Author: Abdul Malik Mujahid

Source: The American Muslim

http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/treating_christmas_with_respect1/0015318

Christmas is an annual Christian religious holiday commemorating the birth of Prophet Jesus, peace be upon him. For many Muslims who even do not celebrate the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, it becomes an issue of what stand they...

Author: Mark Schwanhausser

Source: The Mercury News

https://register.medianewsgroup.com/reg/login.htm?url=http://www.mercurynews.com/markets/ci_7792520?nclick_check=1

Nicholas Kaiser founded Saturna Capital in 1984 after being approached by Muslim investors looking to invest without violating Islamic teachings.

It's probably hard for most Americans to imagine a financial world...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: ISA Consulting

http://www.isaintel.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=111

Under intensifying pressure from the international community, Bosnian authorities on 16 December deported the first of nearly 600 naturalized Bosnian citizens from Islamic countries.

Since early 2006, the some 600 citizenships have been revoked; however, authorities have been slow to act on...

Author: ANN MARIE SOMMA

Source: The Courant

http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-ctislam1223.artdec23,0,929090.story

Drivers traveling west on I-84 are invited to turn east — toward Mecca.

A billboard promoting Islam near the Cheshire exit, and only a short distance from the construction of what will be the largest mosque in the state, encourages drivers to call a toll-free number to learn about the world's second...

Author: Isa Umar Gusau

Source: allAfrica.com/Daily Trust

http://allafrica.com/stories/200712240165.html

An undergraduate of Islamic Studies at the University of Maiduguri, Borno State, has been arrested by men of the State Security Service, SSS, for allegedly spreading torn and desecrated copies of the Holy Qur'an around the university campus.

The Public Relations Officer of the University, Alhaji Ahmed said the student's motive may be to incite...

Author: Richard Fausset

Source: Los Angeles Times

Author: SEAN D. HAMILL

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/us/20muslim.html?_r=3&ref=us&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

YORK, Pa. — An immigration judge here released an Islamic leader from Pittsburgh on $5,000 bond on Wednesday while he fights an effort to deport him to Turkey after having lived in the United States for 19 years.

The case of the imam, Kadir...

Source: Courier News

http://www.c-n.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071210/FRONT01/71210031

Bridgewater-based Muslims Against Hunger has organized Muslims Serve Day 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Dec. 20 at Morristown Interfaith Community Soup Kitchen, 36 South St., Morristown.

The event is timed to Eid-ul-Adha, a festival that celebrates the Muslim belief of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, Ismael, for Allah.

"It is an Islamic...

Author: Kim Bolan

Source: Edmonton Journal/CanWest News Service

http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=e21f7883-61c3-4b70-8c6f-7ce67477e010

Just last week, supporters of a paralyzed refugee claimant vowed to care for him forever, as they prevented his deportation at Vancouver International Airport.

But on the weekend, Laibar Singh was moved for a third time in six days after those...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Economist

http://economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10311317&CFID=727173&CFTOKEN=101adbcc08e997bb-FCFA6C16-B27C-BB00-0143EC0AF3150320

CHRISTIANS and Muslims have one striking thing in common: they are both “people of the book”. And they both have an obligation to spread the Word—to...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Candaian Press

http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hHVfIlRrXn9ncgH0mnIQUq0BNSkQ

An imam from Alberta was planning to go on a weekend hunger strike to bring attention to domestic violence and how it is completely against the teachings of Islam.

Any violence involving families is "absolutely un-Islamic," Syed Soharwardy of the Calgary Islamic Centre said Friday.

"We...

Author: Christy Gutowski

Source: Daily Herald

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=97450

The final of four teens was sentenced Monday for burglarizing the Islamic Center of Naperville.

Mark Domingo was sentenced to serve 21 days in DuPage County jail and three years' probation, similar to his three co-defendants, for felony burglary.

The 19-year-old Naperville man also agreed to pay $2,000 in restitution.

Author: DIANA APPLEYARD

Source: Daily Mail

Author: MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/world/europe/16hajj.html

Gulsine K. Fatakhudinova, a 56-year-old Tatar Muslim, came lugging suitcases to pray at the lime-green mosque in central Moscow — one of dozens of people who arrived one recent day bundled in the weighty coats, fur hats and other winter garb they would soon cast off, at least temporarily.

Barred by the Soviets for...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7146932.stm

Almost 500 Palestinians have been allowed to leave the Gaza Strip to make the Muslim pilgrimage of Hajj to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, Israel has confirmed.

The Palestinians left Gaza on Sunday by the Erez checkpoint, controlled by Israel and usually closed to civilians.

The 491 pilgrims were taken by bus to the West Bank, before...