Author: Jeff Karoub

Source: Yahoo News

Wire Service: AP

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100220/ap_on_re_us/us_halal_house_call

Mariam Wehbe learned about a program offering home-delivered meals made according to Islamic law at a good time — poor health made cooking impossible and a grandson who helps her had to cut back to devote more time to school.

Plus, as a Muslim, she could keep halal...

Author: Rachel Zoll

Source: Deseret News

Wire Service: AP

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700010652/US-Muslims-debate-over-holding-services-in-English.html

Sana Rahim was born in the cowboy country of southeastern Wyoming, to Pakistani parents who had emigrated so her father could earn a doctorate.

She speaks Urdu with her family but can't read or write the...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Charleston Gazette

Wire Service: AP

http://wvgazette.com/ap/ApInternational/201002180125

France's main Muslim group says a mosque has been defaced with racist graffiti in the sixth such incident this year.

The head of the French Council of the Muslim Faith says racist words were painted over the weekend on the walls of the mosque in Sorgues, in the picturesque Vaucluse region...

Author: Omar Sacirbey

Source: Beliefnet/Religion News Service

https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/2010/02/women-protest-for-right-to-mix

The walls that segregate Muslim men from women...

Author: Tom Heneghan

Source: Reuters

Author: Geir Moulson

Source: The Washington Post

Wire Service: AP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/17/AR2010021701275.html?nav=hcmoduletmv

A first-time German director's film about Muslims struggling to come to terms with unwanted pregnancy, homosexuality and other challenges to their beliefs debuted Wednesday at the Berlin film festival....

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Siasat Daily

http://www.siasat.com/english/news/cinemas-fight-islam-stereotypes

The stereotypical media cliches about Islam, cultural identity, fundamentalism and honor killing are taking the central stage in this year’s Berlin International Film Festival.

"It has taken nearly 10 years after 9/11, but these issues are finally going from the headlines into the cinemas," German director...

Author: Norimitsu Onishi

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/world/asia/18indo.html?emc=tnt&tntemail0=y

As if on cue, the two Buddhist monks in saffron robes appeared one late afternoon recently, seemingly out of nowhere, to complete the picture of Indonesia’s religious past and present.

The visitors stood at the edge of a large fenced-off pit where a ninth-century Hindu temple had...

Author: Saira Thadani

Source: The GW Hatchet

http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2010/02/16/News/Places.Of.Worship.Vary.For.Religious.Students-3872463.shtml

No matter the religion one practices, there is always a special location - a temple, a church, a synagogue - that serves as a place for worship. In many ways, these settings are a symbol of...

Author: Natalia Mielczarek

Source: The Tennessean

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100214/NEWS06/2140356/Vandalism+at+Nashville+mosque+pulls+faiths+together

At least 150 people, including spiritual leaders from several faiths, spent Saturday morning at the Islamic Center of Nashville learning about the world's second-largest religion and pledging their support for local Muslims...

Author: Rashad Hussain

Source: The White House Blog

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/02/13/president-obama-addresses-us-islamic-world-forum

Today, the President addressed by video the U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Doha, Qatar.  He outlined the actions the United States has taken since his speech in Cairo, Egypt last June, in which he called for a new beginning...

Author: Edward Cody

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/12/AR2010021205010_pf.html

This sunny little resort on the Mediterranean shore has long been a favorite for weekenders seeking to escape the congestion of nearby Barcelona for a dose of sandy beaches and sea breezes.

But Cunit has gained a new distinction: It is famous in Spain as the town where a...

Author: Helene Cooper

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/us/politics/14muslim.html?emc=tnt&tntemail0=y

President Obama has appointed Rashad Hussain, a deputy White House counsel, to be his representative to the Muslim world, White House officials said Saturday.

Mr. Hussain will become the special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, an intergovernmental group with 57 member states that calls itself the collective voice...

Author: Ron Orozco

Source: The Fresno Bee

http://www.fresnobee.com/lifestyle/story/1819862.html

A professor of Islamic studies and Christian-Muslim relations at Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Conn., is the guest lecturer at this year's Interfaith Scholar Weekend in Fresno.

Dr. Yahya M. Michot will speak Friday through Feb. 21 on the event's theme, "Islam: A Faith for the 21st Century." The annual event brings people of various religions...

Author: Kavita Ramdya

Source: The Washington Post

http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/onfaithandlove/2010/02/a_hindu-muslim_love_story.html#more

I was raised by parents who were, relatively speaking, very open-minded. First-generation Indian-Hindu immigrants who moved to New York in the early '70s, they nested in Smithtown, Long Island, a middle-class suburb that was as average as its name. "...