Author: Christopher Landau

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7915393.stm

The role that women play in mosques varies substantially around the Muslim world. Visits to two mosques in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, show just how different women's experiences can be.

The al-Seddeeq mosque, in a prosperous suburb of Cairo, stands in front of a park - unusual enough in an overcrowded city lacking much green space.

The...

Author: Lashonda Stinson Curry

Source: The Gainesville Sun

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20090302/articles/903021005

The faces of Muslims are framed in an art exhibition at Reitz Union that offers a window into their lives and culture.

University of Florida students Mohamed-Eslam Mohamed, Asaad Musba, Charissa Dawn Scott and Hena Waseem and UF graduate Muhsin Aziz Ahmad were asked to take pictures that documented Muslim life...

Author: Erin Carlyle

Source: City Pages

http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2009/03/somali_student.php

A St. Cloud legislator's bill would require full exposure of the head and face in driver's license photos. A Somali group says the proposal would violate their freedom of religion.

State Rep. Steve Gottwalt, of St. Cloud, introduced the bill last month. The Somali United Movement, a group of college-aged Somalis working to improve...

Author: Eileen Ng

Source: The Associated Press

Author: Teresa Watanabe and Paloma Esquivel

Source: The Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-muslim1-2009mar01,0,1456958.story

The Islamic Center of Irvine is a beige stucco building that blends into the rows of office buildings surrounding it. But last week, it became the most publicized mosque in California with disclosures that the FBI sent an informant there to spy and...

Author: Nasser Shiyoukhi and Diaa Hadid

Source: Press Democrat

http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/article/20090224/API/902241719?Title=2-Palestinian-women-become-judges-in-Islamic-court

The Islamic courts were among the last male-only bastions in Palestinian society, where women have been presidential candidates, police officers and even suicide bombers.

Now two stern-looking...

Author: Barbara Karkabi

Source: The Houston Chronicle

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/religion/6284810.html

At 65, Akbar Ahmed could be sitting comfortably, looking back on his long career as a diplomat, author and professor of Islamic studies.

Instead, Ahmed is on the road with a team of twenty-somethings, leading what he calls a “journey into America.”

Their goal, he said during a visit to...

Author: Jessica Nunez

Source: Columbia Missourian

http://www.columbiamissourian.com/media/multimedia/2009/02/26/media/Archive/index.html

When Katie Hurst moved to Columbia 10 years ago to study religion at MU, her intention was to work at a nonprofit or teach Christian education. She didn’t expect to have adopted an entirely new lifestyle and belief system by the time she graduated.

But that’s...

Author: Marina Jimenez

Source: The Globe...

Author: Allison Rudd

Source: Otago Daily Times

http://www.odt.co.nz/on-campus/university-otago/44945/muslim-students-given-prayer-space

Their new prayer spaces might be small and austere, but the 200-300 Muslim students at the University of Otago do not mind. They are just pleased to have been given a private place to say their daily prayers after more than six years of asking.

Muslims must pray five...

Author: Yusuf Khan

Source: The Examiner

http://www.examiner.com/x-2721-Islamic-Examiner~y2009m2d25-Islams-gift-to-south-Los-Angeles

"If you want to see what Muslim-Americans truly represent, go to the UMMA Community Clinic and you will see it there." - Rep. Maxine Waters, Democrat-CA

A few short years ago, a handful of aspiring physicians who were also members of the Muslim Student Association at...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/7910426.stm

A dedicated Muslim burial area has been introduced for the first time in a Dorset town.

The burial area, in Kinson cemetery, Bournemouth, will help to meet the religious customs of the Muslim community, the borough council said.

Bournemouth's cemeteries were laid from 1878 to 1938 and in line with Christian traditions, meaning a Muslim...

Author: Carla Hinton

Source: NewsOK

http://newsok.com/scarf-exposes-norman-womans-beliefs/article/3348046

Lobna Hewedi welcomes questions about her hijab, a traditional head scarf worn by Muslim women.

The hijab serves as a symbol of her Muslim faith and an entry point for interfaith dialogue when people at fuel stations and grocery store checkout lines stare at the Norman woman’s apparel.

"My feeling is...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Associated Press

http://wcco.com/local/fbi.mosque.invite.2.942680.html

A Muslim advocacy group is inviting FBI Director Robert Mueller to an open house at a controversial Minneapolis mosque.

The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations made the public invitation on Tuesday to the dinner on Wednesday at the Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center.

The invitation comes a day...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/7908099.stm

Thames Valley Police have encouraged a drive to employ Muslim officers by creating a dedicated association.

The force's Muslim Police Association has been formed to support its Muslim officers.

PC Raja Yousaf, the head of the association, said the group will "help to cultivate a better understanding of Islam and Muslim culture"....