Author: Emdad Rahman

Source: IslamOnline

http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1182774657883&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout

LONDON — Centuries after Islam granted them that right, Muslim women in the United Kingdom are still struggling for a foothold in mosques.

"The mosque is the hub of a Muslim community, where knowledge is learnt and imparted...

Author: David Abel

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/06/28/in_roxbury_a_call_for_religious_tolerance/

Rabbis came in yarmulkes, priests wore their Roman collars, and imams dressed in knitted caps and the loose-fitting gowns called thobes.

About 300 people, from Jews in sandals to suited Christians to Muslims in sequined veils, gathered beneath the arched brick...

Source: Muslim American Society

Author: Elizabeth Kelleher

Source: USINFO

Author: Ben Feller

Original Source: SFGate.com

Wire Service: AP

https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-welcomes-announcement-of-u-s-envoy-to-oic/

President Bush...

Author: ERIC GORSKI

Source: The Washington Post

Wire Service: AP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/26/AR2007062600062.html

A better-integrated Muslim population would better serve the United States as it navigates critical domestic and foreign-policy challenges involving Muslim populations, a new report argues.

Sponsored by the Chicago Council on...

Author: Dan Murphy

Source: The Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0626/p01s07-woiq.html?page=1

Amman, Jordan - Adnan Abbas – with his poor English, four young daughters, and little money to speak of – shrugs when told that making a new life in the US will be hard.

"I know that a new country, new language, is difficult and that America isn't going to say, 'Welcome, Adnan, here's a million dollars,' "...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: London Daily Telegraph

http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070625/FOREIGN/106250024/1001

COLOGNE, Germany — The construction of one of Europe's biggest mosques near a globally famous Christian landmark has sparked a furious dispute in Germany.

Immigration and integration are extremely sensitive issues in Germany, which is home to a Turkish...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The New York Times

Wire Service: AP

[nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Britain-Muslims.html]

DEWSBURY, England (AP) -- Under the shadow of a towering minaret in a Muslim enclave, veiled women stroll, shiny new cars line the streets and houses are being expanded.

It's an image of prosperity among British Muslims that didn't exist here before Prime Minister Tony Blair, who inspired hope of a better life among the religious minority...

Source: Islamic Circle of North America

[icna.org/icna/press-releases/thousands-expected-at-the-icna-mas-convention-muhammad-mercy-to-humanity-and-be.html]

National Muslim Convention to hold inter-faith dialogue and address growing Islamophobia. Thousands expected at the ICNA-MAS Convention: “Muhammad: Mercy To Humanity and Beyond” to take place in Hartford, CT on July 6-8.

The Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) in conjunction with the Muslim American Society (MAS), is organizing its 32nd annual convention in Hartford...

Author: Dilshad D. Ali

Source: Beliefnet

http://www.beliefnet.com/gallery/terrorist.html

Every few months another story hits the news: Terrorist plot uncovered, Muslims implicated. Since the tragedy of 9/11, Muslims have remained under intense scrutiny, and more than a few Americans have called the religion "evil." People still wonder: Why aren't Muslims saying--or doing--enough to condemn terrorism and violence? Is Islam really a religion of violence?...

Author: David A. Brensilver

Source: Islamic Circle of North America

[icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/convention-aims-to-offer-window-on-muslim-life.html]

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: Biswajeet Banerjee

Source: The Washington Post

Wire Service: AP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/19/AR2007061900436.html

LUCKNOW, India -- Islamic leaders demanded the ruling coalition withdraw its candidate from India's presidential race on Tuesday after she said Muslim women should stop wearing their headscarves.

Several Muslim leaders...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Middle East Online

[middle-east-online.com/english/culture/?id=21131]

ROME - Historians, scholars of religion, political scientists, philosophers, senior officials and commentators from Europe and the Mediterranean will on Tuesday and Wednesday gather in the Italian capital, Rome, to examine the current state of dialogue between Muslim and non-Muslim countries in the region at a time of upheaval in the Middle East.

'The Mediterranean. Alliance or Clash of...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Reuters

[reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSBKK113980._CH_.2400]

BANGKOK, June 19 (Reuters) - Suspected Muslim separatist rebels killed four people, including a district chief and an army colonel, in Thailand's rebellious Muslim south, police said on Tuesday.

One soldier was killed and two wounded late on Monday as they clashed with militants who set fire to a school in Pattani, one of three southernmost Thai provinces where more than 2,300 people have been...