<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - muslim</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/muslim</link><description>Newsvine - muslim</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 11:41:14 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 02:22:09 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Philippines, Muslim rebels expect peace pact soon</title>
<description><![CDATA[Philippine officials and the largest Muslim rebel group in the country said Wednesday that they expect to conclude a peace accord as early as next month despite unresolved issues, including the delicate task of disarming the 11,000-strong guerrilla force.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Gomez]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Gomez]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17579992-philippines-muslim-rebels-expect-peace-pact-soon</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17579992-philippines-muslim-rebels-expect-peace-pact-soon</guid><category>muslim</category><category>philippines</category><category>rebels</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 07:49:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ada56ae4-b37a-4420-9ac2-62ed6afddadf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ada56ae4-b37a-4420-9ac2-62ed6afddadf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Rebel negotiator Mohagher Iqbal, left, of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front listens to questions from reporters at a hotel in suburban Quezon city, east of Manila, Philippines on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Philippine officials and the largest Muslim rebel group in the country said they expect to conclude a peace accord as early as next month despite unresolved issues, including the delicate task of disarming the 11,000-strong guerrilla force.  (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=83b645e4-7b85-422c-8174-1e88365d1215.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="308" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=83b645e4-7b85-422c-8174-1e88365d1215.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Rebel negotiator Mohagher Iqbal, left, of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, shakes hands with Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles as they present the 15-member Transition Commission to the media at a hotel in suburban Quezon city, east of Manila, Philippines on Wednesday April 3, 2013. Philippine officials and the largest Muslim rebel group in the country say they expect to conclude a peace accord as early as next month despite unresolved issues, including the delicate task of disarming the 11,000-strong guerrilla force. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=30983078-cc4c-4d9a-8e67-471c23807916.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=30983078-cc4c-4d9a-8e67-471c23807916.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Rebel negotiator Mohagher Iqbal, left, of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front listens to questions from reporters at a hotel in suburban Quezon city, east of Manila, Philippines, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Philippine officials and the largest Muslim rebel group in the country said they expect to conclude a peace accord as early as next month despite unresolved issues, including the delicate task of disarming the 11,000-strong guerrilla force. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Muslims worry about broader France headscarf ban</title>
<description><![CDATA[Because of her choice to wear a headscarf, Samia Kaddour, a Muslim, has all but abandoned trying to land a government job in France. Soon, some private sector jobs could be off limits, too.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamey Keaten]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jamey Keaten]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/31/17551654-muslims-worry-about-broader-france-headscarf-ban</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/31/17551654-muslims-worry-about-broader-france-headscarf-ban</guid><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>muslim</category><category>world-news</category><category>headscarf</category><category>samia-kaddour</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Apr 2013 00:24:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cfced765-08cc-4634-ae9f-05966479e091.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cfced765-08cc-4634-ae9f-05966479e091.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A vendor sets up his stall on the first day of the 30th Annual Meeting of  France's Muslims, at Le Bourget, Europe's largest and most popular Muslim convention, Friday March 29, 2013, on the fringes of the Parisian suburb of Le Bourget.  (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=96f2e4a4-2740-4982-a4d1-196b67f0bff0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=96f2e4a4-2740-4982-a4d1-196b67f0bff0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Visitors are seen on the first day of the 30th Annual Meeting of  France's Muslims, at Le Bourget, Europe's largest and most popular Muslim convention, Friday March 29, 2013, on the fringes of the Parisian suburb of Le Bourget.  (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e74566ff-6c9c-48b8-9f5c-44a0ba27ca3b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="255" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e74566ff-6c9c-48b8-9f5c-44a0ba27ca3b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;View of a stall selling mirrors, on the first day of the 30th Annual Meeting of  France's Muslims, at Le Bourget, Europe's largest and most popular Muslim convention, Friday March 29, 2013, on the fringes of the Parisian suburb of Le Bourget.  (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a34232fe-3bc7-4aef-a7dd-8b8b77e12efd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a34232fe-3bc7-4aef-a7dd-8b8b77e12efd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A visitor seen on the first day of the 30th Annual Meeting of  France's Muslims, at Le Bourget, Europe's largest and most popular Muslim convention, Friday March 29, 2013, on the fringes of the Parisian suburb of Le Bourget.  (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=15a51117-d4df-4e2a-901b-68ae52ab9309.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="233" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=15a51117-d4df-4e2a-901b-68ae52ab9309.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Visitors are seen on the first day of the 30th Annual Meeting of  France's Muslims, at Le Bourget, Europe's largest and most popular Muslim convention, Friday March 29, 2013, on the fringes of the Parisian suburb of Le Bourget.  (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=750f900b-c71c-4b4c-8871-f448558a298e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=750f900b-c71c-4b4c-8871-f448558a298e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A visitor seen on the first day of the 30th Annual Meeting of  France's Muslims, at Le Bourget, Europe's largest and most popular Muslim convention, Friday March 29, 2013, on the fringes of the Parisian suburb of Le Bourget.  (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7fb1bd10-c493-4970-a19a-3548a9f28e49.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="233" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7fb1bd10-c493-4970-a19a-3548a9f28e49.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Visitors are seen on the first day of the 30th Annual Meeting of  France's Muslims, at Le Bourget, Europe's largest and most popular Muslim convention, Friday March 29, 2013, on the fringes of the Parisian suburb of Le Bourget.  (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Thailand launches TV channel geared for Muslims</title>
<description><![CDATA[Thailand's government has launched the first Malay-language television channel geared toward the insurgency-plagued south's Muslim-majority audience.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/03/16320968-thailand-launches-tv-channel-geared-for-muslims</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/03/16320968-thailand-launches-tv-channel-geared-for-muslims</guid><category>tv</category><category>muslim</category><category>thailand</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 Jan 2013 11:06:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Central Asian migrants change the face of Moscow</title>
<description><![CDATA[Timur Bulgakov has a black belt in karate, two university degrees, a powerful SUV and a small yet thriving construction company. The 28-year-old's success is impressive for a Muslim migrant from Uzbekistan whose first job in Moscow 10 years ago was as a delivery boy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mansur Mirovalev]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mansur Mirovalev]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/30/16245019-central-asian-migrants-change-the-face-of-moscow</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/30/16245019-central-asian-migrants-change-the-face-of-moscow</guid><category>eu</category><category>russia</category><category>muslim</category><category>world-news</category><category>moscow</category><category>timur-bulgakov</category><pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2012 07:28:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d29fbdc6-eb18-4e61-beee-a1b883953480.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d29fbdc6-eb18-4e61-beee-a1b883953480.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Aug. 25, 2012, photo, Talgat Batalov, a native of Uzbekistan who directed &quot;The Uzbek,&quot; a play on his life and experience, poses at the Teatr.doc theater in Moscow. The old Moscow is rapidly giving way to a multi-ethnic city where Muslims from Central Asia are the fastest growing sector of the population. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c620c4bf-ba96-4744-a549-6fd318ef151c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="248" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c620c4bf-ba96-4744-a549-6fd318ef151c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE- In this May 18, 2008, file photo, Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov stands near pieces from the art collection of late cellist Mstislav Rostropovich and his wife Galina Vishnevskaya in the Konstantin Palace outside St. Petersburg, Russia. An ethnic Uzbek, Usmanov is perhaps the most successful native of ex-Soviet Central Asia to make a fortune in Russia. The old Moscow is rapidly giving way to a multi-ethnic city where Muslims from Central Asia are the fastest growing sector of the population. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e98ef049-0d3e-4636-8f8a-7378ce749187.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e98ef049-0d3e-4636-8f8a-7378ce749187.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Aug. 27, 2012, photo, Uzbekistan natives and subway janitors Kushan, right, and Umid pose for a photo in Moscow. The old Moscow is rapidly giving way to a multi-ethnic city where Muslims from Central Asia are the fastest growing sector of the population. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c231acc2-9fe9-49e9-b62d-212bd004a496.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c231acc2-9fe9-49e9-b62d-212bd004a496.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Aug. 22, 2012, photo, Uzbekistan native Anora, 27, poses for a photo at her market stand where she sells fruit in Moscow. The old Moscow is rapidly giving way to a multi-ethnic city where Muslims from Central Asia are the fastest growing sector of the population. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f5bd713b-77a4-41e7-831c-b3a5f5991650.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f5bd713b-77a4-41e7-831c-b3a5f5991650.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Aug. 22, 2012, photo Tajikistan native Magomed, 18, poses for a photo at a market stand where he sells spices, fruit and ceramics in Moscow. The old Moscow is rapidly giving way to a multi-ethnic city where Muslims from Central Asia are the fastest growing sector of the population. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=28fdfff3-51a5-46ba-8b37-e0b26d0f52aa.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=28fdfff3-51a5-46ba-8b37-e0b26d0f52aa.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Dec. 17, 2012, photo, construction company owner Timur Bulgakov and his ethnically Russian wife Yevgeniya pose for a photo near their car in Ivanteyevka, Russia, a Moscow suburb. The old Moscow is rapidly giving way to a multi-ethnic city where Muslims from Central Asia are the fastest growing sector of the population. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8be6fee4-0213-4e79-add3-5ac903a302de.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8be6fee4-0213-4e79-add3-5ac903a302de.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Dec. 17, 2012, photo, construction company owner Timur Bulgakov poses for a photo near his car in Ivanteyevka, Russia, a Moscow suburb where he lives with his ethnic Russian wife and two children. The old Moscow is rapidly giving way to a multi-ethnic city where Muslims from Central Asia are the fastest growing sector of the population. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dakar mosque lit up for Christmas in Senegal</title>
