Islam

Muslims More Numerous Than Catholics

March 30, 2008

Author: ALESSANDRA RIZZO

Source: ABC News

Wire Service: AP

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Islam has surpassed Roman Catholicism as the world's largest religion, the Vatican newspaper said Sunday.

"For the first time in history, we are no longer at the top: Muslims have overtaken us," Monsignor Vittorio Formenti said in an interview with the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano. Formenti compiles the Vatican's yearbook.

He said...

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German Police Guard Theater as Satanic Verses Play Opens

March 30, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Deutsche Welle/DPA News

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3226860,00.html

Police kept guard on Sunday as the curtain went up in a German theater premiere of a play based on "The Satanic Verses," a controversial novel by Indian-born author Salman Rushdie.

The stage adaptation, the first of Rushdie's 1988 novel, was premiered at the Hans Otto Theatre, known by the acronym HOT, in the city of Potsdam,...

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Halal Food Lands on Menus

March 30, 2008

Author: NIRAJ WARIKOO

Source: Detroit Free Press

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080330/NEWS02/803300590

Growing up in Dearborn, Zeinab Chami often was tempted by ads for Col. Sanders' original recipe, the finger-lickin' meal sold by fast-food giant KFC.

However, Chami was an observant Muslim, and the restaurant's chicken was not halal, meaning it wasn't prepared according to Islamic law. Her choices...

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Northern Ireland to Help Ease Sikh-Muslim Tensions in Britain

March 30, 2008

Author: Dipankar De Sarkar

Source: Thaindian News

Wire Service: IANS

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Sikh and Muslim leaders in Britain are to be taken to Northern Ireland - a province that is just emerging from decades of sectarian violence - to help ease religious tensions said to be rooted in events surrounding India’s independence. Faith Matters, a charity run by Fiyaz Mughal...

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Travails of the Mecca of Suburbia

March 29, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Times

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article3641534.ece

Of the 1,300 mosques in Britain, the Shah Jahan Mosque stands out. That northern Europe's first purpose-built mosque is to be found in Woking will surprise many; that it is still flourishing today would once have seemed equally improbable.

The mosque's 120-year history mirrors some of the complexities in the variable...

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Christians, Muslims Seek Common Ground

March 28, 2008

Author: KAREN VANCE

Source: The Enquirer

http://news.nky.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20080328/NEWS0103/803280387

At first glance, Northern Kentucky doesn't appear religiously diverse, with most of the area's non-Christian residents attending worship at synagogues, Hindu temples, Buddhist adherents and other houses of worship on the Ohio side of the river.

But some Northern Kentucky residents want to make...

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Online, a Violent View of Islam

March 28, 2008

Author: Molly Moore

Source: Washington Post News Service

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/27/AR2008032703722.html

A Dutch lawmaker known for his outspoken opposition to immigration posted a graphic film depicting Islam as a religion of violence on a maverick video-sharing Web site Thursday night after government and religious officials spent weeks trying to prevent its release.

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Police Close Off Lhasa's Muslim Quarter

March 28, 2008

Author: Charles Hutzler

Source: The Pew Forum

Wire Service: AP

http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=15267

Police closed off Lhasa's Muslim quarter on Friday, two weeks after Tibetan rioters burned down the city's mosque during the largest anti-Chinese protests in nearly two decades.

Officers blockaded streets into the area, allowing in only area residents and worshippers observing the Muslim day of prayer. A...

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A New Beginning for Embattled West Philadelphia Mosque

March 27, 2008

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...

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Poll: 1 in 10 Get Obama's Religion Wrong

March 27, 2008

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...

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Speaker Likens 'Islamophobia' to Anti-Semitism

March 27, 2008

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...

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Islamic Loans Turn Profit for Banks in USA

March 27, 2008

Author: Paul Wiseman

Source: USA Today

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/banking/2008-03-26-islamic-finance-sharia_N.htm

A customer showed up at little Devon Bank on Chicago's North Side, asking for a loan to open a neighborhood shop. But there was a hitch, the would-be borrower explained: "We can't pay any interest. Can you help?"

At the time, seven years ago, the answer was: "Nope," recalls...

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