Author: David A. Brensilver

Source: Islamic Circle of North America

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Hartford — Muslim leaders hope next month to inform members of other faiths about theirs, and to dispel myths and stereotypes perpetuated by what the Islamic Circle of North America's secretary general called the “irresponsible media.”

“Islam remains the most misunderstood religion in America,” Naeem Baig said.

At a press...

Author: Sheriff Barry

Source: AllAfrica.com

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The foundation stone for a new Islamic school was laid at Kerewan village in Kombo North recently. The school is being funded by the Tallinding Islamic Institute under The Gambia Islamic Union.

Speaking at the ceremony, the Vice President of The Gambia Islamic Union, Alhagie Musa Njie, said the union has built 136 Islamic schools across the country since its inception in 1963.

For his part, Husainou...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Ottawa Recorder

Source: BET.com

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Posted June 18, 2007 – Go somewhere else and build! That’s the message a Black Christian minister in southeast Florida put out to the Nation of Islam about building a huge mosque in a Black residential...

Author: Fredrik Dahl

Source: Calgary Herald

Wire Service: AP

Author: John Chadwick

Source: The Herald

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The hundreds of Muslims who packed a Teaneck park on Sunday weren't celebrating an Islamic holy day.

They had a decidedly secular agenda: fun.

The first Muslim Family Fair in...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Globe and Mail

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Ottawa should scrap the “no-fly” list, which came into effect Monday, until it fixes fundamental flaws in the program, said the Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations.

“For a list that so severely impacts the civil liberties and mobility rights of the people — that should be debated in Parliament,” said group spokesman Sameer Zuberi.

“That's why...

Author: Amarnath Tewary, Patna

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6764957.stm

A court in India has convicted 14 Hindus of mass killings of Muslims during some of the country's bloodiest religious rioting nearly 20 years ago.

The men were found guilty of killing and burying 116 Muslims in Bhagalpur in the northern state of Bihar in 1989.

More than 1,000 people died in the riots, which came after Hindus marched at...

Source: CAIR Press Release

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(COLUMBUS, OH, 6/18/2007) - Ohio Governor Ted Strickland spoke last night at the tenth annual banquet of the Council on American-Islamic Relations chapter in that state (CAIR-OH).

Governor Strickland addressed the crowd of 350 people, saying: “On behalf of all Ohioans, [my wife and I] appreciate your vision to promote justice and mutual understanding. We gather under CAIR-Ohio's theme this year, ‘American Muslims: Connecting and...

Author: Karen Bouffard

Source: The Detroit News

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DEARBORN -- Muslim leaders in Metro Detroit have decided not to raise private money to pay for two footbaths at a local college campus now that the American Civil Liberties Union has said the plan doesn't pose constitutional problems.

The University of Michigan-Dearborn's plan to spend $25,000 on the footbaths was criticized on conservative blogs and radio shows...

Author: Carole Mikita

Source: ksl.com

Author: Steve Bloomfield

Source: Belfast Telegraph

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/article2660588.ece

The ruins of the old sugar factory in Marere, in the southern interior of Somalia, tower over the wooden shacks and brick huts which shelter the 2,000 or so people still living here.

This used to be the second-largest sugar factory in the world, employing more than 20,000 people. Now, its rusting steel...

Author: Diane Haines

Source: The Herald News

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Aseel Najib promotes religious understanding. That's one of the qualities that resulted in her being picked as one of 25 future world leaders.

It means she sends e-cards for Hanukkah...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6751909.stm

Suspected Shia Muslim militants have destroyed three Sunni mosques near the Iraqi capital, a day after a repeat attack on a major Shia pilgrimage site.

The overnight attacks bring to six the number of Sunni mosques targeted since suspected Sunni militants toppled the two minarets of the Samarra shrine.

Curfews appear to have prevented the same...

Author: Joseph A. Gambardello

Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20070614_Judge__Police_can_ban_religious_Muslim_garb.html

A Philadelphia police officer has no right to wear a head covering as required by her Muslim faith when she is in uniform, a federal judge ruled yesterday.

The Police Department's uniform code "has a compelling public purpose," Judge Harvey...