Islam

Bishop Says Islamic Extremism Creates UK 'No-Go Areas'

January 7, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

Wire Service: Reuters

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/bishop-says-islamic-extremism-creates-uk-nogo-areas/2008/01/07/1199554522464.html

A Church of England bishop has said Islamic extremism has turned some areas of Britain into "no-go areas" for non-Muslims, drawing ire from the Muslim community, which...

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Germany: Anti-Islam Party Created

January 7, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Trumpet

http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?q=4659.2915.0.0

Germans are watching a new political party gaining support in parts of the nation for its stance against the building of mosques in German cities, Spiegel Online reported last Thursday.

The nation’s first anti-Islam party’s nucleus is in Cologne, where Muslims are planning to complete a 170-foot-high mosque in 2009. Muslim planners chose...

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Sacked Imam Wins £17,500 Payout

January 7, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tyne/7175819.stm

An imam who claimed he was unfairly dismissed from a Newcastle mosque has won an £17,500 settlement.

Hamidur Rahman took the Shahjalal Mosque in Sceptre Street, Elswick, to an employment tribunal after he was sacked for misconduct in July 2006.

Lawyers believe it is the first time an imam has successfully claimed against a...

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Poll: Pakistanis Want Islamic Democracy

January 7, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: TVNZ

http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/1536260

Most Pakistanis want their country to be a democratic Islamic state but are deeply distrustful of the United States and its war on terrorism, according to a poll released.

Funded by the US Institute of Peace, or USIP, the poll was taken in the nuclear-armed nation before President Pervez Musharraf's six-week state of emergency and the assassination of former Prime Minister...

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Woman Artist Gets Death Threats over Gay Muslim Photos

January 6, 2008

Author: Matthew Campbell

Source: Times Online

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3137510.ece

THE Dutch were debating the limits of freedom of expression last week after an artist who photographed gay men wearing masks of the prophet Muhammad was forced into hiding and her work removed from a museum exhibit.

Speaking on the telephone from an unspecified location in the Netherlands last week, the...

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Abused Muslim Women in U.S. Gain Advocates

January 6, 2008

Author: NEIL MacFARQUHAR

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/us/06muslim.html

CHICAGO — After enduring seven years of beatings from her husband, a young Yemeni-American woman recently fled to a local shelter, only to find that the heavy black head scarf she wore as an observant Muslim provoked disapproval.

The shelter brought in a hairdresser, whose services she accepted without any misgivings. But once her...

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Donor Cancels Islamic Chair for Temple

January 5, 2008

Author: Kathy Boccell

Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer

http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20080105_Donor_cancels_Islamic_chair_for_Temple.html

Last spring, an Islamic group came to Temple University with an extremely generous offer: $1.5 million for an endowed chair in Islamic studies to honor religion professor Mahmoud Ayoub.

But after months of talks, the deal fell apart when trustees and...

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Police Clash With Muslim Protesters

January 5, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: allAfrica/The Nation

http://allafrica.com/stories/200801070067.html

The relative calm which had returned to Mombasa Friday was disrupted in the afternoon when anti-riot police clashed with Muslim demonstrators on Jomo Kenyatta Avenue.

Trouble began when thousands of Muslims who had gathered for prayers at Sakina Mosque, poured into Jomo Kenyatta Avenue protesting against the re-election of President Mwai Kibaki for a...

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Which One of These Is Not Like the Others?

January 4, 2008

Author: Alix Spiegel

Source: Chicago Public Radio

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=322

Alix Spiegel's story in this episode—"Act One. Which One of These Is Not Like the Others?"—won a 2008 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award.

A Muslim woman persuades her husband that their family would be happier if they left the West Bank and moved to America. They do, and things are good...until...

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Egypt Opens Crossing So Palestinians Can Return

January 3, 2008

Author: Ellen Knickmeyer and Glenn Kessler

Source: Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/02/AR2008010201857.html?hpid=moreheadlines

Egypt opened its main crossing into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday to allow more than 2,000 Palestinian pilgrims -- including at least one official of the armed Hamas movement -- to return to their homes there, outraging Israel in a...

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Malaysian Christian Challenges Islamic Authorities over Dead Wife's Faith

January 3, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: AOL News

Wire Service: AP

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/malaysian-christian-challenges-islamic/n20080103014309990005

The Christian husband of a dead Malaysian woman sought to stop Islamic authorities Thursday from giving her a Muslim funeral amid a dispute over whether she converted to Islam before her death.

The case is the latest in a series...

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A Handbook for Muslim Teens

January 3, 2008

Author: Jane Lampman

Source: The Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0103/p14s04-lire.html

Growing up in today's culture can be exciting, confusing, and chock-full of challenges.

For young American Muslims, navigating adolescence has proven especially daunting since the events of Sept. 11, 2001. They must sort out not only who they are individually but also how they fit into a society that knows little about them but...

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