<description><![CDATA[After prayers at the mosque, Ibrahim Lo is off to do some last-minute Christmas shopping. Soon he is eyeing the rows of dolls wrapped in plastic bags on a wooden table as he searches for gifts for his four children.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Krista Larson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Krista Larson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/24/16122924-dakar-mosque-lit-up-for-christmas-in-senegal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/24/16122924-dakar-mosque-lit-up-for-christmas-in-senegal</guid><category>muslim</category><category>senegal</category><category>christmas</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><category>ibrahim-lo</category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:16:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ed0643b1-5a13-49bd-a8ba-e5ee65b46817.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ed0643b1-5a13-49bd-a8ba-e5ee65b46817.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 photo, people walk past Christmas decorations in Independence Square in central Dakar, Senegal. As Christmas approaches in mostly Muslim Senegal, vendors ply the streets selling tinsel, artificial trees, and inflatable Santas, and the main boulevards are all aglow in holiday lights. Senegal, a moderate country along Africa's western coast, has long been a place where Christians and Muslims coexist peacefully and share in each other's holidays. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f2544a31-6e8f-4554-9493-bfb17a3d3faf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f2544a31-6e8f-4554-9493-bfb17a3d3faf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 photo, a pair of women beg outside a pharmacy display window decorated for Christmas, in downtown Dakar, Senegal. As Christmas approaches in mostly Muslim Senegal, vendors ply the streets selling tinsel, artificial trees, and inflatable Santas, and the main boulevards are all aglow in holiday lights. Senegal, a moderate country along Africa's western coast, has long been a place where Christians and Muslims coexist peacefully and share in each other's holidays. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=feb97074-824c-4259-a376-364a3787dbbf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=feb97074-824c-4259-a376-364a3787dbbf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012 photo, Christmas lights reading &quot;Welcome to Dakar,&quot; light up a highway alongside a mosque in Dakar, Senegal. As Christmas approaches in mostly Muslim Senegal, vendors ply the streets selling tinsel, artificial trees, and inflatable Santas, and the main boulevards are all aglow in holiday lights. Senegal, a moderate country along Africa's western coast, has long been a place where Christians and Muslims coexist peacefully and share in each other's holidays. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=beba6d33-ea1b-4f3d-b5d4-c43dd470c9c3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=beba6d33-ea1b-4f3d-b5d4-c43dd470c9c3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012 photo, Muslim vendors set up a display of Christmas decorations and inflatable Santas on a street corner in central Dakar, Senegal. As Christmas approaches in mostly Muslim Senegal, vendors ply the streets selling tinsel, artificial trees, and inflatable Santas, and the main boulevards are all aglow in holiday lights. Senegal, a moderate country along Africa's western coast, has long been a place where Christians and Muslims coexist peacefully and share in each other's holidays. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b94594b2-a86b-48ab-a2df-7d75e8331c56.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b94594b2-a86b-48ab-a2df-7d75e8331c56.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012 photo, a girl plays with a glowing ball inside a cone of lights representing a Christmas tree, in central Dakar, Senegal. As Christmas approaches in mostly Muslim Senegal, vendors ply the streets selling tinsel, artificial trees, and inflatable Santas, and the main boulevards are all aglow in holiday lights. Senegal, a moderate country along Africa's western coast, has long been a place where Christians and Muslims coexist peacefully and share in each other's holidays. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3a9be4dc-ca7f-4c1f-821c-84a3f8a36292.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3a9be4dc-ca7f-4c1f-821c-84a3f8a36292.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012 photo, a child runs through a giant cone of lights, reading &quot;Mayor of Dakar,&quot; in central Dakar, Senegal. As Christmas approaches in mostly Muslim Senegal, vendors ply the streets selling tinsel, artificial trees, and inflatable Santas, and the main boulevards are all aglow in holiday lights. Senegal, a moderate country along Africa's western coast, has long been a place where Christians and Muslims coexist peacefully and share in each other's holidays. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c0ecdaae-c857-47bf-9e99-a8ec6ebd91bd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c0ecdaae-c857-47bf-9e99-a8ec6ebd91bd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 photo, a Muslim security guard conducts his evening prayers in front of an apartment building decorated for Christmas in central Dakar, Senegal. As Christmas approaches in mostly Muslim Senegal, vendors ply the streets selling tinsel, artificial trees, and inflatable Santas, and the main boulevards are all aglow in holiday lights. Senegal, a moderate country along Africa's western coast, has long been a place where Christians and Muslims coexist peacefully and share in each other's holidays. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>AP Exclusive: Myanmar verifying Muslim citizenship</title>
<description><![CDATA[Guarded by rifle-toting police, immigration authorities in western Myanmar have launched a major operation aimed at settling an explosive question at the heart of the biggest crisis the government has faced since beginning its nascent transition to democracy last year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Todd Pitman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Todd Pitman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/30/15560529-ap-exclusive-myanmar-verifying-muslim-citizenship</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/30/15560529-ap-exclusive-myanmar-verifying-muslim-citizenship</guid><category>muslim</category><category>myanmar</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>citizenship</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 07:13:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3efc999e-2227-4d43-b19f-f7d5364c2ebc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="253" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3efc999e-2227-4d43-b19f-f7d5364c2ebc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken on Nov. 10, 2012, Muslim refugees walk as Myanmar police officers stand guard at Sin Thet Maw relief camp in Pauktaw township, Rakhine state, western Myanmar.  Myanmars government has launched a major operation aimed at verifying the citizenship of Muslims in western Rakhine state, the coastal territory that has been torn apart by Buddhist-Muslim violence since June.  Questions over whether the region's Muslim Rohingya population qualify for citizenship are at the heart of a crisis that has killed nearly 200 people and displaced 110,000 more.    (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c2ac5c16-17a9-4463-8a80-9d68017cde4d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="248" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c2ac5c16-17a9-4463-8a80-9d68017cde4d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken on Nov. 10, 2012, Muslims distribute items to refugees at Sin Thet Maw relief camp in Pauktaw township, Rakhine state, western Myanmar. Myanmars government has launched a major operation aimed at verifying the citizenship of Muslims in western Rakhine state, the coastal territory that has been torn apart by Buddhist-Muslim violence since June.  Questions over whether the region's Muslim Rohingya population qualify for citizenship are at the heart of a crisis that has killed nearly 200 people and displaced 110,000 more.    (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=def255bf-0e6a-46c8-9e5f-2c0a03e4f2fc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=def255bf-0e6a-46c8-9e5f-2c0a03e4f2fc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken on Nov. 11, 2012, Myanmar army officers patrol as a dog follows them to Sin Thet Maw relief camp in Pauktaw township, Rakhine State, western Myanmar.  Myanmars government has launched a major operation aimed at verifying the citizenship of Muslims in western Rakhine state, the coastal territory that has been torn apart by Buddhist-Muslim violence since June.  Questions over whether the region's Muslim Rohingya population qualify for citizenship are at the heart of a crisis that has killed nearly 200 people and displaced 110,000 more.  (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e0c3032b-996f-48d8-9219-bef0502f2549.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="246" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e0c3032b-996f-48d8-9219-bef0502f2549.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken on Nov. 10, 2012, Muslim refugees stand near their tent at Sin Thet Maw relief camp in Pauktaw township, Rakhine state, western Myanmar. Myanmars government has launched a major operation aimed at verifying the citizenship of Muslims in western Rakhine state, the coastal territory that has been torn apart by Buddhist-Muslim violence since June.  Questions over whether the region's Muslim Rohingya population qualify for citizenship are at the heart of a crisis that has killed nearly 200 people and displaced 110,000 more.    (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f5f9a774-2b72-482c-8bd2-613bfd9b4bf8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f5f9a774-2b72-482c-8bd2-613bfd9b4bf8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken on Nov. 10, 2012, Muslim refugees stand near their tent at Sin Thet Maw relief camp in Pauk Taw township, Rakhine state, western Myanmar.   Myanmars government has launched a major operation aimed at verifying the citizenship of Muslims in western Rakhine state, the coastal territory that has been torn apart by Buddhist-Muslim violence since June.  Questions over whether the region's Muslim Rohingya population qualify for citizenship are at the heart of a crisis that has killed nearly 200 people and displaced 110,000 more.   (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=64cb95c7-4a95-4d9b-aed1-4e314fb94e7d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="321" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=64cb95c7-4a95-4d9b-aed1-4e314fb94e7d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Nov. 10, 2012 photo, an immigration officer fills out forms during an operation to verify the citizenship of Muslims living in the western Myanmar village of Sin Thet Maw. The government launched the checks on Nov. 8 after unrest broke out in June between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims they view as foreigners from Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Todd Pitman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=376d316a-fdc5-49f6-ad4a-a5b1aa09187c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="302" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=376d316a-fdc5-49f6-ad4a-a5b1aa09187c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Nov. 10, 2012 photo, immigration officers fill out forms during an operation to verify the citizenship of Muslims living in the western Myanmar village of Sin Thet Maw. The government launched the checks on Nov. 8 after unrest broke out in June  between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims they view as foreigners from Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Todd Pitman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=28019295-f1f7-4d55-9141-256f4fd5c8b1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=28019295-f1f7-4d55-9141-256f4fd5c8b1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Nov. 7, 2012 photo, an ethnic Rakhine civilian wanders through a destroyed mosque in the Myanmar town of Pauktaw,  two weeks after Rohingya Muslims were forced to flee the town in October.  Pauktaw is one of the places were the government is conducting a new operation to verify the citizenship of Muslim residents. (AP Photo/Todd Pitman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d5a42dbb-1973-4e68-86d6-45a2441db719.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d5a42dbb-1973-4e68-86d6-45a2441db719.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Nov. 10, 2012 photo, an immigration officer fills out forms during an operation to verify the citizenship of Muslims living in the western Myanmar village of Sin Thet Maw. The government launched the checks on Nov. 8 after unrest broke out in June between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims they view as foreigners from Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Todd Pitman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3e61768c-77e3-481f-b694-eab68054b746.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3e61768c-77e3-481f-b694-eab68054b746.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Nov. 10, 2012 photo, an immigration officer fills out forms during an operation to verify the citizenship of Muslims living in the western Myanmar village of Sin Thet Maw. The government launched the checks on Nov. 8 after unrest broke out in June between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims they view as foreigners from Bangladesh.  (AP Photo/Todd Pitman)                                &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=144df3b8-c3b8-423c-b88f-2dc2b3da7963.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=144df3b8-c3b8-423c-b88f-2dc2b3da7963.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Nov. 7, 2012 photo, ethnic Rakhine civilians wander through a destroyed mosque in the Myanmar town of Pauktaw,  two weeks after Rohingya Muslims were forced to flee the town in October.   Pauktaw is one of the places were the government is conducting a new operation to verify the citizenship of Muslim residents. (AP Photo/Todd Pitman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Imams, priests play soccer match in Bosnia</title>
<description><![CDATA[A soccer match between Muslim imams and Catholic priests has helped raise funds for a new kindergarten in Bosnia.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15359278-imams-priests-play-soccer-match-in-bosnia</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15359278-imams-priests-play-soccer-match-in-bosnia</guid><category>eu</category><category>bosnia</category><category>muslim</category><category>game</category><category>catholic</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:58:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Egypt Muslim Sisters rise with conservative vision</title>
<description><![CDATA[The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood to power in Egypt has brought with it a new group of female politicians who say they are determined to bring more women into leadership roles &#8212; and at the same time want to consecrate a deeply conservative Islamic vision for women in Egypt.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maggie Fick]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Maggie Fick]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/10/15064598-egypt-muslim-sisters-rise-with-conservative-vision</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/10/15064598-egypt-muslim-sisters-rise-with-conservative-vision</guid><category>egypt</category><category>muslim</category><category>muslim-brotherhood</category><category>world-news</category><category>sisterhood</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 06:20:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f6e15e78-23b1-42a6-8649-62da8a45c0a3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f6e15e78-23b1-42a6-8649-62da8a45c0a3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2012 photo, Azza el-Gharf of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party talks on her mobile phone at the party's office in Cairo, Egypt. El-Garf, a 47-year-old mother of seven who joined the Brotherhood when she was 15, said that a womans role in her family need not contradict with her participation in politics, saying that she balances these two responsibilities. The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood to power in Egypt has brought with it a new group of female politicians who say they are determined to bring more women into leadership roles &amp;#8212; and at the same time want to consecrate a deeply conservative Islamic vision for women in Egypt.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=05a5817b-d75c-4579-8470-bf29cfcc8142.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=05a5817b-d75c-4579-8470-bf29cfcc8142.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2012 photo, Azza el-Gharf of the  Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party pauses after an interview with the Associated Press at the party's office in Cairo, Egypt. El-Garf, a 47-year-old mother of seven who joined the Brotherhood when she was 15, said that a womans role in her family need not contradict with her participation in politics, saying that she balances these two responsibilities. The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood to power in Egypt has brought with it a new group of female politicians who say they are determined to bring more women into leadership roles &amp;#8212; and at the same time want to consecrate a deeply conservative Islamic vision for women in Egypt.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c6f2190a-7871-4ce7-83f5-e11781bdd632.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c6f2190a-7871-4ce7-83f5-e11781bdd632.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2012 photo, Azza el-Gharf of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party speaks to the Associated Press at the party's office in Cairo, Egypt. El-Garf, a 47-year-old mother of seven who joined the Brotherhood when she was 15, said that a womans role in her family need not contradict with her participation in politics, saying that she balances these two responsibilities. The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood to power in Egypt has brought with it a new group of female politicians who say they are determined to bring more women into leadership roles &amp;#8212; and at the same time want to consecrate a deeply conservative Islamic vision for women in Egypt.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=470aced2-2f87-44f6-8580-9eb581843569.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=470aced2-2f87-44f6-8580-9eb581843569.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2012 photo, a mug commemorating the Jan. 25, 2011 uprising that ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak sits on a desk on front of Azza el-Gharf of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party as she speaks to the Associated Press at the party's office in Cairo, Egypt. El-Garf, a 47-year-old mother of seven who joined the Brotherhood when she was 15, said that a womans role in her family need not contradict with her participation in politics, saying that she balances these two responsibilities. The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood to power in Egypt has brought with it a new group of female politicians who say they are determined to bring more women into leadership roles &amp;#8212; and at the same time want to consecrate a deeply conservative Islamic vision for women in Egypt.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dc2817cb-4169-45a3-9aab-abb25ba022b7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dc2817cb-4169-45a3-9aab-abb25ba022b7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012 photo, Dr. Omaima Kamel of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party speaks to the Associated Press in Cairo, Egypt. The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood to power in Egypt has brought with it a new group of female politicians who say they are determined to bring more women into leadership roles,  and at the same time want to consecrate a deeply conservative Islamic vision for women in Egypt.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f8f2da80-cdbd-497e-a619-16afeba87cbb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f8f2da80-cdbd-497e-a619-16afeba87cbb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2012 photo, Azza el-Gharf of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party speaks to the Associated Press at the party's office in Cairo, Egypt. El-Garf, a 47-year-old mother of seven who joined the Brotherhood when she was 15, said that a womans role in her family need not contradict with her participation in politics, saying that she balances these two responsibilities. The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood to power in Egypt has brought with it a new group of female politicians who say they are determined to bring more women into leadership roles &amp;#8212; and at the same time want to consecrate a deeply conservative Islamic vision for women in Egypt.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b66b1d37-2374-4108-a002-a60bc8f1301c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b66b1d37-2374-4108-a002-a60bc8f1301c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012 photo, Dr. Omaima Kamel of the Muslim Brotherhood's  Freedom and Justice Party speaks to the Associated Press in Cairo, Egypt. The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood to power in Egypt has brought with it a new group of female politicians who say they are determined to bring more women into leadership roles, and at the same time want to consecrate a deeply conservative Islamic vision for women in Egypt.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Man behind anti-Muslim film gets 1 year in prison</title>
