Author: Kirsten Grieshaber

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/05/AR2010120500060.html

The 200 robed and bearded men gathered at dusk on the market square, rolled out their prayer rugs and intoned Allah's praises as dismayed townspeople looked on.

It was Ramadan, the Muslim fasting month, and the group that calls itself "Invitation to Paradise...

Author: Bart Jones

Source: The New York Newsday

http://www.newsday.com/long-island/li-life/learning-with-a-focus-on-faith-1.2518081

The fourth-graders at the Masjid Darul Qur'an Academy in Bay Shore sat at their desks trying to memorize the Quran in Arabic.

Each of the 10 students, the girls with white scarves around their heads, the boys in blue shirts and pants, took turns reciting passages as...

Author: Tia Mitchell

Source: The Florida Times-Union

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2010-12-02/story/ahmed-remain-jacksonville-commission-officials-say

Jacksonville City Council President Jack Webb no longer believes the council should look into recent accusations about Parvez Ahmed, the Muslim professor serving on the city...

Author: Joshua Stanton

Source: State of Formation/ Common Ground News Service

https://stateofformation.org/2010/12/muslims-integral-to-american-seminaries/

Seminaries, higher education institutions where professors of religion and religious leaders train students to become clergy, have been present in the United States for centuries. Because seminary students are generally being trained as religious leaders who will oversee...

Author: Alicia M. Moulton

Source: Bringham Young University Alumni News

http://magazine.byu.edu/?act=view&a=2701

Andrew J. Kosorok (BFA ’04) leans over a panel of glass, on which he etched an intricate floral motif. This piece is called Al-Mu’mim, Inspirer of Faith. It represents the growth of God’s creations as they react to trials and blessings.

The Harold B. Lee Library recently displayed eight of Kosorok’s...

Author: Jeff Horseman

Source: The Press-Enterprise

http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_D_mosque02.48a1845.html

The Temecula Planning Commission voted unanimously late Wednesday to approve a plan to build a mosque on the city's outskirts.

The 5-0 vote followed a 5 ½-hour public hearing in which more than 80 speakers testified for and against the Islamic Center of Temecula Valley mosque...

Author: Adelle M. Banks

Source: The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Wire Service: RNS

http://www.cleveland.com/world/index.ssf/2010/12/muslims_worldwide_say_respect.html

About half of Muslims surveyed worldwide believe the West does not respect them, according to a new Gallup report, and many say not desecrating the Quran and portraying more “accurate” Muslim movie characters could...

Author: Jeff Barnard

Source: The Washington Post

Wire Service: AP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/30/AR2010113000743.html

Steady rain Tuesday didn't stop people from attending a candlelight vigil in support of an Islamic center targeted by an apparent hate crime after a teen who occasionally worshipped there was accused of planning mass killings in...

Author: Nolan Clay and Carla Hinton

Source: The Oklahoman

http://newsok.com/article/3519080

An Oklahoma City federal judge Monday ruled against a voter-approved restriction on Islamic law.

In a 15-page order, U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange continued to keep the restriction out of the Oklahoma Constitution. Her ruling was a victory for an Oklahoma City Muslim leader who had complained his constitutional religious rights were in jeopardy...

Author: Vern Barnet

Source: The Kansas City Star

http://www.kansascity.com/2010/11/30/2482724/dances-of-joy-words-of-love-at.html

Every December, Kansas City Sufis celebrate the 13th-century mystic who is among the best-selling poets in America today.

Jelaluddin Rumi was a highly respected scholar in Konya in modern Turkey when he met Shams of Tabriz. Their scandalously intense friendship ended four...

Author: William Yardley and Jesse McKinley

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/01/us/01trust.html?ref=religion_and_belief

The arrest in a plot to bomb a popular Christmas tree-lighting ceremony here has renewed focus on the crucial but often fragile relationship that many Muslim communities have with federal law enforcement agencies.

Author: Joshunda Sanders

Source: The Statesman

http://www.statesman.com/news/local/youths-to-join-in-interfaith-celebration-of-hanukkah-1086871.html

Hanukkah, a holiday that many believe commemorates religious freedom, begins today, and for the first time, Congregation Beth Israel has extended an invitation for the Muslim Youth of North America's Austin chapter to join its celebration.

Author: Molly Hottle

Source: The Oregonian

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/11/portlands_somali_community_uni.html

After an attempted terrorist attack was foiled Friday in Portland, Ahmed Ali wants only one thing: to tell the world that the portrait alleged attacker Mohamed Osman Mohamud painted of the Somali community is far from the truth.

"He ruined it for everybody,"...

Author: Jennifer Lipman

Source: The Jewish Chronicle

http://www.thejc.com/news/world-news/41836/uganda-rabbi-hopes-be-first-jew-parliament

A Ugandan Jew who grew up under Idi Amin is aiming to become the first member of his community to be elected to the country's parliament.

When Ugandans go to the polls in February Rabbi Gershom Sizomu, 41, hopes to be chosen to represent the mostly Muslim area of...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Zee News

http://www.zeenews.com/news669957.html

President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday said a "cultural osmosis" over centuries had enriched both the Indian and Arab civilisations as she opened the Indian Islamic Centre here, 28 years after its foundation stone was laid by the then prime minister Indira Gandhi.