It’s a contentuous subject, but nontheless the New York Times’ treatment of the skyrocketing rate of autism among local Somali children is worth looking at: “Autism is terrifying the community of Somali immigrants in Minneapolis, and some pediatricians and educators have joined parents in raising the alarm. But public health experts say it is hard to tell whether the apparent surge of cases is an actual outbreak, with a cause that can be addressed, or just a statistical fluke.”
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Minneapolis Man First U.S. Citizen to Carry Out Suicide Bombing Overseas?
Feb 25 2009 — 12:11am
Shirwa Ahmed of Minneapolis allegedly became a terrorist suicide bomber in Somalia. Somali immigrants to America worry that young men vanishing into Somalia might be recruits of terrorists. The Abubakar As-Saddique mosque in south Minneapolis, which has been rumored to be a recruiting site for terrorists, is holding an open house to attempt to demonstrate that the rumors are false. They have also invited to FBI Chief to Minneapolis.
@Anonymous: A church is absolutely like a mosque in this sense: It's dogma, and dogma can become twisted. Wahabbism is a crazy cult but there...
Muslims stopped at airport on the way to Saudi Arabia: Here we go again
Dec 1 2008 — 8:47am
In a familiar story around here, a couple of Somali Muslims on their way to Saudi Arabia were detained at the Minneapolis St. Paul airport. One was an imam. (Cue Katherine Kersten.) Some questions about a mosque in Minneapolis and its rumored connection to training fighters was mentioned.
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