Author: Kirk Semple

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/23/nyregion/23mosques.html?ref=religion_and_belief

Brother Abdullah was working the sidewalk outside the Omar Ben Abdel-Aziz Mosque in Jamaica, Queens, on Friday, looking for the curious, fearful, idle and confused.

It was an hour into a two-hour open house intended to dispel ignorance and promote neighborliness and...

Author: Stephanie Farr

Source: The Philadelphia Daily News

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/105507553.html?cmpid=15585797

A Muslim man claims he was fired by a trucking company after refusing to transport a load of alcohol, according to a civil-rights lawsuit filed recently in federal court.

Vasant Reddy, 35, of Northeast Philadelphia, said it's against his religious beliefs to "consume, possess...

Author: Jennifer Amato

Source: The Sentinel

http://nbs.gmnews.com/news/2010-10-21/Front_Page/Muslim_Consumer_Conference_to_highlight_contributi.html

Muslim professionals, entrepreneurs, and media and marketing executives will meet to share their experiences during the second annual Muslim Consumer Conference on Oct. 30.

Author: Ken Maguire

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/us/politics/22turban.html?ref=religion_and_belief

Sikhs in the United States expressed their frustration Thursday that President Obama would skip a tentatively planned visit to their holiest site in India, while advocacy groups called on the White House to reconsider.

Author: Janet Tu

Source: The Seattle Times

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013220695_muslimwomen22m.html

Two Seattle Muslim women said they were simply trying to fill up at a gas station in Tukwila on Saturday when another woman started yelling slurs, kicked one woman and slammed a car door on her leg, and then pushed the other.

"I'm terrified, I'm crying," said Imaan, one of the two Muslim women,...

Author: Rheal Seguin

Source: The Globe and Mail

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Author: Staff Writer

Source: PR Newswire/CAIR

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cair-director-breaks-ground-for-first-alaska-mosque-105284448.html

Nihad Awad, the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), recently broke ground for the first mosque in Alaska and offered an address on "The Rise of Islamophobia and Its Impact on National Security" at an event...

Author: Lydia Polgreen

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/world/asia/20india.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y

The Golden Temple, a sprawling and serene complex of gleaming gold and polished marble that is the spiritual center of the Sikh religion, is one of India’s most popular tourist attractions. Revered by Indians of all faiths, it is a cherished emblem of India’s religious diversity. So it...

Author: Tom Heneghan

Source: The Globe and Mail

Wire Service: Reuters

http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2010/10/19/hamburg-moves-toward-official-recognition-of-islam/

Hamburg may soon become the first German state officially to recognize Islam as a religious community and give Muslims the same legal rights as Christians and Jews in dealing with the local administration...

Author: Paul Farhi

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/17/AR2010101702840.html

Andy Warhol found artistic inspiration in a can of Campbell's tomato soup. These days, some activists are finding sinister Muslim connections in the same can.

Campbell Soup Co., the Camden, N.J., food giant, has been fighting a grass-roots boycott of its products...

Author: Steven Lee Myers

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/world/middleeast/20ezekiel.html?ref=religion_and_belief

This small town, shaded by date palms on a bend of the Euphrates River, has been revered as a holy place for centuries — by Jews, by Muslims and, for periods of peace, at least, by both. “The old democracy,” as the local police chief put it.

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Author: Kristin M. Hall

Source: The San Francisco Examiner

Wire Service: AP

http://www.sfexaminer.com/nation/us-attorney-joins-legal-battle-over-tennessee-mosque-says-islam-is-a-recognized-religion-105206954.html

Federal attorneys on Monday jumped into a court battle over the construction of a Tennessee mosque by offering legal proof...

Author: Brittany Levine

Source: The Orange County Register

http://www.ocregister.com/news/mosque-271564-open-muslims.html

Tired of hearing mixed messages about Islam, Marhnelle Hibbard drove from her Laguna Beach home to a Garden Grove mosque to learn first hand about the religion.

"I learned that Islam is very love-based and God-based, which is exactly the opposite of what I thought," she said.

Author: Dan Gilgoff

Source: CNN

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/16/muslims-gather-in-washington-for-islam-on-capitol-hill/

Hundreds of Muslims turned out Friday for a new annual event in Washington called Islam on Capitol Hill, the event's organizer said Saturday.

The event saw hundreds of Muslim children touring the halls of Congress, hours of prayers and speeches on the...

Author: Niraj Warikoo

Source: The Detroit Free Press

http://www.freep.com/article/20101015/NEWS05/10150327/Report-on-imam-denounced

A range of religious and civil rights leaders -- Christian, Muslim and African American -- blasted a Department of Justice report Thursday that cleared FBI agents in the shooting death of a Muslim leader, saying it was incomplete and failed to examine the use of undercover informants in...