Author: Isabelle de Pommereau

Source: The Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0726/p01s08-woeu.html

Wiesbaden, Germany - In the Rhine Valley city of Mannheim, the glittering minaret of Germany's biggest mosque overshadows what was once the region's most vibrant church, testifying to Muslims' new confidence as Christian churches are closing down.

Years ago, 180 sisters of the Catholic order of the Sisters of the Divine...

Author: JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN

Source: New York Sun

http://www.nysun.com/article/59244

The federal government is threatening an official at a Brooklyn jail with imprisonment if he gives legal assistance to several Muslim men who are suing over their detention following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The guard who received the unusual warning, Steven Barrere, is currently a defendant in a prison abuse suit brought by six Muslim men and a Hindu once held at the...

Source: PRNewswire

Author: Donna Vavala

Source: EmeraldCoast.com

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The school bus driver arrested in May after he allegedly cursed and spit at Muslim children in a local fast-food restaurant has lost his job at Bay District Schools.

The School Board voted at Wednesday’s meeting to support Superintendent James McCalister‘s recommendation that Thomas Eugene Plaisted, 60, be suspended without pay and terminated. Plaisted did not...

Author: ANDREA ALEXANDER

Source: The Record

http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk1NiZmZ2JlbDdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5NzE3Mzk1OCZ5cmlyeTdmNzE3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTM=

A federal judge is weighing whether Wayne's attempt to take property owned by an Albanian Muslim group fits the legal description of religious discrimination. .

But first U.S. District...

Author: Jane Lampman

Source: The Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0725/p16s01-lire.html

Despite the plethora of news media today, most Americans say they know little about Islam, and most Muslims say the media doesn't make room for their voices to be heard. This week, a major news company is going all out to try to change that.

Through "Muslims Speak Out," an online open forum with clerics and scholars from around the...

Author: Guillermo Contreras

Source: The Express News

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San Antonio police are investigating vandalism to a local Muslim family's vehicles as a hate crime, while the FBI also plans to look into the matter.

During a news conference at their Northwest Side home Tuesday, Said and Amel Motawea said they were alerted by a neighbor on Friday morning that their vehicles had been vandalized with a profanity and a message to leave...

Author: Phil Kadner

Source: Daily Southtown

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Harvard University students are going to be studying Palos Heights this fall.

A case study titled "A Mosque in Palos Heights," based on real events in that city in 2000, has been developed by Harvard's Pluralism Project, which studies America's changing religious diversity to better understand its impact on society.

Author: Staff Writer

Source: International Herald Tribune

Wire Service: AP

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BANGKOK, Thailand: Hundreds of yellow-robed Buddhist monks arrived in Muslim-dominated southern Thailand on Wednesday...

Author: Clarence Fernandez

Source: Yahoo News

Wire Service: Reuters

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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Bitter debate in Malaysia questioning whether the mainly Muslim nation is an Islamic state has exposed religious and racial faultlines ahead of a widely expected early general election.

As Malaysia prepares to celebrate its 50th year of independence with a nationwide party next month, comments by Deputy...

Author: KHALIL E. HACHEM

Source: The Ann-Arbor News

Author: SAEED AHMED

Source: The Journal Constitution

http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/dekalb/stories/2007/07/24/mosque_0725.html

DeKalb County officials said late Tuesday night that further investigation is required to determine what what caused the fire that damaged a mosque in Scottdale.

Author: Moushumi Khan

Source: Slate

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The two terrorist attacks known worldwide by their dates—9/11 and 7/7—inspired suspicion of Muslims in communities in both Europe and America. But each one also symbolizes the different relations each continent has with their Muslim populations. On 9/11, America was attacked by Muslims who came here solely for the purpose of attacking it. On 7/7, London was bombed by British Muslims who were products of their own society. What...

Author: David Morgan

Source: Reuters

Author: NIRAJ WARIKOO

Source: Detroit Free Press

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Federal agents are raiding today the Dearborn offices of two charities suspected of having ties to terrorist groups in the Middle East.

A Dearborn police officer guarded the entrance to the office of the Goodwill Charitable Organization, a fund-raising office established by the Martyrs Foundation in Dearborn, on Warren Avenue, tucked between a grocery store and an import...