Author: Imran Kha

Source: Arab News

http://arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=113994&d=8&m=9&y=2008&pix=world.jpg&category=World

Setting an example of communal harmony in relief camps in flood-hit Bihar, Hindus are helping Muslims keep Ramadan fast by sharing their meager resources. “What is interesting to note that Hindus are helping Muslims to keep fast by providing whatever possible in relief...

Author: Hugh Schofield

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7602540.stm

A row has broken out in France after a court postponed a trial, apparently because it was to take place during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan.

Critics say the decision is a breach of France's strict separation of religion and state.

The trial of seven men for armed robbery was due to start on 16 September in Rennes.

But last week the...

Author: Robert Mitchum

Source: The Chicago Tribune

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For Muslims like Nadia Aslam, the tradition of fasting from dawn to dusk during the lunar month of Ramadan is a treasured experience of sacrifice and spiritual resolve.

"There's a different feeling in Ramadan. I just feel closer to God," Aslam said.

But when she entered Ramadan seven months pregnant in 2006, she faced the difficult decision of whether it would be in the best interests of her and her...

Author: Donna Winchester

Source: St. Petersburg Times

http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/college/article795520.ece

Across the sprawling University of South Florida campus, lawn mowers drone and sledgehammers pound. But inside the Serenity Room, the only sound is an air conditioner's gentle whoosh.

Students enter the tiny, half-moon-shaped alcove stressed. They leave calm, unburdened.

USF officials say they...

Author: Sally Kalson

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08248/909273-85.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml

The nuclear scientist and Muslim prison chaplain who lost his security clearance and his job under a veil of secrecy wants a federal judge to order the government to explain its actions and to affirm his right to defend himself.

Lawyers for Moniem El-Ganayni yesterday filed a motion for preliminary...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Economist

http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12060405

On the roads crossing the dusty fields of cotton and maize around the oasis city of Kashgar, China’s police are on alert. Terrorists, as they call them, have been stepping up their attacks. Officers at checkpoints turn back foreigners venturing towards troublespots. Citizens entering Kashgar line up by the roadside...

Author: Elizabeth Llorente

Source: The Record

http://www.northjersey.com/news/Imam_to_learn_his_fate.html

A prominent Muslim cleric, celebrated for his moderation by supporters but accused of ties to a terrorist group by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, today won his bid to call the United States his permanent home.

In his 69-page decision, Immigration Judge Alberto Riefkohl said Homeland Security officials had presented a...

Author: Mike Santa Rita

Source: Columbia Flier

http://www.explorehoward.com/community/11329/howards-muslim-foundation-has-best-food-drive/

The Howard County Muslim Foundation donated 5,000 pounds of nonperishable food products to the Howard County Food Bank Aug. 24 following its seventh annual food drive.

"This is perhaps the best year that we've had ... not only in terms of the turnout but also the...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: AFP

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iwdyQC6MERQnQ8h18T9sCnU1SN-Q

As Islam makes inroads in the United States, American Muslims are setting up mega-mosques that combine religious tradition with typical American convenience.

Modelled on the huge, non-Catholic churches that offer their congregations of at least 2,000 members several different sites for worship, US mega-mosques have become a...

Author: Sachi Fujimori

Source: The Record Online

http://www.northjersey.com/news/northernnj/Mosque_draws_faithful_of_many_backgrounds.html

Masjid Al-Nur Islamic Center is a mosque in a second-floor walk-up on Washington Street in Paterson. Its neighbors include a butcher shop, a fish market and a poultry store with white hens in stacked cages.

The mosque attracts Muslims who are black, Lebanese,...

Author: Nate Miller

Source: The Tribune

http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20080904/NEWS/109049995/1001

Muslim workers, mainly from East Africa, and their employers, JBS Swift, appear to have reached at least a short-term compromise allowing some shift workers to observe the holy month of Ramadan after a brief show of strength from the workers Wednesday outside the Swift plant in north Greeley.

As part of the religion,...

Author: Trish Hollenbeck

Source: Northwest Arkansas Times

http://nwanews.com/nwat/News/68743/

A Muslim from Palestine, Fadil Bayyari, is helping to build the Jewish Temple Shalom in Fayetteville. It is being designed by a Christian.

University of Arkansas Chancellor G. David Gearhart gave this as an example of tolerance and diversity as he spoke during the Institute of Interfaith Dialog's fourth annual Interfaith Banquet Tuesday night at the Fayetteville...

Author: Stephanie Satchell

Source: Charlottesville News

http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/news/headlines/27832899.html

After spending more than 15 years worshiping in an old building people were out growing the congregation of the Islamic Society of Central Virginia broke ground for a new community center Wednesday afternoon.

“Whenever we have Friday prayers everybody is always squished we often have to kind of come...

Author: Nick Bryant

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7593434.stm

The Australian Defence Force has confirmed that its troops held four suspected Taleban militants in an empty dog pen for 24 hours.

The men were arrested in a raid by Australian special forces in Afghanistan in late April.

The arrests came two days after the death of an Australian commando at the hands of the Taleban.

In Islamic...

Author: Jeff Carlton

Source: The Associated Press

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080902/ap_on_re_us/muslim_charity_trial_1

Prosecutors have dropped most charges against two men accused of helping a Muslim charity finance terrorism, an apparent sign that the government will focus its case on two other men who were leaders of the group.

Leaders of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, based in Richardson, Texas...