BBC correspondents look at the role of Islam in shaping the politics of the modern Muslim state and assess the impact of the growth of political Islam on redefining the national interest.
Shaista Aziz, a Muslim and a journalist, decided to wear the hijab, the Muslim traditional head cover, after the attacks of September 11 2001 to assert her identity as a Muslim. Read her reflections.
Hamza Yusuf Hanson, a prominent advocate of better understanding between the West and Islam, argues that both cultures have enriched the world community and that animosity between them is based on misconceptions.
Can Islam and modernity co-exist? Arzu Merali of the Islamic Human Rights Commission argues that it is up to the Muslim world to determine its own way forward.
Benazir Bhutto, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, reflects on her experiences growing up in a political household and on her role as the first female head of an Islamic state.
The US believes that to win the peace in Iraq they must reintegrate Iraq's Sunni Muslims who feel excluded under the new regime, writes the BBC's Barbara Plett.
A sign that said "Islam is welcome here" has mysteriously disappeared from the planned site of the Muslim mosque and cultural center near Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan.
BANK Islam Malaysia Bhd (5258) has clarified that subsidiary Farihan Corp only offers a custodian service for the dinar gold/dirham currency at its Ar-Rahnu premises in Kota Baru and Pasir Puteh in Kelantan. The bank was referring to a statement made by Mentri Besar Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat on Bank Islam's readiness to use the gold dinar and silver dirham in its transaction. Bank Islam in a ...
Bank Islam Only Offers Custodian Service For Dinar Gold, Dirham Currency
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 (Bernama) -- Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd, via its unit, Farihan Corp, only offers a custodian service for the dinar gold/dirham currency at its Ar-Rahnu premises in Kota Baharu and Pasir Puteh.
"Islam Welcome" Sign Missing from "Ground Zero" Mosque Site
There was once a sign in front of the Lower Manhattan building that the nonprofit Cordoba Initiative plans to tear down to build a 15-story Islamic community center . The sign read, "Islam Is Welcome Here," but would you believe that the sign is now missing, and that some people don't want to welcome their Muslim brothers and sisters? MyFoxNY discovered the sign was gone while shooting a segment ...
Ekonomi : Bank Islam Hanya Tawar Khidmat Penyimpanan Dinar Emas, Mata Wang Dirham
KUALA LUMPUR, 17 Ogos (Bernama) -- Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd, menerusi unitnya, Farihan Corp, hanya menawarkan perkhidmatan penyimpanan mata wang dinar emas/dirham di premis Ar-Rahnu di Kota Baharu dan Pasir Puteh.
A MAJORITY of Danes fear Islam is an obstacle for social cohesion, despite one in two believing that immigration is positive for Danish society, a study released today shows.
President Obama says Islam has always been part of America, which raises the question, does the president know something about American history that we dont?
The former Speaker of the House of Representatives is turning himself into Al-Qaeda's ally Islam - Newt Gingrich - Nazism - United States - Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Two Americas, one based on religious liberty and the other on cultural assimilation, are in tension again in the debate over a mosque near ground zero.
Muslim Council of Britain urges increased support for aid to Pakistan
LONDON, Aug 16 (APP)- The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) while expressing shock at the human, physical and economic disaster unfolding as a result of the mass-floods in Pakistan has called for increased support for aid to the South Asian nation.
Growing Muslim population fuels need for special cemeteries
Growing Muslim population fuels need for special cemeteries By Beth Hawkins | Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 MinnPost/Beth Hawkins Seeing a need for culturally sensitive Muslim funeral and burial customs, the Minnesota Islamic Cemetery Association was formed. Muslim burial rites, in contrast to the traditional American funeral, are very simple.
WATCH: Muslim Center Fallout and Midterm Elections
Harold Ford Jr. discusses Muslim center plans at Ground Zero in New York, the economy and November elections. New York City - New York - United States - Harold Ford Jr - Metro Areas
Eight Muslim American leaders who visited concentration camps and met with Holocaust survivors signed a statement condemning Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism.
Conservative Muslim-Americans' Letter To GOP Leaders: Don't Bring Mosque Debate Into Elections
What's Your Reaction? A group of conservative Muslim and Arab American officials on Tuesday went further than most in the GOP to accuse their Republican colleagues of trying to exploit the so-called "Ground Zero mosque controversy" for electoral benefits.
Meet The Muslim High School Football Team That Practices From 11PM To 4AM
A predominately Muslim high school football team in Dearborn, Michigan practices from 11pm to 4am during the daytime-fasting month of Ramadan. Since they practice at night, the players can eat and drink before, during, and after practice.
Debates: Muslim community center and gubernatorial
Debates: Muslim community center and gubernatorial By Max Sparber | Mon., Aug 16 Ellison responds to complaints about a Muslim community center near Ground Zero; Dayton, Emmer, and Horner have their first debate; if we voted for governor today, who would win?
