Author: Rosemary Kubera

Source: Columbus Local News

http://www.snponline.com/articles/2008/08/26/multiple_papers/news/allhlsunri_20080825_1023am_6.txt

Sunrise Academy, the private K-8 Islamic school located in Hilliard, is filled to capacity this school year and looking to expand.

"We are in the process of looking for two buildings: one for a high school and one to purchase on the East Side to...

Author: Jonathan Lemire

Source: Daily News

https://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/08/26/2008-08-26_nypd_beefs_up_security_for_ramadan.html

The NYPD Tuesday announced heightened security for the city's mosques during the upcoming Islamic holy observance of Ramadan.

Local precincts will dispatch more officers on foot patrol and in squad cars to patrol the areas surrounding the mosques during...

Author: Ranjit Roy

Source: Organiser

Author: Sarah Schonhardt

Source: The Associate Press

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i7NVlbnN8MRMDVCUTbiPCIj_IrsQD92N6EGO0

Hundreds of Christian theology students have been living in tents since a mob of angry Muslim neighbors stormed their campus last month wielding bamboo spears and hurling Molotov cocktails.

The incident comes amid growing concern that Indonesia's tradition of religious tolerance is under threat...

Author: Julie Forster

Source: Pioneer Press

http://www.twincities.com/ci_10279393?nclick_check=1

A Muslim teenager initially denied employment at an Old Country Buffet restaurant in Fridley for wearing a headscarf has been hired by the company, a local advocacy group said Friday.

After explaining to a manager during an initial job interview that she wore the headscarf for religious reasons, Maryam Abdi, 16, was turned away. The manager...

Author: Jeff Karoub

Source: The Associated Press

http://www.examiner.com/a-1550219~US_Muslims__Arabs_becoming_political_faithful.html

Faced with a choice of White House hopefuls they fear are not entirely sympathetic to their issues, American Muslims are stepping up their activism to unprecedented levels in hopes they can influence the upcoming administration in its infancy.

The efforts stem in part from...

Author: Mary Owen

Source: The Chicago Tribune

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-assessor-email_both_21aug21,0,4041765.story

Despite outrage from the local Muslim community, a Frankfort Township official did not apologize Wednesday for circulating an e-mail with anti-Islamic sentiments.

"The e-mail's basic message was that people coming to this country should adapt," Township Assessor Paul Ruff...

Author: Christopher Wink

Source: The Patriot-News

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2008/08/grounded_muslim_airline_pilot.html

A Gulf War veteran and his wife say they've been unfairly placed on a federal list that limits their commercial flight access and threatens his job as a commercial pilot. To fight back, the couple, who are Muslim, filed a lawsuit today against a host of U.S. government agencies. "We...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: World Net Daily

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=72822

Coca-Cola plans to celebrate Ramadan this year by decorating cans with a crescent moon and star – a widely recognized Islamic symbol.

The moon and star can be found on at least 11 flags of Muslim countries, and now it will be featured on packaging in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Indonesia, Morocco, Tunisia and other Islamic...

Author: Ivana Sekularac

Source: Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/artsNews/idUSLJ49002320080819

A controversial novel about the Prophet Mohammed's life was pulled from bookstores in Serbia to avoid conflict with the country's Muslim minority, the publisher said on Wednesday.

"The Jewel of Medina", a debut novel by American journalist Sherry Jones, hit bookstores in Serbia on August 1, a week before Random House cancelled its U...

Author: Niall Firth

Source: The Daily Mail

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1046912/Muslim-sprinter-wins-Olympic-sprint-dressed-head-toe-hijab.html

Sprinters have long been squeezing their muscular frames into the most eye-wateringly skimpy, tight and revealing costumes imaginable.

But one female athlete at this year’s Olympics is bucking the trend...

Author: Emily Wax

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/17/AR2008081702198.html

On a recent four-month trek through hundreds of Kashmiri villages, separatist leader Yasin Malik called on people to adopt his new Gandhian philosophy of nonviolence. Malik, a secular Muslim, soon became an icon of peace to many youths in this turbulent region that India and Pakistan have...

Author: Hafsa Naz Mahmood

Source: The Daily Herald

Author: Biswajeet Banerjee

Source: The Associated Press

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j92O6R7bKc5sTmv5xu6WYr7hJTGwD92KKSU00

A Muslim marriage in northern India officiated by women has sparked an angry debate, with one of the most influential Islamic seminaries in South Asia calling it an affront to the religion.

Naish Hasan, the 28-year-old bride and a women's rights activist, and Imran Ali, the 41-year-old groom,...

Author: Jawed Naqvi

Source: Dawn.com

http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/18/top11.htm

Indian actress Shabana Azmi claimed in an interview on Sunday that she and her celebrity husband Javed Akhtar had been unable to find a new house for themselves in Mumbai because they are Muslim.

“If Shabana and Javed Akhtar cannot find a house in the most cosmopolitan city you can imagine what must be happening with the ordinary Muslims elsewhere,” she said in a...