Author: Staff Writer

Source: The International Herald Tribune

Wire Service: AP

https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/1,7340,L-3524567,00.html

The top U.N. rights body on Thursday passed a resolution proposed by Islamic countries saying it is...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: CAIR

Wire Service: AP

http://www.cair.com/ArticleDetails.aspx?mid1=676&&ArticleID=24494&&name=n&&currPage=1

Three men accused of burning down a Tennessee mosque have been indicted on federal civil rights charges.

Author: Raanan Geberer

Source: The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Author: KITTY CAPARELLA

Source: Philadelphia Daily News

http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20080327_A_new_beginning_for_embattled_West_Philadelphia_mosque.html

ON THE FIRST day of spring, believers celebrated a renewal - both spiritual and physical - in their West Philadelphia mosque and Islamic school, once run by a corrupt imam now in federal prison.

For 18 months, the Philadelphia...

Author: BILL WARD

Source: The Tampa Tribune

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/mar/27/sp-keeping-the-faith-t/

The questions they are asked most often deal with how hot, uncomfortable or restricted they feel trying to compete wearing that much clothing. What some people don't always take time to ask is why, as female Muslims, they are competing in track and field.

For freshmen Briana Canty of Tampa Bay Tech and Zein Kattih of King...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Yahoo! News

Wire Service: AP

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080327/ap_on_el_pr/obama_muslim_myth_poll

One in 10 voters believes Barack Obama is Muslim, a mistaken impression that lingers across party lines, a poll showed Wednesday.

Fourteen percent of Republicans, 10 percent of Democrats and 8 percent of independents mistakenly think he is Muslim, according to a...

Author: MARGARET FOSMOE

Source: South Bend Tribune

http://southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080327/NEWS01/803270340

Contemporary stereotypes of Arabs and Muslims as inferior, primitive and untrustworthy should have a familiar ring, according to Hussein Ibish.

Similar stereotypes were perpetuated historically by those who hate or mistrust Jewish people, said Ibish, executive director of the...

Author: NEIL MacFARQUHAR

Source: The New York Times

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/europe/7313870.stm

A Muslim scholar involved in high-level dialogue with the Vatican has denounced the Pope's baptism on Saturday of a prominent Italian Muslim convert.

Aref Ali Nayed, the head of Jordan's Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, called the baptism of journalist Magdi Allam a deliberate and provocative act.

The Vatican has not yet commented, but its...

Author: Jamie Tarabay

Source: NPR

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89053354

It may be one of the fastest growing religions in the world, but in the U.S., it's a challenge for converts to Islam to learn about their new faith. Muslims are a minority here, with estimates of the population ranging from 2 million to 6 million, and they often come together in small groups to learn what they can and cannot do as practicing...

Author: Bibek Bhandari

Source: Daily Skiff

http://media.www.tcudailyskiff.com/media/storage/paper792/news/2008/03/25/News/Islamic.Awareness.Week.To.Battle.Stereotypes-3280746.shtml

From Pakistan to the Middle East, Islam is highly respected, but the West has a different perspective of the religion, said an associate professor of religion.

Negative...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: All Africa/The Inquirer

http://allafrica.com/stories/200803260657.html

The Islamic Schools System says US$ 10,000 intended as subsidy for them from government has been diverted by some individuals.

The Chairman of the Islamic Schools System, Mr. Mohammed F. Kawah, said the amount was signed by the Muslim Congress School with the assistance of another Muslim who is a prominent figure in the Ministry of Education....

Author: Ali Zafar

Source: National Post

http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2008/03/25/162612.aspx

A York Region bus driver has been reinstated after being suspended for refusing to take off his kufi – an Islamic cap – while on the job.

McGregory Jackman, a newly hired bus driver for York Region’s VIVA transit system, said he was humiliated when an inspector with his...

Author: Jessica Ravitz

Source: The Salt Lake Tribune

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_8675451

More than 1,400 years after he came into this world, Utah Muslims came together Sunday afternoon to honor the birth of the prophet Muhammad.

Tins of homemade food - including chicken curry, kebabs and traditional desserts - lined tables and counters in Sandy's Utah Islamic Center as about 300 people gathered to praise the founder of the Islamic religion.
...

Author: Christine Gibson

Source: The Oracle

http://media.www.usforacle.com/media/storage/paper880/news/2008/03/24/News/Instructor.Promotes.AlArian.Documentary-3279940.shtml

Sami Al-Arian, a former professor in USF's College of Engineering who was arrested in 2003 on charges of supporting the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, will face a grand jury either today or Tuesday for...