Athens condemned on Saturday an overnight attack by vandals at a Muslim cemetery in Komotini, northeastern Greece, that caused damage to almost a dozen gravestones.
The Koran through the ages BBC News Thirteen-year-old Talha Gulli has high hopes for this year's contest held by the Islam Channel in the UK for children up to 16. He started learning at the ...
The Koran through the ages BBC News "A secular interpretation of any sacred text says, of course, that it's a human production," explains Tim Winter, also known under his Muslim name Abdel ...
Australia's 'Ramadan lounge' Muslim tourist plans AFP Tourism Queensland regional director Paul Buggy said while some hotels, shopping centres and theme parks in the state already offered Muslim prayer rooms, ...
It seems as though these statements are blaming all Muslims for what occurred on 9-11," Taneeza Islam told KARE Monday. Islam handles civil rights disputes for the Council on American Islamic Relations, or CAIR-Minnesota ...
It also allows the government "to unify the message of Islam, which is moderate and unifying." Habbash also defended a recent decision to stop mosques from broadcasting Quran recitations from their minarets before the ...
Authorities say Paul Rockwood became a strict adherent to a violent Jihad-promoting ideology after converting to Islam. The hit list contains 20 targets, none in Alaska and none named. Officials claim the list consists ...
a Muslim cleric who has worked to improve relations between Islam and the West. Morgan Hook, a Paterson spokesman, said talks were under way between the governor's office and representatives of Park51 to set up a meeting ...
In a bookshop in an eastern suburb of the Algerian capital, visitors can stroll in off the street and pick up titles such as "Our fight against the West," and "Jihad according to Salafist principles." After years of ...
President Barack Obama on Friday will speak up for religious freedom at a dinner celebrating the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, emphasizing that point just as New York City is immersed in a deeply sensitive debate about ...
South Florida Muslim Leader Opposes Mosque Near Ground Zero
who recently converted to Islam from Christianity, not only supports a new place of worship but he also hopes it will stand as a positive symbol. "I hope it can be a beacon of light for all different nationalities to ...
Malaysian woman fails to reverse Muslim conversion
A Malaysian woman lost a court battle Wednesday to nullify her conversion to Islam when she was a child, but vowed to fight on to be recognized as a Hindu. The interfaith dispute could further anger non-Muslims who have ...
Obama said Islam is not the enemy, al-Qaida is. "We must never forget those who we lost so tragically on 9/11, and we must always honor those who have led our response to that attack â from the firefighters who charged ...
a Palestinian leader of the Fatah Islam group. Awad's aide, Ghazi Faysal Abdullah, who was also known as "Abu Bakr," was also killed in the gunbattle in the town of Chtaura, in the eastern Bekaa Valley, the official said ...
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WikiLeaks 'will not be threatened' by Pentagon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Saturday that his organization would publish 15,000 documents from the Afghan war as planned ...
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An inside look at the Paris Grand Mosque, which is serving as a kind of incubator for a moderate strain of France's second religion that the government hopes will head off any ...
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With tensions high between the Western and Islamic worlds, Dubai's leaders are trying to help with an unusual new form of tourism in this Gulf Arab boomtown best known ...
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Muslim pilgrims circle Islam's holiest site, the Kaaba, in traditional white robes, with new additions â umbrellas and face masks â at the opening of the annual hajj
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Observing Ramadan? There's an app for that The most ancient traditions of Islam are going high-tech, with a slew of modern offerings for those observing the holy month of Ramadan ...
U.K. troubled by anti-Islam rallies - World news - Europe - msnbc.com
Violent clashes between anti-Islam demonstrators and Muslim counter-protesters in English cities are worrying the government, with one British minister comparing the ...
N.Y. governor may propose relocating Muslim center
NEW YORK â New York Governor David Paterson plans to discuss relocating a proposed Muslim cultural center and mosque to a less emotionally charged location farther from New York City's "Ground Zero" site of the Sept ...
South Florida Muslim Leader Opposes Mosque Near Ground Zero
Shaikh Shafayet Mohamed is an unlikely opposing voice in the heated debate over a proposed Islamic center just two blocks from the site of the World Trade Center. The spiritual head of Darul Uloom in Pembroke Pines ...
are not Muslim. They are not the faith I believe in and practice." Mayor Michael Bloomberg found himself defending the plans again Monday, after the controversy erupted anew over the weekend. "If we shout down a mosque ...
Holy month, hot days mean football nights in Mich.
The moonlight practice is tailored for Restum and fellow Muslim teammates who make up a majority of the Fordson High School squad in the large Arab community of Dearborn. It's a way for the players to practice football ...
WASHINGTON â The U.S. Senate's senior Democrat broke with President Barack Obama on Monday over the proposed Muslim cultural center and mosque in New York City, with Senator Harry Reid saying it should be built ...
