Author: Staff Writers

Source: Reuters

http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2009/06/08/french-us-imams-talk-about-being-muslim-military-chaplains/

Both are Muslims. Both are chaplains. Both are in the military. But one is French and one is American. That alone ensured there would be enough to talk about when Mohamed-Ali Bouharb and Abu- hena Saifulislam met in Paris to discuss their work with...

Author: Joe Ryan

Source: The Star-Ledger

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/us_justice_department_nj_woman.html

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today accusing Essex County officials of illegally firing a Muslim corrections officer for refusing to remove her head scarf.

The suit, filed in federal court in Newark on behalf of Yvette Beshier, asks for a court order forcing the county to accommodate...

Author: Riazat Butt

Source: The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/07/islamic-college-us-zaytuna-institute

The first accredited Islamic college in the US is being planned by an influential Muslim body hoping to produce "a generation of indigenised scholars".

The management committee from the Zaytuna Institute, which is dedicated to classical Muslim scholarship, last week recommended launching...

Author: Karin Laub

Source: The Orlando Sentinel

Wire Service: AP

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-ml-obama-undercutting-extremists,0,1114653.story

From Lebanese guerrillas to Saudi preachers, Islamic extremists have warned followers not to be taken in by President Barack Obama's conciliatory words — a sign that some may be nervous about...

Author: Lisa Rein

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/05/AR2009060503430.html

Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler has issued a legal opinion allowing security officers to require Muslim women and other people who cover their faces for religious reasons to remove their veils when entering courthouses. Gansler said law enforcement officers could require...

Author: Michelle Boorstein

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/05/AR2009060503146.html

Many had just entered high school in the days after the Sept. 11 attacks and now, eight years later, they are leaving college and choosing their path in life. Young Muslims in the Washington area are part of a generation that appears markedly different from their parents in career...

Author: Christi Parsons and Jeffrey Fleishman

Source: The Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-obama-cairo5-2009jun05,0,2725096.story

President Obama's sweeping call Thursday for a "new beginning" between the United States and the Islamic world was greeted by Muslims of many countries as a conciliatory gesture aimed at setting aside suspicion and moving ahead on problems that...

Author: Robert F. Worth

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/06/world/middleeast/06dubai.html

Wedad Lootah does not look like a sexual activist. A Muslim and a native Emirati, she wears a full-length black niqab — with only her brown eyes showing through narrow slits — and sprinkles her conversation with quotes from the Koran.

Yet she is also the author of what for the Middle East is an amazingly...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: MPAC

http://www.mpac.org/article.php?id=825

After President Obama’s speech in Cairo, Attorney General Eric Holder issued a statement on the Department of Justice’s outreach and enforcement efforts to protect American Muslim Civil Liberties. This bold and significant statement is a strong testament of the integrity of the Obama Administration. It clearly indicates commitment to keeping the president’s promises to the...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Hindu American Foundation

http://www.hinduamericanfoundation.org/?q=node/292

The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) welcomed President Obama's much heralded speech in Cairo, Egypt, that was billed by the White House as an address to the global Muslim community. In a nearly hour long speech, President Obama condemned Islamic extremism while also calling for increased tolerance and pluralism in many officially Muslim countries...

Author: Ana McKenzie

Source: The Daily Texan

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I first noticed Spencer Wall in my religion and society class toward the end of last semester. She wasn’t particularly outspoken, but the shawl that covered her hair, neck and shoulders made her stand out in the large class.

I usually gave her nothing more than a completely unconscious glance. But when she revealed to the class the decision that she made on April 27, I...

Author: Lisa Goh and Rashita A. Hamid

Source: The Star

[thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/6/5/courts/4055243&sec=courts]

The Syariah High Court has ruled that deceased art director Mohan Singh was a Muslim at the time of his death on May 25 and should be buried according to Muslim rites.

Syariah High Court judge Justice Mohamad Khalid Shaee @ Shaii ruled that Mohan Singh’s conversion was valid after hearing testimony from five witnesses and examining the documents brought before...

Author: Rachel Zoll

Source: Google News

Wire Service: AP

[google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jpgEHXRJOJcSs8neTkAj02bhtYRgD98K1O5O0]

President Barack Obama showed respect for Islam by quoting from the Quran in his speech Thursday but did so in a way meant to resonate with Christians and Jews as well.

The passages he chose from the Muslim holy book had meanings that were universal in their appeal. He also referred once to the Talmud, the collection of...

Author: Gregg Krupa

Source: The Detroit News

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Across Metro Detroit and elsewhere people responded positively to what President Obama said in Cairo today, in a major speech on Islam and resolving problems in the Middle East and South Asia.

But, also with unanimity, those who heard the speech said the most important thing is what happens next.

"I've come here to Cairo to...

Author: Felicia R. Lee

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/arts/05musl.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail0=y

The hookahs looked like exotic animals lurking in Hookahnuts, a shop for gifts and food in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. In various shades of red, blue and green, these water pipes, used to smoke flavored tobacco, were the most vivid sign of the shop’s Middle Eastern culture, presented among an eye-catching...