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	<title>Muslimah Media Watch &#187; immigration</title>
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	<description>Looking at Muslim women in the media and pop culture</description>
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		<title>The Ghettoization of Begumpura Neighborhoods</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2011/06/the-ghettoization-of-begumpura-neighborhoods/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eren</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Asian immigrants to Canada]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Star recently reported on the existence of “Begumpura” neighborhoods in Ontario. “Begumpura,” translated from Urdu as “the place where women live,” refers to neighborhoods where immigrant women live with their families. The areas are usually occupied by women of South Asian origin whose husbands work in the Middle East. The title “Colony of wives” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Berlusconi&#8217;s Rubygate: But is she Muslim?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2011/02/berlusconis-rubygate-but-is-she-muslim/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nicole</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Karima el Mahroug]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karima Keyek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ruby Rubacuori]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Silvio Berlusconi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The ongoing sexual excesses of Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi routinely make headlines. In fact, the tabloid fodder that is his life has been somewhat of a release for me in a time of heavy news (Egypt and Tunisia, anyone?).   Orgies with showgirls, presents for nubile barely legal girls who are “just friends,” and assorted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Switzerland&#8217;s Latest Referendum: No Uglies Allowed</title>
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		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2010/12/switzerlands-latest-referendum-no-uglies-allowed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 08:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nicole</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islamophobia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swiss People's Party]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 28th, the Swiss voted in one of their many referendums. The topic of this referendum was the deportation of criminal foreigners. This seems innocent enough, but the Swiss, at least for one local party, found a way to give it an anti-female anti-Islam twist.  Sadly, this initiative, spearheaded (as usual) by the Swiss [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Little Old Lady vs. A Burqa-Clad Mob: The Sweden Democrats&#8217; Banned Campaign Ad</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2010/09/a-little-old-lady-vs-a-burqa-clad-mob-the-sweden-democrats-banned-campaign-ad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 07:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tasnim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A political ad that portrays a pensioner hobbling forward for a share of the national budget only to be overtaken by a crowd of burqa-clad women pushing baby carriages has been rejected by a Swedish TV channel on the grounds that it promotes religious hatred. The campaign ad for the far-right Sweden Democrats (SD) party [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Green Scare: Muslim Immigrants as Britain&#8217;s Welfare Queens</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2010/03/the-green-scare-muslim-immigrants-as-britains-welfare-queens/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2010/03/the-green-scare-muslim-immigrants-as-britains-welfare-queens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ayaan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture/Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British Muslims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Littlejohn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[welfare queens]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[British tabloids are often accused of offering hysterical coverage of major and inconsequential events alike.* The Daily Mail lives up to this unflattering generalization in its article regarding Essma Marjam, a single mother of six who is receiving housing benefits for a five bedroom house in the London Borough of Westminster. This is one in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Just look at our women!&#8221; Or, how to use female bodies to prove your point</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2009/04/just-look-at-our-women-or-how-to-use-female-bodies-to-prove-your-point/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2009/04/just-look-at-our-women-or-how-to-use-female-bodies-to-prove-your-point/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krista</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture/Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assimilation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mahfooz Kanwar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[xenophobia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Check out Muslim Lookout for an expanded version of this post. Be prepared for some major eye-rolling in this article from the Calgary Herald.  In it, Mahfooz Kanwar praises Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney (see here for why this is a bad idea), and berates Canadians that he perceives as not having &#8220;assimilated&#8221; enough. I [...]]]></description>
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