Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Economist

http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=12899483&source=hptextfeature

With luck, the destructive two-week battle between Israel and Hamas may soon draw to an end. But how long before the century-long war between Arabs and Jews in Palestine follows suit? It is hard to believe that this will happen any time soon. Consider: Israel’s current operation...

Author: Gus Garcia-Roberts

Source: Miami New Times

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2009-01-08/news/muslim-advocacy-group-counters-propaganda-film-with-a-hotline-and-gets-blasted-by-racist-callers/

Not long ago, Miami Herald readers were greeted with an unexpected insert in their Sunday editions: DVDs of a movie that offended many folks who popped it into their...

Author: Sam Dagher

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/world/middleeast/08iraq.html?ref=middleeast

Millions of Iraqi Shiites celebrated one of the most emotional occasions in their religious calendar Wednesday, accompanied by stringent security measures that included a ban on women entering the area around one of Baghdad’s holiest shrines for fear of suicide bombings.

They also heard...

Author: Yonat Shimron

Source: The News Tribune

http://www.thenewstribune.com/tacoma/24hour/religion/story/587069.html

Salman Sheikh was organizing a swim class for his two sons last summer when fellow Muslim parents approached him about starting a class for girls.

Sheikh told them he would ask the Curran Aquatic Center in Cary, N.C., whether it could accommodate a group of Muslims who preferred a women-only pool.
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Author: Staff Writer

Source: MSNBC

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28541319/

Muslims and Jews gathered in South Florida to set aside their differences and call for an end to the violence in the Middle East.

On Tuesday night members of both faiths came together in North Miami Beach to condemn the violence that has claimed hundreds of lives.

They also condemned recent demonstrations in South Florida where supporters of Israel squared off against...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: CAIR

http://www.cair.com/PressCenter/AmericanMuslimNews.aspx

The leader of an Islamic group apologized Monday for a sign that showed a swastika inside the Star of David during a demonstration outside the state Capitol. The man carrying the sign, identified only as a college student from Oklahoma City, has been banned from future protests or demonstrations sponsored by the Oklahoma City chapter of the Council on...

Author: Manya A. Brachear

Source: The Chicago Tribune

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Author: Edward Wong

Source: International Herald Tribune

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/05/world/asia/05iht-china.1.19087080.html?searchResultPosition=1

The...

Author: Pamela Constable

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/03/AR2009010301995.html

For the past week, caravans of cars have raced triumphantly around the Afghan capital, trailing huge green and red banners. Overpasses are draped with black cloth, and loudspeakers blare hypnotic religious chants punctuated with the slow rhythm of clanking chains.

This is...

Author: Jason Trahan

Source: The Dallas Morning News

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-muslimgifts_04met.ART0.Central.Edition1.4a54563.html

American Muslims are finding it more difficult to donate money to help Palestinian refugees and other Middle Eastern causes because of court decisions showing that some charities were using the money for...

Author: Hadeel Al-Shalchi

Source: The Associated Press

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/04/AR2009010400667.html

Amira Khairy is mobbed by housewives kissing her cheeks in greeting as she arrives to give a lesson on reciting the Quran to women at the Al-Sedeeq mosque in a Cairo suburb. Students set up chairs for the class, and soon the hum of chanting female voices fills one of the building's...

Author: Mary Taing

Source: ABC News

http://kaaltv.com/article/stories/S728760.shtml?cat=10226

The violence continues tonight in Gaza.

It’s the eighth day of fighting and Israeli troops are advancing deeper into Gaza City, trying to gain more ground control in the area they say Hamas used to fire rockets into Israel.

More than 500 people have been killed in the crossfire, leaving thousands more desperate for food,...

Author: Sabrina Tavernise

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/world/asia/04tajik.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail0=y

The crowd in the airport parking lot was jubilant despite the cold, with squealing children, busy concession stands and a tangle of idling cars giving the impression of an eager audience before a rock concert.

But it was religion, not rock ’n’ roll, that had drawn...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton Website

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Muslim Public Affairs Council

http://www.mpac.org/article.php?id=761

The Muslim Public Affairs Council today called on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to open an investigation of AirTran Airlines, which removed nine Muslim American passengers from a flight yesterday after two other passengers heard them making what they thought were suspicious remarks about security.
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