The breakout of such a dispute during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan shows how religion has become a new front in the battle between the rival Palestinian governments. Each has ruled only its own territory since the ...
Suicide bomb and cafe blast rock Russia's Caucasus
... Christian regions of Stavropol and North Ossetia highlight the insurgency's recent trend to spill over from the traditional epicenter of violence in the mainly Muslim regions of Dagestan, Ingushetia and Chechnya.
... President Barack Obama for standing up against a proposed Mosque near the site of the former World Trade Center -- the first target of airplane attacks by Muslim terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001. 2,995 people died that ...
MANILA, Philippines â Hundreds of Muslim guerrillas have undergone combat training and sought more weapons in the southern Philippines to bolster their military muscle in case planned peace talks with the ...
Backers of a Muslim cultural center and mosque near the site of the World Trade Center vowed on Monday to press ahead with plans despite a report they will scrap the $100 million project, which has drawn fierce debate ...
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Italy's most prominent Muslim commentator, who has spoken out against Islamic fanaticism, converted to Roman Catholicism on Saturday during the Vatican's Easter vigil ...
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Muslim preachers and scholars on Friday called for reconciliation between the West and the Islamic world following the cartoon uproar but told a conference on religious ...
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For a generation of Muslim American children, the challenge is navigating between the demands of their faith and their desire to fit into the broader local culture.
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Muslim pilgrims gather under blazing sun at Mount Arafat for prayers during the annual hajj, a day after torrential rains killed dozens of people in Saudi Arabia.
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Hymen repair, fake virginity certificates and other deceptions, said to be commonplace in some Muslim countries, are practiced in France and elsewhere in Europe, but ...
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A Muslim woman on Wednesday sued a Michigan judge for telling her to remove her headscarf in his courtroom, claiming he violated her First Amendment right to practice ...
Muslim-Hindu punk rockers push buttons - U.S. news - Life - msnbc.com
A small, but growing, South Asian and Middle Eastern punk rock movement in the U.S. is attracting children of immigrants and drawing scorn from some traditional Muslims.
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An Australian Muslim cleric has urged children to be martyrs for Islam and referred to Jews as pigs in a series of DVDs, sparking condemnation by the government and ...
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A lavishly illustrated âAtlas of Creationâ is mysteriously turning up at schools and libraries in Turkey, proclaiming that Charles Darwinâs theory of evolution is ...
Before Omar Abdullah aims at getting martyrdom from those brown shoes hurled at him, he better understands that this individually-expressed ire against him is not the same as the movement he will ditch the moment he gets some sops from the Centre for himself.
The tragedy is that despite media and Kashmiris making the needed noise about Kashmiri Muslims being needlessly falling victims to police firing in the Valley, the trend still continues.
Ironically, now the Central government is in the process of making amendments in the bill relating to foreign companies. The said bill seeks to delete the clause that allows American suppliers to be sued for damages in case of accident due to negligence on their part. The move which, at best, can be termed as insensitive and ridiculous, only shows our scant regard for human life.
The authorities must resign if they canât act. They must give up the rights provided to them by the laws through which they support the sinners and hide their sins. Laws must take away all rights from the irresponsible elected representatives of the people. They must be replaced as they canât control the situation.
Advertisement of those who shun publicity: RSS and its catch 22
Photographs in an advertisement can be as much revealing as the ones taken in hot action. How could the photos of two girls from Azamgarh be used to advertise how Muslims have a secure financial future and brighter prospects in Gujarat?
Batla encounter: NHRC relied only on police version
The NHRC first asks for a report from the department and if that report is found satisfactory, the probe is closed. If that report is found inadequate or incomplete, the NHRC can start its own probe.
The propaganda that Muslims marry four times and produce large number of children is oldest and communal elements have done their best to prove this right but contrary to all this, statistics show that in this country our Hindu brethren are ahead of Muslims in marrying more than once. And all this is in spite of the fact that among Hindus there is no concept of second marriage in the presence of the first wife whereas Islam has allowed more than one marriage with certain conditions and restrictions of course, if need arises. Against this, Hindu Marriage Act neither allows second marriage (or wife) nor has it got any legal status. In spite of all this, if the prevailing situation in India is reviewed, it becomes quite clear that as compared to Muslims, the practice of having a second wife is more among Hindu households.
Now it is becoming clear that the politics of Gadkari will have the reflections of Modi and Varun Gandhi. But, the more the BJP highlights Narendra Modi the greater the possibility of allies deserting the BJP ship.
The Hindutva brigade is opposing the establishment of the Aligarh Muslim University centres in order to keep Muslims perpetually backward and illiterate. Their opposition is understandable because they do not want to see the emergence of educationally empowered Muslim society. Unfortunately opposition is also coming from those who are âold boysâ of AMU and claim to be Muslim âleadersâ. This seems surprising but personally the author is not at all surprised.
