] the meaning of the words as regularly spoken in English."
  • Punk meets Islam for new generation in U.S.

    08/11/2009 8:55:47 AM PDT · by freed0misntfree · 19 replies · 1,317+ views
    CNN ^ | 08/11/09
    (CNN) -- The guitarist stands in front of a mirror messing with his mohawk. The drummer strikes a wild tempo. The singer rips off his T-shirt and begins to scream the lyrics. Basim Usmani is bassist for The Kominas, a group that blends traditional sounds with punk rock beats. They're young. They're punk. And they're rocking both their Muslim and American worlds with their music, lyrics and style. "A lot of times people say, 'Oh wow, look, brown people playing music' [but] it's more than that," said 25-year-old Pakistani-American Shahjehan Khan, the lead singer for a Muslim punk band, The...