<description><![CDATA[The man behind an anti-Muslim film that led to violence in many parts of the Middle East agreed to spend a year in federal prison for unrelated probation violations, but afterward issued a statement that appeared to reinforce his stern stance against Islam.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Risling]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Greg Risling]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/06/14976944-man-behind-anti-muslim-film-gets-1-year-in-prison</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/06/14976944-man-behind-anti-muslim-film-gets-1-year-in-prison</guid><category>us</category><category>middle-east</category><category>film</category><category>muslim</category><category>us-news</category><category>anti-muslim-film</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Nov 2012 23:58:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b165f0a8-d215-4be7-b26c-f70f4514c16f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b165f0a8-d215-4be7-b26c-f70f4514c16f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;File-This Sept. 27, 2012 file courtroom sketch shows shows Mark Basseley Youssef talking with his attorney Steven Seiden, left, in court in Los Angeles. Youssef received a one-year sentence Wednesday Nov. 7, 2012, in federal prison for parole violation.  (AP Photo/Mona Shafer Edwards, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ff4bb060-9dbd-4942-ab22-c32840715a55.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="374" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ff4bb060-9dbd-4942-ab22-c32840715a55.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="164" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Steve Seiden, attorney for Mark Basseley Youssef, speaks after a hearing for his client at U.S. District Court in Los Angeles Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. Youssef was sentenced to a year in prison for violating his probation stemming from a 2010 bank fraud conviction by lying about his identity.  He admitted to four of the eight alleged violations, including obtaining a fraudulent California driver's license.  None of the violations had to do with the content of &quot;Innocence of Muslims,&quot; a film that depicts Mohammad as a religious fraud, pedophile and a womanizer. The movie sparked violence in Libya and other parts of the Middle East, killing dozens. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=81f59788-8cca-48c7-b049-cc659d4ce98c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=81f59788-8cca-48c7-b049-cc659d4ce98c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Steve Seiden, attorney for Mark Basseley Youssef, speaks after a hearing for his client at U.S. District Court in Los Angeles Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. Youssef was sentenced to a year in prison for violating his probation stemming from a 2010 bank fraud conviction by lying about his identity.  He admitted to four of the eight alleged violations, including obtaining a fraudulent California driver's license.  None of the violations had to do with the content of &quot;Innocence of Muslims,&quot; a film that depicts Mohammad as a religious fraud, pedophile and a womanizer. The movie sparked violence in Libya and other parts of the Middle East, killing dozens. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e05d57b8-576e-4c24-8bb2-654012c9acb1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e05d57b8-576e-4c24-8bb2-654012c9acb1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Steve Seiden, attorney for Mark Basseley Youssef, speaks after a hearing for his client at U.S. District Court in Los Angeles Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. Youssef was sentenced to a year in prison for violating his probation stemming from a 2010 bank fraud conviction by lying about his identity.  He admitted to four of the eight alleged violations, including obtaining a fraudulent California driver's license.  None of the violations had to do with the content of &quot;Innocence of Muslims,&quot; a film that depicts Mohammad as a religious fraud, pedophile and a womanizer. The movie sparked violence in Libya and other parts of the Middle East, killing dozens. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ethiopia Muslims rally on Fridays as tension rises</title>
<description><![CDATA[As midday prayers came to an end at the Grand Anwar mosque in Ethiopia's capital, worshippers continued on to what has become a regular second act on Fridays &#8212; shouting anti-government slogans.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kirubel Tadesse]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kirubel Tadesse]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14880886-ethiopia-muslims-rally-on-fridays-as-tension-rises</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14880886-ethiopia-muslims-rally-on-fridays-as-tension-rises</guid><category>muslim</category><category>ethiopia</category><category>tensions</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><category>grand-anwar</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Nov 2012 13:55:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Spooked cow tramples Palestinian at Muslim feast</title>
<description><![CDATA[A spooked cow killed a Palestinian man who was trying to slaughter the beast on Saturday during the Muslim celebration of Eid al-Adha, a Gaza health official said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diaa Hadid]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Diaa Hadid]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/27/14742373-spooked-cow-tramples-palestinian-at-muslim-feast</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/27/14742373-spooked-cow-tramples-palestinian-at-muslim-feast</guid><category>muslim</category><category>animals</category><category>holiday</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><category>muslim-holiday</category><pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2012 13:10:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7d4ff70c-e84a-4da4-aebb-482bf6bdaa82.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7d4ff70c-e84a-4da4-aebb-482bf6bdaa82.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A bull attacks a boy after running away from Pakistani butchers trying to slaughter it, on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, or &quot;Feast of Sacrifice&quot;, in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. The boy was slightly injured according to the photographer. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Philippine rebels says new clash unrelated to pact</title>
<description><![CDATA[The largest Muslim rebel group in the Philippines says a new clash between some of its fighters and a breakaway faction was sparked by a clan feud and is unrelated to a recently signed peace pact opposed by the faction.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/20/14587500-philippine-rebels-says-new-clash-unrelated-to-pact</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/20/14587500-philippine-rebels-says-new-clash-unrelated-to-pact</guid><category>muslim</category><category>philippines</category><category>rebels</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2012 03:41:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Muslim rebels ink Philippine pact as step to peace</title>
<description><![CDATA[Muslim rebels and the Philippine government overcame decades of bitter hostility and took their first tentative step toward ending one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies with the signing of a preliminary peace pact that provides both hope and challenges.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Gomez]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Gomez]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/13/14409442-muslim-rebels-ink-philippine-pact-as-step-to-peace</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/13/14409442-muslim-rebels-ink-philippine-pact-as-step-to-peace</guid><category>muslim</category><category>philippines</category><category>rebels</category><category>abu-sayyaf</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>muslim-rebels</category><category>khadaffy-janjalani</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 07:34:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d7a10b68-d289-40b9-b9b2-50f030b5fb13.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d7a10b68-d289-40b9-b9b2-50f030b5fb13.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Filipino Muslim girls flash the peace sign during a rally in support of a preliminary peace agreement between the government and the nation's largest Muslim rebel group outside the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines, on Sunday Oct. 14, 2012. About 200 Muslim rebels led by their elusive chief arrived in the Philippine capital on Sunday for the signing of a preliminary peace pact aimed at ending one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dc66e4af-e845-43d7-b52f-11c31cc16e52.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="496" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dc66e4af-e845-43d7-b52f-11c31cc16e52.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="149" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak arrives at Villamor Air Base at suburban Pasay city, south of Manila, Sunday Oct. 14, 2012. Najib is here for a three-day official visit, highlight of which is to witness the formal signing of a tentative peace agreement between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) of which Malaysia helped broker. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=68c0e9aa-6c6d-41d5-8b4d-2da8cf3789d7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=68c0e9aa-6c6d-41d5-8b4d-2da8cf3789d7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Filipino Muslims and members of the Philippine military join a fun run in support of a preliminary peace agreement between the government and the nation's largest Muslim rebel group in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines on Sunday Oct. 14, 2012. Philippine officials hope a preliminary peace deal the government recently clinched with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front will eventually turn the 11,000-strong insurgent group into a formidable force against the remnants of the Abu Sayyaf and other radicals, including several Indonesian and Malaysian militants believed to be taking cover in the southern Mindanao region.(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=594d9113-2e6d-447b-a3ca-557f02831ad7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=594d9113-2e6d-447b-a3ca-557f02831ad7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Filipino Muslim women march during a rally outside the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Sunday Oct. 14, 2012. Philippine officials and rebels say about 200 Muslim guerrillas led by their elusive chief have arrived in Manila for the signing of a preliminary peace pact to end one of Asias longest-running insurgencies. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4849697c-0c62-495b-a033-a8aedb197897.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4849697c-0c62-495b-a033-a8aedb197897.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Filipino Muslim men and supporters march as they join a rally in support of a preliminary peace agreement between the government and the nation's largest Muslim rebel group outside the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines, on Sunday Oct. 14, 2012. About 200 Muslim rebels led by their elusive chief arrived in the Philippine capital on Sunday for the signing of a preliminary peace pact aimed at ending one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=254e681c-bde4-4ced-80d5-e7c3a6d32fac.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=254e681c-bde4-4ced-80d5-e7c3a6d32fac.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Government peace negotiators Teresita Deles, left, and Marvic Leonen, right, greet Moro Islamic Liberation Front chairman Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, second from left, and MILF chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal, as they arrive for the formal signing of a tentative peace agreement between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Monday Oct. 15, 2012, at Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c4a596f9-ad3b-46ad-8a22-b3aaa6ab6c8d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="347" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c4a596f9-ad3b-46ad-8a22-b3aaa6ab6c8d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="104" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, center, and Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, right, stand at attention during welcoming ceremony at Malacanang Palace grounds in Manila, Philippines Monday Oct. 15, 2012. Najib is here for a three-day official visit, highlight of which is to witness the formal signing of a tentative peace agreement between the Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) of which Malaysia helped broker. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=faa9e8f3-32e0-4906-bd6d-40fe6d58a669.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=faa9e8f3-32e0-4906-bd6d-40fe6d58a669.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Niñas filipinas hacen señales de paz durante una manifestación de respaldo a un acuerdo preliminar de paz entre el gobierno y el principal grupo rebelde musulmán frenta al palacio de gobierno Malacanang en Manila, la capital de Filipinas el domingo 14 de octubre del 2012. Desgastados por décadas de combates y frustrados acuerdos de paz, unos 200 rebeldes musulmanes encabezados por su escurridizo líder, llegaron a la capital filipina a fin de firmar el lunes un acuerdo preliminar de paz, que pondría fin a unas de las insurgencias más prolongadas de Asia. (Foto AP/Aaron Favila)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ca839d12-b8a3-4f42-8516-cc2a034dcfba.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ca839d12-b8a3-4f42-8516-cc2a034dcfba.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Filipino Muslims pray as they gather in support of a preliminary peace agreement between the government and the nation's largest Muslim rebel group during a rally outside the gates of the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Monday ,Oct. 15, 2012. Worn down by decades of fighting and failed peace agreements, about 200 Muslim rebels were euphoric but cautious before they sign a peace pact Monday with the Philippine government aimed at ending one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f761457a-b47a-4c4e-b3f7-b0ae1e5d681a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="292" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f761457a-b47a-4c4e-b3f7-b0ae1e5d681a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Filipino Muslim women shout slogans during a rally in support of a preliminary peace agreement between the government and  the nation's largest Muslim rebel group during a rally outside the gates of the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Monday Oct. 15, 2012. Worn down by decades of fighting and failed peace agreements, about 200 Muslim rebels were euphoric but cautious before they sign a peace pact Monday with the Philippine government aimed at ending one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4bb28588-7064-48a7-b0b5-824df26292d9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="298" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4bb28588-7064-48a7-b0b5-824df26292d9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Filipino Muslims woman flashes the peace sign behind a barb wired fence as they gather in support of a preliminary peace agreement between the government and  the nation's largest Muslim rebel group during a rally outside the gates of the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Monday Oct. 15, 2012. Worn down by decades of fighting and failed peace agreements, about 200 Muslim rebels were euphoric but cautious before they sign a peace pact Monday with the Philippine government aimed at ending one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dfcec164-ea0d-4ab7-800f-98be3a70bf0e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dfcec164-ea0d-4ab7-800f-98be3a70bf0e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Al Haj Murad, on the podium at right, chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), addresses officials and Muslim rebels during a signing ceremony for a tentative peace agreement with the Philippine government Monday Oct. 15, 2012 at Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines. Muslim rebels and the Philippine government overcame decades of bitter hostilities and took their first tentative step toward ending one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies with the ceremonial signing of a preliminary peace pact Monday that both sides said presented both a hope and a challenge. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=16733fea-2719-4861-9bf6-5ea9822121e4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=16733fea-2719-4861-9bf6-5ea9822121e4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Filipino Muslims flash the peace sign as they join a rally in support of the signing of a preliminary peace pact between the government and the nation's largest Muslim rebel group during a rally outside the gates of the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. Muslim rebels and the Philippine government overcame decades of bitter hostilities and took their first tentative step toward ending one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies with the ceremonial signing of a preliminary peace pact Monday that both sides said presented both a hope and a challenge. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=81138713-49e6-402d-80bf-fcdcb0efec98.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=81138713-49e6-402d-80bf-fcdcb0efec98.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, center in back row, and Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, right in back row, congratulate Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal, following a signing ceremony for a tentative peace agreement between the MILF and the government which Malaysia helped broker, at Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines, Monday Oct. 15, 2012. Others are Malaysian peace broker Tengku Abdul Ghafar, right back to camera, and MILF chair Al Haj Murad. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1d61a955-23e3-41b6-81c4-8a9d7ee0d1af.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1d61a955-23e3-41b6-81c4-8a9d7ee0d1af.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front pray together as they gather at their stronghold at Camp Darapanan in Maguindanao province in southern Philippines to coincide with the tentative peace-signing agreement between MILF and the Government at Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Karlos Manlupig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7c517de0-52e1-4fe3-9663-640b4017fb4e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="311" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7c517de0-52e1-4fe3-9663-640b4017fb4e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Filipino Muslims watch a live television coverage on a smartphone during the signing of a preliminary peace pact between the government and the nation's largest Muslim rebel group during a rally outside the gates of the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. Muslim rebels and the Philippine government overcame decades of bitter hostilities and took their first tentative step toward ending one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies with the ceremonial signing of a preliminary peace pact Monday that both sides said presented both a hope and a challenge. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c762a5e0-3d5b-4b3c-b98f-68720e822133.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="369" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c762a5e0-3d5b-4b3c-b98f-68720e822133.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="167" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Filipino Muslim woman wipes her tears after hearing news of the signing of a preliminary peace pact between the government and the nation's largest Muslim rebel group during a rally outside the gates of the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. Muslim rebels and the Philippine government overcame decades of bitter hostilities and took their first tentative step toward ending one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies with the ceremonial signing of a preliminary peace pact Monday that both sides said presented both a hope and a challenge. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7e67251d-c99a-4805-916a-eae763388f61.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="287" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7e67251d-c99a-4805-916a-eae763388f61.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Filipino Muslim woman flashes peace signs after hearing news of the signing of a preliminary peace pact between the government and the nation's largest Muslim rebel group during a rally outside the gates of the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines, on Monday Oct. 15, 2012. Muslim rebels and the Philippine government overcame decades of bitter hostilities and took their first tentative step toward ending one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies with the ceremonial signing of a preliminary peace pact Monday that both sides said presented both a hope and a challenge. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=18cd35a4-2b3a-4f24-8822-f8eafb9582c0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=18cd35a4-2b3a-4f24-8822-f8eafb9582c0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, right, receives a gong from Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Chairman Al Haj Murad, center, and MILF Peace Panel chief Mohagher Iqbal, left, before the historic signing of the framework agreement between the Philippine government and the MILF at the Malacanang Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines, on Monday Oct. 15, 2012. Muslim rebels and the Philippine government overcame decades of bitter hostilities and took their first tentative step toward ending one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies with the ceremonial signing of a preliminary peace pact Monday that both sides said presented both a hope and a challenge. (AP Photo/Rouelle Umali, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e3573c37-8a20-46a5-ba90-8c3744575403.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="296" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e3573c37-8a20-46a5-ba90-8c3744575403.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front shout &quot;Allahu Akhbar,&quot; or God is great, as they gather at their stronghold at Camp Darapanan in Maguindanao province in southern Philippines to coincide with the tentative peace-signing agreement between MILF and the Government at Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Karlos Manlupig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=13ea2416-f06c-4170-b855-c64ee8b8b9f3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=13ea2416-f06c-4170-b855-c64ee8b8b9f3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Filipino Muslim women celebrate after hearing news of the signing of a preliminary peace pact between the government and the nation's largest Muslim rebel group during a rally outside the gates of the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines, on Monday Oct. 15, 2012. Muslim rebels and the Philippine government overcame decades of bitter hostilities and took their first tentative step toward ending one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies with the ceremonial signing of a preliminary peace pact Monday that both sides said presented both a hope and a challenge. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=19bdbe6a-86fa-44ce-aeec-709d86909295.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=19bdbe6a-86fa-44ce-aeec-709d86909295.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Government peace negotiator Marvic Leonen, right, and Moro Islamic Liberation Front chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal, left, shake hands as they exchange signed peace documents following formal signing ceremony Monday Oct. 15, 2012 at Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines. Witnessing the signing are Malaysian peace broker Dato Tengko Abdul Ghafar, center, and from left second row, MILF Chair Al Haj Murad, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, and Government peace negotiator Teresita Deles. Muslim rebels and the Philippine government overcame decades of bitter hostilities and took their first tentative step toward ending one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies with the ceremonial signing of a preliminary peace pact Monday that both sides said presented both a hope and a challenge. