Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/south_yorkshire/6153430.stm

Representatives of all 43 mosques in South Yorkshire are gathering for the first Muslim community conference hosted by the county's police force.

About 150 delegates are expected to attend the event, entitled Advancing Community Cohesion, in Sheffield.

Speakers will include Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari, head of the Muslim Council of Britain, and Abdul...

Author: Raeed N. Tayeh

Source: Detroit Free Press

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061116/OPINION02/611160336/1068

The election of Keith Ellison to Congress is a victory for the 7 million Muslims living in the United States. And it's a victory for America.

Ellison will represent Minnesota's 5th Congressional District -- proof positive of Muslim integration into American society.

A 43...

Author: Matthew Weiner

Source: Martin Marty Center

http://marty-center.uchicago.edu/sightings/archive_2006/1116.shtml

Iftar (the breaking of daily fasts during the Islamic month of Ramadan) in interfaith settings is an increasingly widespread phenomenon. This year there were dozens of interfaith Iftar celebrations throughout New York City, where I live, and perhaps hundreds nation wide. Inviting non-Muslims to break fast has become a...

Source: Beliefnet

Wire Service: AP

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/204/story_20433_1.html

Pakistan's parliament approved amendments Wednesday to an Islamic-based law on rape, dropping the death penalty and flogging for those convicted of consensual sex outside marriage, officials said.

President Gen. Pervez Musharraf praised lawmakers for passing the bill, which enraged Islamist lawmakers who stormed out of parliament in protest....

Author: Niraj Warikoo

Source: Detroit Free Press

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061114/NEWS05/611140361

Comerica Bank plans to terminate on Wednesday the accounts of a Muslim charity headquartered in Southfield that was raided two months ago by federal agents, according to letters the bank sent charity officials.

The move by the private bank against Life for Relief and Development concerns Arab...

Author: Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah

Source: Chicago Tribune

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/northwest/chi-0611140014nov14,1,6010948.story

A Chicago-area mosque hopes the creation of a new public garden next to the Adler Planetarium will help bolster the image of Muslims as a community engaged in the city's future.

Members of the Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview donated about $100,000 for the development...

Author: Lisa Fernandez

Source: The Mercury News

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Author: Eric Pfeiffer

Source: The Washington Times

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20061114-121054-5433r.htm

Muslim voters, an electoral ally of President Bush as recently as 2000, played a key role in turning over control of the Senate to Democrats, a study shows.

"Although the-get-out-the-vote campaign was nonpartisan, there is no doubt that our strategy to support a large Muslim voter turnout in areas with potentially...

Author: HS Bartwal

Source: Hindustan Times

http://147.208.132.198/onlineCDA/PFVersion.jsp?article=http://10.81.141.122/news/181_1844263,0008.htm

NDA partners BJP and JD(U) on Tuesday stepped up their offensive against the UPA Government on the issue of reservations for Muslims.

With several ministers of the Manmohan Singh government speaking out in favour of a quota for the minority...

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6143754.stm

Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) has passed a bill setting up a Taleban-style department under a cleric to enforce Islamic morality.

It gives the new department the power to use the police and media for the promotion of Islamic values.

The NWFP is governed by an alliance of religious parties, the MMA, that is sympathetic to the Taleban.

It has already introduced...

Source: CBC News

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2006/11/13/tories-arab.html

Some of Canada's largest Arab organizations say they are being frozen out by the Conservative government.

Although the Tories have run an active outreach campaign to several ethnic communities — including the Hindu, Sikh, and Chinese communities — Arab groups say the party appears to have made a decision to write off the Arab vote.

Both Prime...

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6142308.stm

A cross-cultural group of 20 prominent world figures has called for urgent efforts to heal the growing divide between Muslim and Western societies.

The chief causes of the rift are not religion or history, they say, but recent political developments, notably the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Their findings were presented to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan at a ceremony in Istanbul on Monday.
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Author: Deborah Bulkeley

Source: Deseret Morning News

http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650206650,00.html

If Abdullah Hassan were a U.S. citizen, he says he'd have likely voted for the GOP in Tuesday's election.

"I like Republicans because they removed Saddam from power," said Hassan, a Kurdish asylee from Iraq.

However, more than a year after he's met all the requirements for citizenship, Hassan is still waiting...

Author: Abdul Malik Mujahid

Source: The American Muslim

http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/challenges_of_womens_space_in_masjids1/0011670

One Friday, I was all set to give a Khutba about the need for Muslims to plan ahead on an individual and community level. My notes were ready and I was in full “Khutba mode”. But before sermon time, I decided to change the topic...

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6136902.stm

Teachers have been warned that bullying prompted by Islamophobia is on the rise in schools across the country.

Schools minister Jim Knight reminded teachers, at a conference, of new ways to deal with bullying through the internet and mobile phones.

This includes the right to ban mobile phones from school classrooms.

Chris Keates of the NASUWT teaching union, who...