Author: Don Mallicoat

Source: Citizen-Times

http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200661201036

The AC-T editorial page of Nov. 26 quoted Omar Shahin, one of six Muslim Imams recently removed from a U.S. Air-ways flight in Minnesota: “In American we have no freedom to practice our faith, to do our faith.”

As I understand the news reports, these six men observed their daily prayers in the boarding...

Source: Beliefnet

Wire Service: AP

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/205/story_20548_1.html

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Dec. 1 - Four Dutch Muslims were convicted and sentenced Friday of plotting terrorist attacks - a victory for prosecutors who had failed several times in the past to convict would-be attackers before they act.

The heaviest sentence - eight years - was reserved for Samir Azzouz, 20, who judges said played a "central role"...

Author: Jo Napolitano

Source: Chicago Tribune

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Author: Eric Pfeiffer

Source: The Washington Times

http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20061130-105645-4387r.htm

Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, will take his oath of office on the Koran, not the Bible.

Although some have criticized the Minnesota Democrat's decision, his campaign manager cites historical precedent in describing it as a nonissue.

"Well, he will be the first to do...

Source: Hinduism Today/Times of India

http://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2006/12/1.shtml#2

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1, 2006: A 100-year-old Hindu temple in Southern Malaysia, the Sri Muthu Mariamman temple at Skudia in Johor, has been demolished following a court order. The deities will move to a new site provided by the authorities. The temple was situated at the Uniroyal Linden Estate, a rubber plantation that was home to around 1,000 families. UTM, a public university with its main...

Source: Mezun Group/Los Angeles Times

Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune

Wire Service: Reuters

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20061201-0714-austria-muslims-vandalism.html

VIENNA – Vandals painted 23 large black crosses on a wall inside Vienna's first Muslim cemetery, officials said on Friday.

The desecration was discovered by a state television crew filming construction work at the cemetery, due to be opened in mid-2007...

Author: Naila Tiwana

Source: Muslim Wake Up!

http://www.muslimwakeup.com/main/archives/2006/11/islamic_feminis_1.php

In early November of 2006, the present day modern, cosmopolitan city of Barcelona, with its parallel Andalusian character, exuding undeniable cross-culture vibrancy, buzzed with the intellectual powwow of “Islamic Feminism”.

The Congress of Islamic Feminism was founded as a movement by the...

Author: Scott Rank and Stacy Meichtry

Source: Beliefnet

Wire Service: AP

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/205/story_20503.html

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Pope Benedict XVI joined an Islamic cleric in prayers under the towering dome of Istanbul's most famous mosque Thursday in a powerful gesture seeking to transform his image among Muslims from adversary to peacemaker.

The pope's minute of prayer was carried out in...

Author: Erin Conroy

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/11/30/muslims_embrace_their_freed_leader/

A crayon-drawn banner reading "Welcome Back Imam Masood" hangs above the entrance of the Islamic Academy of New England, a private elementary school in Sharon situated in the shadows of the adjacent Islamic Center of New England mosque. The banner represents the celebration that...

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6158811.stm

Pope Benedict XVI has visited one of Turkey's most famous mosques in what is being seen as an attempt to mend relations with the Muslim community.

During his tour of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, the pontiff paused in silent prayer alongside senior Muslim clerics.

It marks only the second papal visit in history to a Muslim place of worship.

Earlier, the Pope visited the nearby Hagia Sophia...

Author: Mike Ghouse

Source: The American Muslim

http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/service_not_religion_to_minnesota_taxi_passengers/0012111

The passengers traveling to St.Paul/Minneapolis International airport are in for a rude awakening, when they haul for a cab.

On September 28th, John Reinan of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota’s Startribune reported...

Author: Michelle Boorstein

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/29/AR2006112901576.html

Since Gaithersburg software engineer Saqib Ali was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates this month, he has been flooded with calls and e-mails from across the country asking: How'd you do it?

The calls come from American Muslims like Ali, who, longtime political...

MPAC

http://www.mpac.org/publications/op-eds/mpac-in-the-news-scholars-say-pontiffs-trip-can-make-amends.php

Source: Islamic Society of North America Press Release