Author: Staff Writer

Source: CBC news

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2007/08/27/mosque.html

Little Mosque on the Prairie is back on the Prairies.

CBC's hit TV series about Muslims in a fictional Saskatchewan town is wrapping up production in Regina on its second season.

Producer Michael Snook says on-location shooting for parts of 12 episodes will begin Monday and continue into September. Broadcasts of...

Author: Audrey Hudson

Source: The Washington Times

http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070827/NATION/108270070/1001

The Justice Department is co-sponsoring a convention held by the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) — an unindicted co-conspirator in an ongoing federal terrorist funding case — a move that is raising concerns among the Justice's rank and file.

...

Author: Tiffany Erickson

Source: Deseret Morning News

...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Local

Wire Service: AFP

[thelocal.se/8305/]

Iran summoned a Swedish diplomat to its foreign ministry on Monday to protest against a cartoon in a Swedish newspaper depicting the head of Prophet Muhammad on a dog's body, Sweden's foreign ministry said.

"Gunilla von Bahr, Sweden's charge d'affaires, was summoned to the Iranian foreign ministry today where she received a protest from the Iranian government," foreign ministry...

Author: Larisa Epatko

Source: Online NewsHour/PBS

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/middle_east/iraq/july-dec07/muslims_08-27.html

A vast majority of Muslims in America feel the use of force in Iraq was wrong -- even more so than the general public, according to survey results -- but some say a continued U.S. presence is necessary for stability.

The most recent Pew Research Center survey on...

Author: Alastair Leithead

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6964564.stm

A demonstration has been held in south- east Afghanistan accusing US troops of insulting Islam after they distributed footballs bearing the name of Allah.

The balls showed the Saudi Arabian flag which features the Koranic declaration of faith.

The US military said the idea had been to give something for Afghan children to enjoy...

Author: Cathy Grossman

Source: USA Today

http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2007-08-20-mattson-islam_N.htm

HARTFORD, Conn. — Ingrid Mattson knows the media drill well.

She has done the "We condemn ... (fill in the terrorism incident)" speeches — as if, she says, that's all anyone needs to hear from the president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA).

She has done the profiles of her as...

Author: Wael al-Ahmed

Original Source: The Boston Globe

Wire Service: Reuters

...

Author: Sandhya Somashekhar

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/23/AR2007082302182.html

More than 50 candidates in this fall's elections are expected to appear in Reston tomorrow at a political picnic organized by a group of Northern Virginia mosques, and organizers say the heavy turnout underscores the growing influence of Muslim voters in local politics.
...

Author: ANIQA HAIDER

Source: Gulf Daily News

Author: DAVID KOENIG

Source: Star-Telegram

Wire Service: AP

http://www.star-telegram.com/dallas_news/story/212248.html

DALLAS -- The leader of a nationwide Muslim civil rights group says fundraising has fallen off since the organization was named an unindicted co-conspirator in a terrorism-financing trial, a label that the organization is fighting in court.

Parvez Ahmed, chairman of the Council on...

Source: The Star-Banner

Wire Service: AP

Author: OSKAR GARCIA

Source: Forbes

Wire Service: AP

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/08/23/ap4050229.html

OMAHA, Neb. - Meatpacking plant officials accused of discriminating against dozens of Somali Muslim workers have offered to tweak break times to help accommodate the workers' prayer demands.

If the dozens of Muslim workers and Swift...

Author: Nick Ralston

Source: Herald Sun

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22294676-5005961,00.html

A NSW Senate candidate has compared the immigration of Muslims to Australia to the bird flu and says it should stop.

Christian Democratic Party (CDP) Senate candidate Paul Green called today for a moratorium on Muslim immigration while a study on its social impacts was carried out.

He said it would...

Author: Paul Egan

Source: The Detroit News

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070823/METRO/708230362/1003

When FBI agents raided the Muslim charity Life for Relief and Development last September, they carted away computers and records but charged nobody and allowed the agency to continue operating.

Nearly one year later, the charity is today asking U.S. District Judge Nancy G. Edmunds to order...