Author: Dan Scanlan

Source: The Florida Times-Union

http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2010-06-08/story/muslim-group-wants-hate-crimes-investigation-jacksonville-after

The Council on American-Islamic Relations is calling for an FBI hate crime investigation after an envelope of what turned out to be harmless powder was mailed to Muslim teacher Yusha Evans’ apartment Monday in...

Author: Alexandra Odynova

Source: The Moscow Times

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/new-national-holiday-irks-non-orthodox-faiths/407733.html

Russia will celebrate a new holiday next month under a decision backed by the Kremlin and Russian Orthodox Church that is stirring up decidedly unholy feelings among non-Orthodox Russians.

Christianization of Rus Day on July 28 won't be counted...

Author: Mike Kelly

Source: North Jersey

http://www.northjersey.com/news/opinions/kelly/95748769_On_this_ground__zero_tolerance.html

Richie Mitzner of Fort Lee revved up his motorcycle and headed for Ground Zero on Sunday to proudly declare himself an "American Infidel."

He was not joking.

As a hot, humid wind blew off New York Harbor, Mitzner joined some 500 others to stir up a rhetorical...

Author: Tom Breen

Source: News Observer

Wire Service: AP

http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/06/06/517896/muslim-turned-preacher-faces-university.html

The future of a prominent Southern Baptist preacher who converted from Islam may depend on which version of his past is closer to the truth.

Ergun Caner's supporters know him as a devout Muslim who discovered Jesus Christ at...

Author: Lydia Polgreen

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/world/asia/06kashmir.html?pagewanted=all

The ceremony is simple and common. A Hindu priest lights a fire, places some herbs, clarified butter and other offerings atop it and through its peculiar alchemy the smoke purifies everything it touches.

But nothing about this Maha Y...

Author: Ambar Espinoza

Source: Minnesota Public Radio

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/06/02/st-cloud-religioius-tensions/

A pastor has upset Muslims and Christians with a paid newspaper advertisement that questions whether Islam threatens the United States.

Other religious leaders have criticized the advertisement as fearmongering. They say it has contributed to a tense climate in...

Author: Aamer Madhani

Source: USA TODAY

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2010-06-01-iraq-christians_N.htm

The small bomb exploded inside the courtyard of the motherhouse just moments after Sister Maria Hanna received an anonymous phone call warning her to get her nuns out of the area.

The recent attack on the Immaculate Virgin convent was nothing new. By Hanna's count, it was the 20th time the convent in the...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Sikh Sangat

http://sikhsangat.org/2010/06/rare-collection-of-hand-written-sikh-manuscripts-in-punjab-village-getting-ruined/

A rare collection of hand-written manuscripts of Hindu, Sikh and Muslim religion along with outstanding relics of European Renaissance, collected by a Sikh scholar in Punjab village are in state of gross neglect. A Sikh scholar Dalip...

Author: Michele Chabin

Source: Beliefnet/Religion News Service

https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/2010/06/muslims-churches-blast-israel

Tens of thousands of Muslims in the Middle East and...

Author: Laura Elder

Source: The Daily News

http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=4a7ba47a268078d8

This blue-collar town in the Bible Belt isn’t a place most people would expect to find a mosque under construction. 

But Friday, crews wielding shrieking power saws and pneumatic hammers were working to complete the small, unassuming building at 2611 FM 1765, near Union Street, on the edge of a working-class...

Author: Tim Townsend

Source: St. Louis Today

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/columnists.nsf/keepthefaith/story/58E3D19DC2C471DF86257731008168FD?OpenDocument

If you hadn't noticed, things aren't going so well between Jews and Muslims in 
some parts of the world. In St. Louis, that's not the case. In St. Louis, Jews 
are honoring Muslims.

About 235...

Author: Michael Levenson

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/05/29/religious_leaders_unite_to_blast_cahill/

Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim leaders, adorned in the vestments of their respective faiths, stood shoulder to shoulder on the steps of a Roxbury mosque yesterday and strongly condemned state Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill for...

Author: Ruth Gledhill

Source: The Times

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article7139818.ece

Women imams could be leading prayers in British mosques within 15 years, according to a leading Muslim.

However, resistance from traditionalists means that although women may lead other women, it could be decades before they lead mixed congregations.

The number of female Islamic scholars, or alimahs, is...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Muslim News

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=4664

Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, visited the Dawoodi Bohra community at their mosque, Masjid Al Hussein, in Northolt, Middlesex, on May 6. 

The Archbishop met with Dr Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, the 52nd Dai Al Mutlaq and spiritual leader of the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim Community. Amongst other topics, the two leaders...

Author: Josh Dulaney

Source: Contra Costa Times

http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_15184640?nclick_check=1

In the face of Islamic extremism, Imam Shamshad Nasir is a tireless champion for the religion and the cause of peace.

The spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Chino drives out to the Carousel Mall each Tuesday to host "Understanding Islam with Imam Shamshad," a 15-minute radio segment...