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8b4d688e-0f5b-4da2-ac4f-46e451a0212d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8b4d688e-0f5b-4da2-ac4f-46e451a0212d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Filipino Muslim men wave flags of the Philippines, right, and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao during a rally in support of a preliminary peace pact between the government and the nation's largest Muslim rebel group during a rally outside the gates of the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines, on Monday Oct. 15, 2012. Muslim rebels and the Philippine government overcame decades of bitter hostilities and took their first tentative step toward ending one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies with the ceremonial signing of a preliminary peace pact Monday that both sides said presented both a hope and a challenge. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e835b47f-9bf8-4911-89dc-571df463512a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="287" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e835b47f-9bf8-4911-89dc-571df463512a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Filipino Muslim woman flashes peace signs after hearing news of the signing of a preliminary peace pact between the government and the nation's largest Muslim rebel group during a rally outside the gates of the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines, on Monday Oct. 15, 2012. Muslim rebels and the Philippine government overcame decades of bitter hostilities and took their first tentative step toward ending one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies with the ceremonial signing of a preliminary peace pact Monday that both sides said presented both a hope and a challenge. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ec234002-acd6-46c4-8452-c95aebaa33b3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="317" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ec234002-acd6-46c4-8452-c95aebaa33b3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Philippine President Benigno Aquino III addresses officials and Muslim rebels during tentative peace-signing ceremony between the government and the largest Muslim rebel group at Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines, Monday Oct. 15, 2012. Muslim rebels and the Philippine government overcame decades of bitter hostilities and took their first tentative step toward ending one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies with the ceremonial signing of a preliminary peace pact Monday that both sides said presented both a hope and a challenge. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d29182a6-f124-4394-a2f0-57bff1881c28.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="484" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d29182a6-f124-4394-a2f0-57bff1881c28.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="145" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Moro Islamic Liberation Front Chair Al Haj Murad prays during a tentative peace-signing ceremony between the government and the largest Muslim rebel group at Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines, Monday Oct. 15, 2012. Muslim rebels and the Philippine government overcame decades of bitter hostilities and took their first tentative step toward ending one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies with the ceremonial signing of a preliminary peace pact Monday that both sides said presented both a hope and a challenge. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Calif. man behind film denies probation violations</title>
<description><![CDATA[The California man behind the anti-Muslim film that sparked violence in the Middle East denied Wednesday that he violated terms of his probation for a 2010 bank fraud conviction by using aliases and lying about his role in the movie.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Risling]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Greg Risling]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/10/14334474-calif-man-behind-film-denies-probation-violations</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/10/14334474-calif-man-behind-film-denies-probation-violations</guid><category>middle-east</category><category>film</category><category>muslim</category><category>us-news</category><category>anti-muslim-film</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 07:50:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3a1591f2-bde0-45f7-a9ab-1db5222da634.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3a1591f2-bde0-45f7-a9ab-1db5222da634.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Sept. 27, 2012, file courtroom sketch shows Mark Basseley Youssef, right, talking with his attorney Steven Seiden in court. Youssef, who was behind an anti-Muslim film that sparked violence in the Middle East, is expected to be asked by a judge Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, whether he violated his probation for a 2010 bank fraud conviction. (AP Photo/Mona Shafer Edwards, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hearing set for man behind anti-Muslim film</title>
<description><![CDATA[A federal judge in Los Angeles will decide next week whether the man behind an anti-Islamic film that sparked violence in the Middle East should be sent back to prison for violating his probation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/06/14265111-hearing-set-for-man-behind-anti-muslim-film</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/06/14265111-hearing-set-for-man-behind-anti-muslim-film</guid><category>us</category><category>middle-east</category><category>film</category><category>muslim</category><category>hearing</category><category>anti</category><category>los-angeles</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Sat, 6 Oct 2012 21:06:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Woman bids to lead Egypt Islamist party</title>
<description><![CDATA[For the first time, a woman is running for the leadership of the political party of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's most powerful Islamist group. Sabah el-Saqari says she wants to increase female participation in politics and even defends a woman's right to run for president, a stance her organization rejects.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maggie Fick]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Maggie Fick]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/05/14247134-woman-bids-to-lead-egypt-islamist-party</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/05/14247134-woman-bids-to-lead-egypt-islamist-party</guid><category>egypt</category><category>muslim</category><category>sister</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Oct 2012 19:19:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9ec02145-4fba-4cdf-909d-fbee0a914d1c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9ec02145-4fba-4cdf-909d-fbee0a914d1c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012 photo, Sabah al-Saqari, 49, a senior member of the Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, arrives at her office in the FJP's headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. For the first time, a woman is running for the leadership of the political party of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypts most powerful Islamist group. Sabah al-Saqari says she wants to increase female participation in politics and even defends a womans right to run for president, a stance her organization rejects. But liberals who fear Islamist rule will set back womens rights say her candidacy is just an attempt by the Brotherhood to improve its image.  (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a03c7996-1710-4e21-8e66-c1a72fd349c3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="366" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a03c7996-1710-4e21-8e66-c1a72fd349c3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="168" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012 photo, Sabah al-Saqari, 49, a senior member of the Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, works at her office in the FJP's headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. For the first time, a woman is running for the leadership of the political party of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypts most powerful Islamist group. Sabah al-Saqari says she wants to increase female participation in politics and even defends a womans right to run for president, a stance her organization rejects. But liberals who fear Islamist rule will set back womens rights say her candidacy is just an attempt by the Brotherhood to improve its image. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9f4f8e2f-8fc0-4fcb-af94-7921873eda3d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9f4f8e2f-8fc0-4fcb-af94-7921873eda3d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012 photo, Sabah al-Saqari, 49, a senior member of the Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, works at her office in the FJP's headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. For the first time, a woman is running for the leadership of the political party of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypts most powerful Islamist group. Sabah al-Saqari says she wants to increase female participation in politics and even defends a womans right to run for president, a stance her organization rejects. But liberals who fear Islamist rule will set back womens rights say her candidacy is just an attempt by the Brotherhood to improve its image. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=75af9584-35fe-44f1-934e-a5019d7edfc7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="393" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=75af9584-35fe-44f1-934e-a5019d7edfc7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="118" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo released by the Egyptian Presidency, President Mohammed Morsi, center, walks with officials during a visit to el-Arish, Egypt, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012.(AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Philippines, Muslim rebels agree on peace pact</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Philippine government and the country's largest Muslim rebel group have reached a preliminary peace deal that is a major breakthrough toward ending a decades-long insurgency that killed tens of thousands and held back development in the south.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Gomez]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Gomez]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/02/14183092-philippines-muslim-rebels-agree-on-peace-pact</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/02/14183092-philippines-muslim-rebels-agree-on-peace-pact</guid><category>muslim</category><category>philippines</category><category>rebels</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>muslim-rebels</category><category>benigno-aquino-iii</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Oct 2012 15:14:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=50f464dd-98e8-40de-a3f0-1979b0eff71f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=50f464dd-98e8-40de-a3f0-1979b0eff71f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Philippine President Benigno Aquino III delivers a speech on national television at the Malacanang Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. Aquino said Sunday that his government has reached a preliminary peace agreement with the nation's largest Muslim rebel group in a major breakthrough toward ending a decades-long insurgency in the country's south. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f872aa84-e656-4a87-aaa9-48845ec9ab9b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="329" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f872aa84-e656-4a87-aaa9-48845ec9ab9b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Philippine government negotiator Marvic Leonen speaks during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. Philippine President Benigno Aquino III said Sunday his government reached a preliminary peace agreement with the largest Muslim rebel group in a major breakthrough toward ending a decades-long rebellion in the countrys south. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a5d25575-9fc8-4e29-9cd6-5663ab240fe0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a5d25575-9fc8-4e29-9cd6-5663ab240fe0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Philippine President Benigno Aquino III makes an announcement on national television at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Sunday Oct. 7, 2012. Aquino said Sunday that his government has reached a preliminary peace agreement with the nation's largest Muslim rebel group in a major breakthrough toward ending a decades-long insurgency in the country's south.(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Actress files second suit in anti-Muslim film case</title>
