Author: Tricia L. Nadolny

Source: The Chicago Tribune

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-talk-pink-hijab-20101027,0,2123635.story

If you noticed women throughout the Chicago region donning pink headscarves Wednesday, they weren't making a fashion statement.

They were participating in Pink Hijab Day, a growing campaign that is part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Author: Ghassan Rubeiz

Source: The Daily Star

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=5&article_id=120826#axzz13ZFLKlsM

Mutual distrust leads many Palestinians and Israelis to think of peace as a mirage. Since religion plays a significant role in justifying the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, politicians need the help of religious leaders in their search for a solution.

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The BBC News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11622974

After a seven-year renovation project, the Museum of Islamic Art in Old Cairo has once again thrown open its doors to visitors.

Author: John L. Esposito and Sheila B. Lalwani

Source: Middle East Online

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=42151

News that President Obama may skip a visit to the Golden Temple, the holy shrine to millions of Sikhs on his upcoming trip to India, is a sign of the confused times in which we find ourselves.

Part of the requirement for entering the Golden Temple - a sprawling and serene complex of polished marble that...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The BBC News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11617164

Two young men left the device in a milk churn on a motorbike near the gate of the shrine of Baba Farid, a 12th century Sufi saint, in Pakpattan.

The bomb exploded minutes later killing at least one woman and leaving 15 other people wounded, some critically.

Author: Raja Abdulrahim

Source: The Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ucla-islamic-20101025,0,6924912.story

For two years, admissions to UCLA's small Islamic studies program have been frozen, pending a reorganization.

Now, students say they fear that the program, among the oldest in the country focused on a scholarly study of Islam, could be shut down.

Author: Bob Smietana

Source: The Tennesean

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20101024/NEWS01/10240381?GID=s6AxSAu1+vKVcYx8O+5HJE0J7pR3BTNGuvkuBo2IX0o%3D

Bless their hearts.

That about sums up Azmi Mukahal's attitude toward critics of his faith and the mosque in Murfreesboro.

"We need to ignore it," he said. "We are all Americans. We need to live...

Author: Stephanie Farr

Source: The Philadelphia Daily News

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/105507553.html?cmpid=15585797

A Muslim man claims he was fired by a trucking company after refusing to transport a load of alcohol, according to a civil-rights lawsuit filed recently in federal court.

Vasant Reddy, 35, of Northeast Philadelphia, said it's against his religious beliefs to "consume, possess...

Author: Amy Lee

Source: The Chicago Sun-Times

http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/2824752,CST-NWS-muslimvote22.article

The so-called Ground Zero mosque. The Florida pastor intent on torching Qurans. And the Disneyland hostess barred from wearing a hijab.

Kiran Ansari cites those issues and others as proof that "Islamophobia" is on the rise in the United States and underscores the need for Muslim...

Author: Edward Rothstein

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/23/arts/design/23faiths.html?_r=2&ref=religion_and_belief

The sweep of the new exhibition at the New York Public Library — “Three Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, Islam” — is stunning. It stretches from a Bible found in a monastery in coastal Brittany that was sacked by the Vikings in the year 917, to a 1904...

Author: Kirk Semple

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/23/nyregion/23mosques.html?ref=religion_and_belief

Brother Abdullah was working the sidewalk outside the Omar Ben Abdel-Aziz Mosque in Jamaica, Queens, on Friday, looking for the curious, fearful, idle and confused.

It was an hour into a two-hour open house intended to dispel ignorance and promote neighborliness and...

Author: Ken Maguire

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/us/politics/22turban.html?ref=religion_and_belief

Sikhs in the United States expressed their frustration Thursday that President Obama would skip a tentatively planned visit to their holiest site in India, while advocacy groups called on the White House to reconsider.

Author: Janet Tu

Source: The Seattle Times

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013220695_muslimwomen22m.html

Two Seattle Muslim women said they were simply trying to fill up at a gas station in Tukwila on Saturday when another woman started yelling slurs, kicked one woman and slammed a car door on her leg, and then pushed the other.

"I'm terrified, I'm crying," said Imaan, one of the two Muslim women,...

Author: Jennifer Amato

Source: The Sentinel

http://nbs.gmnews.com/news/2010-10-21/Front_Page/Muslim_Consumer_Conference_to_highlight_contributi.html

Muslim professionals, entrepreneurs, and media and marketing executives will meet to share their experiences during the second annual Muslim Consumer Conference on Oct. 30.

Author: Rheal Seguin

Source: The Globe and Mail

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