Source: Middle East /times

http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070523-081419-7328r

LONDON -- Women have become key victims of growing religious intolerance fueled by a growing clash between the West and the Muslim world, human rights group Amnesty International said Wednesday.

"In an environment of fear and religious fundamentalism, governments have backtracked on their promise to promote gender equality," said Amnesty chief Irene Khan in...

Author: Mary Robbins

Source: The Catonsville Times

Source: U.S. Info

Source: News Blaze

http://newsblaze.com/story/20070524084932leon.nb/newsblaze/TOPSTORY/Top-Stories.html

Muslims living in the United States tend to be happy with their lives and moderate in their political views, according to a new, independent survey.

American Muslims largely are assimilated into society, and income and education levels among Muslims mirror those of the general U.S. population, according to a nationwide poll...

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Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Poll-Muslim-Americans.html

WASHINGTON (AP) -- One in four younger U.S. Muslims said in a poll that suicide bombings to defend their religion are acceptable at least in some circumstances, though most Muslim Americans overwhelmingly reject the tactic and are critical of Islamic extremism and al-Qaida.

The survey by the Pew Research Center, one of the most exhaustive ever of the country's...

Author: W. WINSTON SKINNER

Source: The Times-Herald

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With robes, tassels, Bible passages, music and words of challenge and inspiration, Coweta County seniors moved into the last week of their final year of public school education with baccalaureate services on Sunday.

Northgate High students heard a baccalaureate message from John Orr, high school pastor at Crossroads Church. Crossroads — probably the county's largest congregation in terms of...

Source: Muslim American Society Press Release

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WASHINGTON, DC - May 21, 2007 (MASNET) Governor Tim Kaine of Virginia gave the keynote address for the 5th Annual Muslim American Society (MAS) Freedom Foundation 'Standing for Justice Dinner'.

The governor, joined by members of his cabinet, spoke individually with Muslim community leaders during a special leadership reception. The reception was followed by the Freedom Foundation Award Dinner.

In an occasion marking the first public...

Author: G. Jeffrey MacDonald

Source: The Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0521/p13s01-wmgn.htm

The strategy is almost heresy on Wall Street: Find a top-performing investment by seeking out a mutual fund with some of the industry's strictest ethical screening requirements.

Yet that approach, if adopted, would work in at least one case. The Amana Income Fund, which avoids not only alcohol, tobacco, and gambling stocks...

Author: ART AISNER

Source: Ann Arbor News

Author: Hector Gutierrez

Source: Rocky Mountain News

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5545248,00.html

Colorado U.S. Attorney Troy Eid stood before about 70 Muslim men and women Friday night and spoke of his pride in being part Egyptian from his father's side.

Eid said he grew up facing prejudices because of his dark complexion and told the story of how angry he became when his...

Author: Kareem Fahim

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/19/nyregion/19meeting.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

PALMYRA, N.J., May 18 — The man sat in the back row of the mosque, his arms folded, unsure whether his hard opinions would change.

“I’m concerned about the Muslims,” the man, Richard Smekal, 68, said just before an open house at the mosque, the Islamic Center of South...

Author: Gregory Kane

Source: The Baltimore Sun

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Where was one of the first mosques in the United States located?

You might think somewhere in Michigan, with its large Arab-American population. Or maybe cosmopolitan places like New York City or Chicago. You'd be wrong in all three cases. But in searching for the answer, you'd get steaming hot, if you thought of a place that gets very cold.

Some sources say the answer...

Author: Gregg Krupa

Source: The Detroit News

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070518/METRO01/705180374/1006

DEARBORN -- Police began special law enforcement procedures in the area of the Karbalaa Islamic Education Center on Thursday to discourage acts of vandalism, after a fourth incident since late last year occurred at the mosque Wednesday morning.

The FBI is investigating the latest event...

Author: Vanessa Delgado

Source: The Tribune

http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/20070518/NEWS/105180139/0/FRONTPAGE

Abu Faraj of Greeley was concerned Thursday when he discovered that the mosque he oversees had been shot at three times sometime during the day.

Faraj, who said he is the head of the community at the Islamic Center of Greeley Mosque, 1600 8th Ave., said this is not the first time something like this has...