<description><![CDATA[An actress who appeared in an anti-Muslim film trailer that sparked violence in the Middle East has renewed her legal bid to have the 14-minute clip taken down from YouTube.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/27/14125918-actress-files-second-suit-in-anti-muslim-film-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/27/14125918-actress-files-second-suit-in-anti-muslim-film-case</guid><category>middle-east</category><category>film</category><category>muslim</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>los-angeles</category><category>us-news</category><category>anti-muslim</category><category>anti-muslim-film</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:30:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=931bad13-07ba-4b75-9bdd-62730a2cfff7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="308" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=931bad13-07ba-4b75-9bdd-62730a2cfff7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cindy Lee Garcia, one of the actresses in &quot;Innocence of Muslims,&quot; holds a news conference before a hearing at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. Garcia is asking a judge to issue an injunction demanding the 14-minute trailer for &quot;Innocence of Muslims&quot; be pulled from YouTube. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Calif man behind anti-Muslim film had many aliases</title>
<description><![CDATA[Muslims across the Middle East outraged by an anti-Islam film made in America wanted swift punishment for the man behind the movie, and now Mark Basseley Youssef is behind bars. But he's jailed for lying about his identity, not because of the video's content.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gillian Flaccus]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gillian Flaccus]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/26/14107758-calif-man-behind-anti-muslim-film-had-many-aliases</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/26/14107758-calif-man-behind-anti-muslim-film-had-many-aliases</guid><category>us</category><category>middle-east</category><category>film</category><category>muslim</category><category>anti</category><category>los-angeles</category><category>us-news</category><category>anti-muslim</category><category>mark-basseley-youssef</category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 08:43:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=164e6e4c-570e-4a49-91eb-7aaa8f68fe90.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=164e6e4c-570e-4a49-91eb-7aaa8f68fe90.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Los Angeles County Serriff's deputy in a patrol car passes the home of Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the man who made the film &quot;Innocence of Muslims&quot; that has sparked violent protests, on a street in Cerritos, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. The filmmaker has received death threats and was forced into hiding, putting his house up for sale, after the 14-minute movie trailer rose to prominence. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0f2180b8-d460-4327-8c73-f56a5f25acbf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0f2180b8-d460-4327-8c73-f56a5f25acbf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An unoccupied Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department patrol car is parked across from the home, background, of Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the man who made the film &quot;Innocence of Muslims&quot; that has sparked violent protests, in Cerritos, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. The filmmaker has received death threats and was forced into hiding, putting his home up for sale, after the 14-minute movie trailer rose to prominence. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3faa6ee1-d5ab-4fd1-ba54-f1e1cdeef8ad.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3faa6ee1-d5ab-4fd1-ba54-f1e1cdeef8ad.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, photo shows a &quot;For Sale&quot; sign at the home of Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the man who made the film &quot;Innocence of Muslims&quot; that has sparked violent protests, on a street in Cerritos, Calif. The filmmaker has received death threats and was forced into hiding after the 14-minute movie trailer rose to prominence. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=21015e13-b31a-44e5-a192-59eb69019a1d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="340" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=21015e13-b31a-44e5-a192-59eb69019a1d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="102" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A religious statuette is displayed with a &quot;For Sale&quot; sign on the front porch of the home of Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the man who made the film &quot;Innocence of Muslims&quot; that has sparked violent protests, on a street in Cerritos, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. The filmmaker has received death threats and was forced into hiding after the 14-minute movie trailer rose to prominence. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a74fe7ea-dd10-4d8e-aad7-f80fb7426fc4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="218" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a74fe7ea-dd10-4d8e-aad7-f80fb7426fc4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2012 file image from video provided by CBS2-KCAL9, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the man behind a crudely produced anti-Islamic video that has inflamed parts of the Middle East, is escorted by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies from his home in Cerritos, Calif.  Nakoula, 55, was arrested Thursday for violating terms of his probation, authorities said. (AP Photo/CBS2-KCAL9, File) MANDATORY CREDIT CBS-KCAL9, LOS ANGELES OUT, LOS ANGELES TV OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bb18e58b-ecd2-481f-ac65-e11a15942465.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="249" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bb18e58b-ecd2-481f-ac65-e11a15942465.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Federal marshals drive away in a vehicle believed to be carrying Nakoula Basseley Nakoula after his arraignment in federal court in Los Angeles Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. A federal judge on Thursday ordered Nakoula, the man behind a crudely produced anti-Islamic video that inflamed parts of the Middle East to be detained because he is a flight risk and for violating terms of hisprobation.  (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=09001809-4d3f-42f6-8193-ee961bc2d3ac.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="391" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=09001809-4d3f-42f6-8193-ee961bc2d3ac.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="157" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A U.S. Federal marshal, right, prepare to transport Nakoula Basseley Nakoula after his arraignment in federal court in Los Angeles Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. A federal judge on Thursday ordered Nakoula, the man behind a crudely produced anti-Islamic video that inflamed parts of the Middle East to be detained because he is a flight risk and for violating terms of his probation. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6a4f2ba1-d6cb-43c3-90e1-2351a7870ef2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6a4f2ba1-d6cb-43c3-90e1-2351a7870ef2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This courtroom sketch shows Nakoula Basseley Nakoula talking with his attorney Steven Seiden, left, as U.S. Central District Chief Magistrate Judge Suzanne Segal presides over the proceeding Thursday Sept. 27, 2012. The federal judge on Thursday determined the California man behind a crudely produced anti-Islamic video that inflamed parts of the Middle East is a flight risk and ordered him detained. (AP Photo/Mona Shafer Edwards)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=38c9f822-1a2e-400d-82f2-df39926fd43c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="386" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=38c9f822-1a2e-400d-82f2-df39926fd43c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="159" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This courtroom sketch shows Nakoula Basseley Nakoula talking with his attorney Steven Seiden, left, in court Thursday Sept. 27, 2012. The U.S. Central District Chief Magistrate Judge Suzanne Segal on Thursday determined the California man behind a crudely produced anti-Islamic video that inflamed parts of the Middle East is a flight risk and ordered him detained. (AP Photo/Mona Shafer Edwards)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=56424bcb-9404-41f9-aa24-70824cd7ce18.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=56424bcb-9404-41f9-aa24-70824cd7ce18.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This courtroom sketch shows Nakoula Basseley Nakoula talking with his attorney Steven Seiden, left, in court Thursday Sept. 27, 2012. The U.S. Central District Chief Magistrate Judge Suzanne Segal on Thursday determined the California man behind a crudely produced anti-Islamic video that inflamed parts of the Middle East is a flight risk and ordered him detained. (AP Photo/Mona Shafer Edwards)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=39d4bfe2-1aa3-42b1-9b0d-d43a11ce9337.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="218" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=39d4bfe2-1aa3-42b1-9b0d-d43a11ce9337.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;En esta fotografía de archivo, tomada de un video el 15 de septiembre de 2012, y provista por la televisora CBS2-KCAL9, se ve a Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, el hombre detrás de la producción de un video en antimusulmán que ha generado disturbios en el Medio Oriente, mientras es escoltado por la policía de Los Angeles.Nakoula, de 55 años, fue arrestado el jueves por violar sus condiciones de libertad, dijeron las autoridades. (Foto AP/CBS2-KCAL9, Archivo) MANDATORY CREDIT CBS-KCAL9, LOS ANGELES OUT, LOS ANGELES TV OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>In Lebanon, anti-film protests underscore divide</title>
