Author: Jamel Arfaoui

Source: Magharebia

http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/reportage/2008/06/06/reportage-01

Eliza Wazzen was playing in the middle of the school yard with her cousin Gael and friend Ahlam Chehibi when scores of visitors appeared. The children didn't understand anything about what was going on around them or why all these strangers were taking pictures. For Eliza...

Author: Judy H. Fitzpatrick and Hazel Durand

Source: The Daily Herald

http://www.thedailyherald.com/news/daily/l010/faith010.html

St. Maarten may be only sixteen square miles, but its varied facilities, natural Caribbean setting, strategic location and cultural and religious diversity make it a prime candidate for faith tourism, a multibillion-dollar industry beckoning to be exploited.

With the pressure to find new niche markets to...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: CNN

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/03/pakistan.blast/

Al Qaeda or one of its affiliates was likely behind the blast outside the Danish embassy in Pakistan, Denmark's intelligence service said Tuesday.

The massive blast in the capital city of Islamabad killed at least six people, injured 24 others and damaged the embassy wall and a neighboring United Nations building. It also left a four...

Author: Staff Writer

SOriginal ource: AFP

https://mgronline.com/general/detail/9510000064657

Suspected separatists killed five people in Thailand's Muslim-majority south, police said Tuesday, as the death toll in the region soared to 3,300 in more than four years of violence.

A spree of...

Author: Jennifer O'Brien

Source: The London Free Press

http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/Local/2008/06/02/5742206-sun.html

They hike, sell cookies, do good deeds for badges and, like all Girl Guides, promise to do their best.

And most of them do it wearing hijabs.

Meet London's first Muslim Girl Guide troop, spearheaded by a Somali mom who saw and seized an opportunity to empower her girls, her way.

"We...

Author: Katrin Bennhold

Source: The International Herald Tribune

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/02/world/europe/02iht-france.4.13407643.html?searchResultPosition=1...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Houston Chronicle

Wire Service: AP

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/religion/5811368.html

Parents of some junior high students are upset they weren't notified about a school presentation on Islamic culture, an omission that violated school district policy.

The parents' letter-writing campaign stems from a May 22 presentation at Friendswood Junior High, where...

Author: Andrew Buncombe

Source: The Independent

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/muslim-seminary-issues-fatwa-against-terrorism-838162.html

A Muslim Indian seminary which is said to have inspired the Taliban has issued a fatwa against terrorism, insisting that Islam is a religion of peace.

Senior clerics from the 150-year-old Darul Uloom Deoband issued the edict saying they...

Author: Nick Mathiason and Huma Qureshi

Source: The Observer

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/jun/01/britishidentity.islam

She wants to marry her soulmate, shops in Primark, TK Maxx and Topshop, and dreams of starting her own business. Meet the typical Muslim woman in Britain today.

A thousand women throughout the country have responded to the biggest lifestyle study of Muslim women undertaken in the UK. It appears to show that...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The International Herald Tribune

Wire Service: AP

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/666140

Islamic hard-liners broke up a religious tolerance rally Sunday, beating demonstrators with bamboo sticks and calling for the deaths of members of a Muslim sect they consider...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Muslim_family_builds_Hindu_temple_in_TN_village/rssarticleshow/3090249.cms

Showcasing secular values in this remote village of Tamil Nadu, a devout Muslim couple have built a temple for Hindu Goddess Mariamman in the backyard of their house and conduct regular poojas, arousing interest and curiosity in...

Author: Marek Fuchs

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/31/us/31religion.html?_r=1&em&ex=1212379200&en=93d9f037fa917cc8&ei=5087%0A&oref=slogin

The Jewish comedian began with a routine about raising adolescents. “There was a reason Abraham was asked to sacrifice Isaac at 12 and not 13,” he said. “At 13, it wouldn’t have been a sacrifice....

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Sikh Network/The Telegraph

http://www.sikhnet.com/people/britains-got-talent-dancing-same-beat

A Michael Jackson tribute act featuring a Muslim and a Sikh has proved a massive hit on the TV show Britain's Got Talent. Here, Signature give their first interview with Celia Walden

On 29 May 08: Britain's got talent favourites Signature gave the Telegraph's Celia Walden a dance lesson and a quick...

Author: Diane Macedo

Source: Fox News

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A high school wrestling coach in a Michigan city known for its large Arab community says he’s being forced out of his job of 35 years on trumped up allegations he allowed his assistant, a local clergyman, to try converting students to Christianity.

The coach, Jerry Marszalek, told FOXNews.com he thinks the decision to not renew his contract with the school in Dearborn, Mich., just one year shy of his retirement is...

Author: Dean Kahn

Source: CAIR/Bellingham Herald

http://www.cair.com/ArticleDetails.aspx?mid1=676&&ArticleID=24883&&name=n&&currPage=1

People can learn about the lives and beliefs of American Muslims during the weeklong showing of a Bellingham movie on the subject starting Friday, and through a special online readers’ forum by The Bellingham Herald.