Author: Anne Barnard

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/nyregion/21mosque.html?_r=1

The proposed Islamic community center and mosque in Lower Manhattan got its strongest vote of confidence yet from major Muslim leaders on Monday, after months of behind-the-scenes grumbling that they were not properly consulted on the project, and a day’s worth of intense and painful conversations at a hotel near Kennedy...

Author: Lawrence Wright

Source: The New Yorker

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2010/09/20/100920taco_talk_wright

When a dozen cartoons satirizing the Prophet Mohammed appeared in the conservative Danish daily Jyllands-Posten, in September, 2005, there was only a muted outcry from the small Danish Muslim community, and little reaction in the rest of the Muslim world. Six months later, however, riots broke out and Danish...

Author: Barun S. Mitra

Source: The Wall Street Journal

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704129204575505134072018578.html

What if somebody built a mosque and nobody cared? No, not the so-called Ground Zero mosque in New York. The mosque in question is in the small Indian town of Ayodhya, in northern Uttar Pradesh state. Six decades ago the mosque became the subject of a contentious lawsuit. The conflict...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Reuters

http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2010/09/19/mosques-to-become-bigger-part-of-german-life-chancellor-angela-merkel/

Chancellor Angela Merkel has said Germans had for too long failed to grasp how immigration was changing their country and would have to get used to the sight of more mosques in their cities.

Author: Meg Luther Lindholm

Source: National Public Radio

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129886566

While most Muslims in Fargo, N.D., say they feel accepted within the wider community, many are watching protests over the proposed Islamic cultural center near New York City's Ground Zero closely, particularly as they plan to expand their own mosque.

Fargo's Muslim...

Author: Meg Luther Lindholm

Source: National Public Radio

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129886566

While most Muslims in Fargo, N.D., say they feel accepted within the wider community, many are watching protests over the proposed Islamic cultural center near New York City's Ground Zero closely, particularly as they plan to expand their own mosque.

Fargo's Muslim...

Author: Christian Fraser

Source: BBC News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11339335

Muslims in Paris who find themselves too busy to pray have been given a new option, thanks to a Tunisian businessman.

Author: Diana Eck

Source: The Harvard Crimson

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/9/17/interfaith-muslim-rauf-cordoba/

Since Sept. 11, the interfaith movement has grown exponentially in American cities, towns, and college campuses, including Harvard. Among these interfaith initiatives, is the Cordoba Initiative of Feisal Abdul Rauf. So how is it that one of America's leading Muslim advocates of closer interfaith...

Author: Helen Gray

Source: The Kansas City Star

http://www.kansascity.com/2010/09/17/2231355/local-muslims-find-support-after.html

Mustafa Hussein of the Islamic Center of Greater Kansas City didn’t know what to expect.

The proposed Islamic center and mosque in New York City blocks from ground zero has drawn harsh anti-Muslim reaction.

A Florida pastor threatened to burn...

Author: Erica Noonan and Katrina Ballard

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/yourtown/wellesley/articles/2010/09/17/school_visit_to_mosque_decried/?p1=News_links

Wellesley’s school superintendent apologized yesterday for allowing middle school pupils to participate in a prayer service during a field trip to a Roxbury mosque last spring.

The apology to parents was made...

Author: Janet Zink

Source: The St. Petersburg Times

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/elections/muslim-candidate-for-state-house-tackles-religion-issue-head-on/1122063

As Z.J. Hafeez worked the room at a recent candidate forum in Tampa, he shook hands with a man who leaned in and peered at his name tag.

"Z. J. Hafeez," he read slowly. "That's a funny name...

Author: Christian Fraser

Source: BBC News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11339335

Muslims in Paris who find themselves too busy to pray have been given a new option, thanks to a Tunisian businessman.

Author: Erica Noonan and Katrina Ballard

Source: The Boston Globe

http://archive.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/09/17/school_visit_to_mosque_decried/

Author: Susan Dominus

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/18/nyregion/18bigcity.html?ref=religion_and_belief

Imagine Yom Kippur 2016: a steady stream of Jews file into a gleaming 13-story building two blocks from ground zero. Maybe one peeks inside the mosque on the building’s ground floor to see whether a friend from her Turkish cooking class is there, then heads up to the third floor,...

Author: Helen Gray

Source: The Kansas City Star

http://www.kansascity.com/2010/09/17/2231355/local-muslims-find-support-after.html

Mustafa Hussein of the Islamic Center of Greater Kansas City didn’t know what to expect.

The proposed Islamic center and mosque in New York City blocks from ground zero has drawn harsh anti-Muslim reaction.

A Florida pastor threatened to burn...