<description><![CDATA[The urge to defend Islam's most unifying figure, the Prophet Muhammad, wasn't enough to bring together Lebanon's divided Sunni and Shiite Muslims. The two sects, which have been locked for years in a sometimes violent political rivalry, held separate protests Friday against an anti-Islam movie.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zeina Karam]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Zeina Karam]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/21/14015544-in-lebanon-anti-film-protests-underscore-divide</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/21/14015544-in-lebanon-anti-film-protests-underscore-divide</guid><category>muslim</category><category>world-news</category><category>prophet</category><category>ml</category><category>splits</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:25:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=163e2152-917b-477a-a695-a1f8b7376aa1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="332" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=163e2152-917b-477a-a695-a1f8b7376aa1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="185" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tens of thousands of people take part in Lebanons eastern city of Baalbek, Lebanon, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012, for the latest in a series of protest rallies organized by the Shiite militant group Hezbollah. Anger over insults to Islam's Prophet Muhammad isn't enough to bring Lebanon's divided Sunni and Shiite Muslims together. The two sects, which have been locked in sometimes violent political competition, hold separate protests. A hardline Sunni cleric accuses Shiite Hezbollah of using the protests to distract from the fighting in neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b6a6377c-e150-450a-addc-091469ebb160.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="357" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b6a6377c-e150-450a-addc-091469ebb160.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="172" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Lebanese girl with writing on her face in Arabic that reads: &quot;oh, Muhammad,&quot; as she chants slogans during a demonstration about a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad in Lebanons eastern city of Baalbek, Lebanon, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Anger over insults to Islam's Prophet Muhammad isn't enough to bring Lebanon's divided Sunni and Shiite Muslims together. The two sects, which have been locked in sometimes violent political competition, hold separate protests. A hardline Sunni cleric accuses Shiite Hezbollah of using the protests to distract from the fighting in neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d8e7fee0-d5e5-435f-84e6-e9aff6f0efd1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d8e7fee0-d5e5-435f-84e6-e9aff6f0efd1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tens of thousands of people take part in a protest Lebanons eastern city of Baalbek, Lebanon, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012, for the latest in a series of protest rallies organized by the Shiite militant group Hezbollah. Anger over insults to Islam's Prophet Muhammad isn't enough to bring Lebanon's divided Sunni and Shiite Muslims together. The two sects, which have been locked in sometimes violent political competition, hold separate protests. A hardline Sunni cleric accuses Shiite Hezbollah of using the protests to distract from the fighting in neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6971f5cc-8529-4d7b-8adf-334f045fb200.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6971f5cc-8529-4d7b-8adf-334f045fb200.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lebanese girls chant slogans during a protest about a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad in Lebanons eastern city of Baalbek, Lebanon, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Tens of thousands of people take part for the latest in a series of protest rallies organized by the Shiite militant group Hezbollah. Anger over insults to Islam's Prophet Muhammad isn't enough to bring Lebanon's divided Sunni and Shiite Muslims together. The two sects, which have been locked in sometimes violent political competition, hold separate protests and even throw gibes. A hardline Sunni cleric accuses Shiite Hezbollah of using the protests to distract from the fighting in neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Farrakhan calls for calm following anti-Islam film</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said Thursday that he hopes the violence that has erupted over a film disparaging the Prophet Mohammed will die down.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Rodriguez]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrea Rodriguez]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/20/13995754-farrakhan-calls-for-calm-following-anti-islam-film</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/20/13995754-farrakhan-calls-for-calm-following-anti-islam-film</guid><category>film</category><category>muslim</category><category>farrakhan</category><category>anti</category><category>louis-farrakhan</category><category>world-news</category><category>prophet-mohammed</category><category>lt</category><category>anti-muslim-film</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 01:05:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=98e913bb-5580-4327-a639-b75e32eb312d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=98e913bb-5580-4327-a639-b75e32eb312d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Surrounded by bodyguards, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, center, arrives to attend a press conference in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Sept 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A look at Coptic Christians, history and beliefs</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church split from other Christians in 451 A.D. over a dispute about the nature of Christ. Unlike Roman Catholics, they do not believe in the infallibility of the Pope or in purgatory. They believe in the immaculate conception of Jesus, but not of the Virgin Mary and their priests can marry.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/20/13989642-a-look-at-coptic-christians-history-and-beliefs</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/20/13989642-a-look-at-coptic-christians-history-and-beliefs</guid><category>us</category><category>film</category><category>muslim</category><category>glance</category><category>anti</category><category>us-news</category><category>virgin-mary</category><category>copts</category><category>egyptian-coptic-orthodox-church</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:42:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Prophet film puts spotlight on US Copts</title>
<description><![CDATA[The anti-Islamic movie trailer inflaming the Middle East opens with Muslims ransacking a Christian medical clinic and then segues into a flashback of Muhammad's life. "Set the place on fire! We'll burn out these forsaken Christians!" cries one Muslim character.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gillian Flaccus]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gillian Flaccus]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/20/13979298-prophet-film-puts-spotlight-on-us-copts</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/20/13979298-prophet-film-puts-spotlight-on-us-copts</guid><category>us</category><category>middle-east</category><category>film</category><category>muslim</category><category>us-news</category><category>anti-muslim</category><category>copts</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:57:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8c0e00a3-d7ab-4975-a98a-a2ca10c24096.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8c0e00a3-d7ab-4975-a98a-a2ca10c24096.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Archy Jacob sits in a sound room during a mass at St. Mary and St. Verena Orthodox Coptic Church in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4af1baf2-391c-4e03-bdf0-d46d24ad0714.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4af1baf2-391c-4e03-bdf0-d46d24ad0714.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Church members take part in a mass at St. Mary and St. Verena Orthodox Coptic Church in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4f73cd7d-f53a-4edf-9e1c-3e0a9e03526a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4f73cd7d-f53a-4edf-9e1c-3e0a9e03526a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Rev. Joseph Boules, left, prays during a mass at St. Mary and St. Verena Orthodox Coptic Church in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=77433f7b-c725-46ed-b04f-2838ab7b2ad9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=77433f7b-c725-46ed-b04f-2838ab7b2ad9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A church member kisses the icon of Jesus as she arrives for a mass at St. Mary and St. Verena Orthodox Coptic Church in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. 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<description><![CDATA[A 14-minute film trailer blamed for protest violence in the Middle East will remain on YouTube, after an actress lost her legal challenge to take it down.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Risling]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Greg Risling]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/19/13967757-judge-says-anti-muslim-clip-can-stay-on-youtube</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/19/13967757-judge-says-anti-muslim-clip-can-stay-on-youtube</guid><category>us</category><category>middle-east</category><category>film</category><category>muslim</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>anti</category><category>us-news</category><category>muslim-world</category><category>anti-muslim-film</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:38:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1dcb7a16-b51f-400f-adc2-620eff63f1bd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1dcb7a16-b51f-400f-adc2-620eff63f1bd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cindy Lee Garcia, right, one of the actresses in &quot;Innocence of Muslims,&quot; and attorney M. Cris Armenta hold a news conference before a hearing at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. Garcia is asking a judge to issue an injunction demanding the 14-minute trailer for &quot;Innocence of Muslims&quot; be pulled from YouTube. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=913fdd91-97ca-4af4-8dd7-66f7b959be50.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=913fdd91-97ca-4af4-8dd7-66f7b959be50.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cindy Lee Garcia, left, one of the actresses in &quot;Innocence of Muslims,&quot; arrives for a hearing at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. Garcia is asking a judge to issue an injunction demanding the 14-minute trailer for &quot;Innocence of Muslims&quot; be pulled from YouTube. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=931bad13-07ba-4b75-9bdd-62730a2cfff7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="308" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=931bad13-07ba-4b75-9bdd-62730a2cfff7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cindy Lee Garcia, one of the actresses in &quot;Innocence of Muslims,&quot; holds a news conference before a hearing at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. Garcia is asking a judge to issue an injunction demanding the 14-minute trailer for &quot;Innocence of Muslims&quot; be pulled from YouTube. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b8e5b5bb-94bc-43c2-832d-a69bc129463c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b8e5b5bb-94bc-43c2-832d-a69bc129463c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cindy Lee Garcia, right, one of the actresses in &quot;Innocence of Muslims,&quot; and attorney M. Cris Armenta hold a news conference before a hearing at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. Garcia is asking a judge to issue an injunction demanding the 14-minute trailer for &quot;Innocence of Muslims&quot; be pulled from YouTube. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Philippines nears pact to end longtime insurgency</title>
<description><![CDATA[Philippine government and Muslim guerrilla negotiators are drafting a preliminary agreement to settle a decades-long rebellion in the country's south, but the insurgents said Tuesday their insurrection won't end until a final pact is concluded.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Gomez]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Gomez]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/18/13927733-philippines-nears-pact-to-end-longtime-insurgency</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/18/13927733-philippines-nears-pact-to-end-longtime-insurgency</guid><category>muslim</category><category>philippines</category><category>rebels</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 04:23:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>