Author: Bryan Fitzgerald

Source: The Times-Union

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Faith-symposium-promotes-peace-986805.php

At an interfaith gathering organized by a Muslim community, held inside a Hindu temple, a Christian reverend turned and posed a question to a rabbi sandwiched between a Buddhist philosopher and a local Sikh leader.

Author: Paul Vitello

Source: The New York Times

Author: Paul Richter and Peter Nicholas

Source: The Los Angeles Times

Author: Eugene Paik

Source: New Jersey On-Line/The Star Ledger

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/01/proposed_islamic_mosque_in_bri.html

An Islamic mosque, complete with a daycare center and a school, could be a new neighbor in a high-end residential section of Bridgewater Township.

Representatives of the Chughtai Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Bedminster, have filed an application...

Author: Dan Gilgoff

Source: CNN Belief Blog

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/30/man-charged-with-making-terrorist-threats-in-connection-with-mosque/

A man arrested by Dearborn, Michigan, police and charged with possessing explosives in connection with making terrorist threats was targeting one of America's largest mosques, according to officials at the Muslim house of worship.

Author: Peter Skerry and Gary Schmitt

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2011/01/29/silence_from_muslim__americans/

Amid the uproar earlier this month over the assassination of Salmaan Taseer, the secularist governor of the Pakistani province of Punjab, Muslim-American organizations have been largely silent. At a time when mainstream...

Author: Adelle M. Banks

Source: BeliefNet News

Wire Service: RNS

https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/2011/01/muslim-leaders-condemn-holocau

Prominent...

Author: Liz Gooch

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/world/asia/28iht-malay28.html?ref=religionandbelief

Like most Muslims in Malaysia, Mohammad Shah was raised according to the Sunni school of Islam. But when he was about 30, he said, he came to believe that Sunni teachings did not answer all of his questions about Islam. He began reading about the Shiite school of thought, the world...

Author: Cathy Lynn Grossman

Source: USA TODAY

http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2011-01-27-PewMuslimInside27_ST_N.htm?csp=34news

Mustafa Qureshi, a Cub Scout, holds an American flag and his sister, Aisha, joins in reciting King's "I Have a Dream" speech at a community center.

These are the people U.S. Muslims want people to see as their neighbors — not shadowy radicals envisioned by anti-Islamic...

Author: Nasser Hanif

Source: The BBC News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12294215

Jewish and Muslim students are joining forces to tackle anti-Semitism and Islamophobia on university campuses - in a bid to spread a message of tolerance.

One of those with first-hand experience of religious hatred is Yassir, who as a student in 2004 was abused as he set off for his mosque in London. Four teenagers spat at him and called him "Bin Laden".

Author: Staff Writer

Original Source: The San Francisco Chronicle/The Riverside Press-Enterprise

Wire Service: AP

https://www....

Author: Melissa Abalo

Source: PressTV

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/162033.html

The administration of Cristina Fernandez has passed an historic legislation that allows Muslim women to wear hijab in public places without the fear of persecution. They can use photographs wearing headscarves for their national ID cards.

The new law seeks to promote freedom of religion and expression in the Latin American country, and help the Muslim community to integrate...

Author: Anwar Faruqi

Source: Yahoo News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110126/wl_mideast_afp/religionsikhsiraqindiashrine

A desolate courtyard surrounded by fields of mournful graves is all that remains of an ancient shrine to the Sikh faith?s founder Guru Nanak inside a sprawling Muslim cemetery in Baghdad.

War, insurgents or looters have wiped any trace of a historical footnote that had preserved...

Author: Mohammed Wajihuddin

Source: The Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Muslim-bizman-rebuilds-mandir/articleshow/7357196.cms

Constructing a concrete example of communal harmony, a city-based Muslim businessman has funded the revamp of a massive Hindu temple at Ranthambore near Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan.

The Ganesh Dham Mandir, built on the sole...

Author: Dan Gilgoff

Source: CNN Belief Blog

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/24/opponent-of-ny-islamic-center-becomes-advocate-for-mosques-nationwide/?hpt=Sbin

When the Anti-Defamation League - a leading Jewish group devoted to fighting anti-Semitism and "all forms of bigotry" - came out against the construction of an Islamic center and mosque near New York's ground zero last...