Author: Anne Barnard

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/nyregion/03muslim.html?_r=2&ref=religion_and_belief

Visitors to the upper floors of the Muslim community center planned for near ground zero would walk through lofty spaces — for art exhibitions, for contemplation and prayer, for programs on interreligious dialogue, for a 9/11 memorial — as sunlight streams through...

Author: Zain Shauk

Source: The Houston Chronicle

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7228321.html

Door by door, the surgeon knocks, hoping to convince his audience that he's not a terrorist.

A contractor does the same, saying he stands for peace and is loyal to the country.

Most Muslims are not violent extremists, they say to those who care enough to ask.

Author: Biswajeet Banerjee

Source: The Washington Post

Wire Service: AP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/30/AR2010093000523.html

Schools, shops and businesses reopened Friday as fears of violence ebbed in northern India following a court order to divide a disputed holy site between the Hindu and Muslim communities.

Thousands of government forces...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The New York Times

Wire Service: AP

Author: Jan M. Olsen

Source: Google News

Wire Service: AP

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jL9no4nO_TIB4nYKYZ3cHQ_HOrDwD9IHLT5G0?docId=D9IHLT5G0

Denmark's foreign minister met Wednesday with ambassadors from 17 Muslim countries in a move to avoid tensions ahead of the five-year anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad cartoons.

The drawings first...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Fox 9 News

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/religions-stand-together-for-respect-sept-28-2010

The Minnesota Council of Churches brought followers of every religion across the metro for a Multi-Faith Prayer Service for Respect.

Author: Vincent D'Souza

Source: The Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6639377.cms?frm=mailtofriend

As the nation anxiously awaits one mosque verdict, villagers in Karnataka's Gadag district have made their judgment clear as far as their local mosque is concerned. The spirited folk of Purtageri, a village around 500km from Bangalore, dissolved religious lines to come together and rebuild a mosque...

Author: Yara Elmjouie

Source: Washington Square News

http://nyunews.com/news/2010/09/26/27islam/

The proposed construction of Park51, the Islamic Center near Ground Zero, has been making headlines all summer; for some students at NYU, the heightened sentiment of "Islamaphobia" has hit close to home.

WSN recently conducted an unscientific poll and asked "What do you think about the proposed Islamic Center near Ground Zero?" While 54...

Author: Laura Bly

Source: USA Today

http://travel.usatoday.com/destinations/dispatches/post/2010/09/disney-oks-headscarf-for-muslim-employee/125413/1

A Muslim woman who said Disneyland wouldn't let her wear a religious headscarf on her job as a vacation planner or ticket seller - the second such complaint in recent weeks - has reached an agreement with the Southern California theme park...

Author: Carol Demare

Source: The Times Union Albany

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Unity-at-Muslim-center-s-opening-674691.php

After more than six years in the making, the Muslim Community Center opened Saturday amid a show of interfaith harmony and an outpouring of support.

Bishop Howard Hubbard of the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese, Rep. Paul D. Tonko, D-N.Y., and several local...

Author: Liz Gooch

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/education/27iht-educSide27.html

With the Islamic finance industry worth an estimated $1 trillion and growing rapidly, it is perhaps no surprise that a number of Asia-Pacific nations are among a growing band of countries worldwide to signal their intention to carve out a larger share of the market.

Author: Edith M. Lederer

Source: MSNBC.com/Today

Wire Service: AP

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/39367509/ns/us_news-life/

Comic book fans will soon be getting their first glimpse at an unlikely new superhero — a Muslim boy in a wheelchair with superpowers.

The new superhero is the brainchild of a group of disabled young Americans and Syrians who...

Author: Amy Flowers Umble

Source: The Washington Examiner

Wire Service: AP

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/nation/va-christian-activist-hopes-to-distribute-qurans-103807604.html

Florida Pastor Terry Jones canceled his Sept. 11 Quran burning, but what has become of the Islamic holy books since the international controversy has subsided?

The...

Author: Terrence Stutz

Source: The Dallas Morning News

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/religion/stories/DN-sboe_25tex.ART.State.Edition1.33b8be8.html

The State Board of Education on Friday instructed textbook publishers to make sure their new world history texts are more favorable to Christianity and less positive toward Islam if they want to sell their books in Texas.

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Harvard Gazette

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/09/a-backdrop-on-islam-in-america/

American leaders who criticize the proposed Islamic community center in lower Manhattan are not only shamelessly exploiting American fears about Islam for political gain, but are fruitlessly flailing against a new demographic reality, said Ali Asani, professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic religion...