Author: Judith Sudilovsky

Source: ENI

http://www.eni.ch/featured/article.php?id=4467

The Council of the Religious Institutions of the Holy Land has expressed "grave concern" over the 3 October burning by militant Israeli settlers of a mosque in the West Bank village of Beit Fajar near Bethlehem.

"The CRIHL strongly condemns these and similar acts of vandalism and arson which have taken place in the past year," said the council in a...

Author: Joseph Nasr

Source: Reuters

http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2010/10/05/jewish-settlers-replace-korans-burnt-in-west-bank/

Jewish settlers on Tuesday gave new copies of the Koran to Palestinians in a West Bank village whose mosque was burned in an attack blamed by Palestinians on militants in the settler movement.

Several copies of Islam's holy book were scorched in the...

Author: Joe Friesen and Sandra Martin

Source: The Globe and Mail

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/part-3-canadas-changing-faith/...

Author: Soraya Salam

Source: CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/10/05/black.southern.muslims/

Every day, before sunrise, Zubaidah Gibbs wakes to pray, then spends hours more singing praises to God under a tree outside her home. She reflects on the setting and thanks God for the beautiful environment around her in this small Southern town.

But this Muslim woman wasn't always at peace with herself, or her religion.

Author: Toby Sterling

Source: The Washington Post

Wire Service: AP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/04/AR2010100400519.html

Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders appealed for freedom of expression Monday as he went on trial for alleged hate speech at a time when his popularity and influence in the Netherlands are near all-time highs.

Author: Zehra Rizavi

Source: The Washington Post

http://onfaith.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/altmuslimah/2010/10/what_not_to_wear_outlawing_the_face_veil.html

Two weeks ago the French Senate passed a piece of legislation 246 votes to one to outlaw the face veil worn by a small number of the country's Muslim women, with President Nicolas Sarkozy stating, in no uncertain terms, that the face veil...

Author: Bethann Stewart

Source: The Idaho Statesman

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/10/03/1365007/bosniaks-bring-piece-of-home-to.html

Vacant and neglected for four years, a former church building on the corner of Cloverdale and Lake Hazel roads in Southwest Boise now glows bright white and green from new paint.

The Islamic arches along the porch are about as common here as the rolling...

Author: Bob Smietana

Source: The Tennessean

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20101003/NEWS06/10030359/Legitimacy-of-Islam-at-heart-of-Murfreesboro-mosque-suit

My God is better than your God.

That's the dispute at the heart of recent hearings in

a lawsuit aimed at derailing the new Islamic Center

of Murfreesboro. What started as a zoning issue has...

Author: Anne Barnard

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/nyregion/03muslim.html?_r=2&ref=religion_and_belief

Visitors to the upper floors of the Muslim community center planned for near ground zero would walk through lofty spaces — for art exhibitions, for contemplation and prayer, for programs on interreligious dialogue, for a 9/11 memorial — as sunlight streams through...

Author: Biswajeet Banerjee

Source: The Washington Post

Wire Service: AP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/30/AR2010093000523.html

Schools, shops and businesses reopened Friday as fears of violence ebbed in northern India following a court order to divide a disputed holy site between the Hindu and Muslim communities.

Thousands of government forces...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The New York Times

Wire Service: AP

Author: Zain Shauk

Source: The Houston Chronicle

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7228321.html

Door by door, the surgeon knocks, hoping to convince his audience that he's not a terrorist.

A contractor does the same, saying he stands for peace and is loyal to the country.

Most Muslims are not violent extremists, they say to those who care enough to ask.

Author: Jan M. Olsen

Source: Google News

Wire Service: AP

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jL9no4nO_TIB4nYKYZ3cHQ_HOrDwD9IHLT5G0?docId=D9IHLT5G0

Denmark's foreign minister met Wednesday with ambassadors from 17 Muslim countries in a move to avoid tensions ahead of the five-year anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad cartoons.

The drawings first...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Fox 9 News

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/religions-stand-together-for-respect-sept-28-2010

The Minnesota Council of Churches brought followers of every religion across the metro for a Multi-Faith Prayer Service for Respect.

Author: Vincent D'Souza

Source: The Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6639377.cms?frm=mailtofriend

As the nation anxiously awaits one mosque verdict, villagers in Karnataka's Gadag district have made their judgment clear as far as their local mosque is concerned. The spirited folk of Purtageri, a village around 500km from Bangalore, dissolved religious lines to come together and rebuild a mosque...