Author: SCOTT FARWELL

Source: The Dallas Morning News

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-protest_15met.ART.State.Edition1.426945d.html

ARLINGTON – Ten anti-terrorism protesters confronted thousands of cars streaming into Six Flags Over Texas on Sunday for a Muslim Family Day.

Demonstrators said the sponsor of the event – the...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Yahoo! News

Wire Service: AFP

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071015/ts_afp/indiablastbomb

Indian police said on Monday that an explosion that killed six people and injured 32 in a packed cinema hall in northern India was a "terrorist" bombing.

Hundreds of people -- mainly poor migrant workers -- were crammed into the theatre in the industrial city of Ludhiana in Punjab state...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Herald Tribune

Wire Service: AP

https://www.jpost.com/international/muslim-mayors-urge-muslims-to-visit-jerusalem

After praying at...

Author: LARA JAKES JORDAN

Source: YahooNews

Wire Service: AP

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071014/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/attorney_general;_ylt=AqWv.HBulGIJl.26h1q5DGys0NUE

WASHINGTON - As the chief federal trial judge in Manhattan, Michael Mukasey approved secret warrants allowing government roundups of Muslims in the days after the Sept. 11 attacks.

Six years...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Dawn

http://www.dawn.com/2007/10/14/top10.htm

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has urged Muslim nations to boycott a Middle East peace meeting in the US.

“The United States took the initiative for this meeting to save the Zionist regime, which received a beating at the hands of Hezbollah,” he told a crowd of hundreds of thousands at Iran’s Grand Mosque on Saturday.

“...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: VOA News

https://www.voanews.com/archive/egyptian-police-break-muslim-brotherhood-prayer-meeting

Egyptian security sources say police fired tear gas and arrested...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Indian Muslims

Wire Service: IANS

http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2007/oct/14/muslims_organise_durga_puja_dhanbad.html_0

A group of Muslims is organising Durga Puja in this coal city in Jharkhand in a bid to promote inter-religious harmony.

The Bhuli colony in Dhanbad, about 240 km from state capital Ranchi, celebrates the Durga Puja...

Author: Kim Vo

Source: The Mercury News

http://www.mercurynews.com/religion/ci_7168704?nclick_check=1

Chatting with visitors to her mosque during Ramadan, Bushra Burney mentioned to a married couple that her annual charitable donation - or zakat - went to the Islamic Relief Fund.

It's a respectable group, the Fremont woman hastened to add. "There's nothing fishy about it."

Such defensiveness reflects the quandary facing...

Source: Media-Newswire

http://media-newswire.com/release_1055501.html

(Media-Newswire.com) - Washington – A resolution recognizing the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and expressing the "deepest respect to Muslims in the United States and throughout the world" was adopted in the U.S. House of Representatives October 2 by a vote of 376-0.

The resolution acknowledging the importance of Muslims in America, the first of its kind, was introduced by Texas Representative...

Author: Anayat Durrani

Source: In Focus

http://www.infocusnews.net/content/view/16399/135/

TORRANCE, Calif. – Every morning, Wasi Ahmed Yousaf, 37, of Manhattan Beach, Calif., puts on his sneakers and helmet and commutes to work on his bicycle.

Yousaf ditched his car two months ago in favor of a more eco-friendly mode of transportation.

Across the nation, Americans are replacing their gas-guzzling SUVs for fuel-efficient...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Interfax

http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11885583

Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Russian Muslims on the Eid ul-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, the Kremlin said on Friday.

"This holiday of moral perfection and man's aspiration for piety is an integral part of a centuries-old spiritual legacy. It encourages friendship and creativity...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7041569.stm

A bomb blast near a mosque in the southern Afghan province of Helmand has killed at least two policemen and injured several others, officials say.

A landmine detonated under the police vehicle in Gereshk district, officials said. Some reports put the number of casualties higher.

Hundreds were at the mosque to mark the start of the...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/7042684.stm

The Muslim population of a growing town has increased from several hundred to 10,000 from 28 different countries in the last 10 years.

Muslims celebrating the end of Ramadan on Friday in Northampton filled their four make-shift mosques.

Imams are asking the borough council for land to build a central mosque.

The Muslim...

Author: Saff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7040219.stm

A verdict of unlawful killing has been recorded on the first British Muslim soldier to be killed during the conflict in Afghanistan.

L/Cpl Jabron Hashmi, 24, of Bordesley Green, Birmingham, died during a rocket attack on a building on 1 July 2006, an inquest at Oxford Coroners Court heard.

The same verdict was also recorded on his colleague, Cpl Peter...

Source: Arab News.com

http://arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=102381&d=11&m=10&y=2007&pix=world.jpg&category=World

DEARBORN, Michigan, 11 October 2007 — Newcomer Fred Thompson muscled into his debut debate with Republican White House rivals Tuesday, avoiding gaffes, vowing to battle “Islamic fascism” and declaring the race “boring” without him.

Despite a nervy start and mocking...