Kashmir: Act before foreign forces land in Srinagar
The army bullets once again prove what our enemies claim that India is interested only in the land of Kashmir and not in its people. Manmohan is fast becoming Jagmohan for Kashmir.
Indian Muslims: Discontent over judicial interventions in personal laws
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), the apex Muslim body concerned with the protection of the personal laws, as a part of its follow-up exercise, after its three days general body meeting, has started to organise for the long battle against what is being termed as âinterference with Muslim Personal Law by the honourable judges.
It was clear when the so-called "Love Jihad" controversy hit the headlines that there was no effective voice projecting the Muslim point of view. Almost all the other channels come alive when it comes to criticizing the Muslim community. Dharshana is believed to be a remedy for such challenges.
What are we learning from Israeli security experts?
Sometimes Batla House-like fake encounter takes place, sometimes a collective encounter like Sulaiman Bakery is staged and then efforts are made to defend such horrendous cases. This makes us think that all such inhuman acts have been learnt by our police and security forces from Israel.
Mockery of Ideals â the "west" does it time and again!
Salman Rushdie has been criticized by a majority of the world Muslims but he has his own following as a writer. Similarly Dr. Naik earned both critics and fans among Muslim as well as non-Muslims.
Muslims in Spain campaign to worship alongside Christians
Muslims in Spain are campaigning to be allowed to worship alongside Christians in Cordoba Cathedral -- formerly the Great Mosque of Cordoba.
Today, at the original Cordoba mosque in Spain, there is no call to prayer, only the ringing of church bells. That's because the former mosque is now a working Catholic cathedral, performing a daily mass.
It's been a Cathedral since Spain's Christian monarchy conquered Cordoba in the 13th century, but the site remains significant for Muslims as a symbol of Islam's golden age of learning and religious tolerance. The Mosque of Cordoba was once famed for allowing both Christians and Muslims to pray together under the same roof.
Now, some Muslims are trying to repeat that history. Mansur Escudero, a Spanish convert to Islam, is leading the movement that is pushing for the right of Muslims to pray at the Cordoba Cathedral.
"I don't think it's important for Muslims. I think it's important for humankind," Escudero says. "We think this is a beautiful paradigm of tolerance, knowledge, culture. People of different religions living together."
Muslim parents charged with daughter over Facebook fling
Parents of a Muslim girl have been charged with beating and imprisoning their 19-year-old daughter after they discovered she had been in an alleged secret relationship with a man she met on Facebook.
Husband and wife Abdul Aziz and Parveen Akhtar, of Bordesley Green, Birmingham, are in police custody after they were arrested by West Midlands Police.
Mr Aziz, 47, has been charged with false imprisonment, two counts of making threats to kill, and assault. Mrs Akhtar, 44, is charged with false imprisonment and two assault charges.
As Egyptian TV channels wage a fierce fight to win audiences and advertising money during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, some imams worry that the bombardment of soap operas and historical dramas will distract Muslims from performing their religious traditions.
A group of Canadian imams on Friday denounced radical Islam in a joint statement that promotes peace and calls for equality between men and women.
The seven point declaration, signed by 38 influential clerics belonging to the Canadian Council of Imams, is designed to be read in hundreds of mosques across Canada at the start of the holy month of Ramadan.
A Dutch court has rejected a wrongful dismissal lawsuit brought by prominent Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan, saying the city of Rotterdam had good reasons for ending his contract.
The Swiss-born Ramadan was dismissed from positions at Erasmus University and the city in August 2009 after he hosted a program on Iranian state television. The City of Rotterdam said the appearance could be seen as endorsing the regime in its crackdown on protesters.
Islamic marketing: marketers target Muslim consumers
For decades, many Western company failed to appreciate the unique needs of Muslim consumers, marketing experts say. Worse, some companies offended potential customers by not understanding religious sensitivities. But as the Islamic population has grown in size and affluence â there are now 1.57 billion Muslims worldwide â more multinationals are seeking to tap into the market.
Instead of simply importing products and advertising from the West, companies are increasingly developing marketing campaigns â and formulating products themselves â with Muslims firmly in sight.
âIslamic marketing,â some experts say, is the next wave in branding, and now, as the holy month of Ramadan begins, activity is surging.
Muslims around the world could be setting their watches to a new time soon when the world's largest clock begins ticking atop a soaring skyscraper in Islam's holiest city of Mecca.
Saudi Arabia hopes the four faces of the new clock, which will loom over Mecca's Grand Mosque from what is expected to be the world's second tallest building, will establish Mecca as an alternate time standard to the Greenwich median.
The clock is targeted to enter service with a three-month trial period in the first week of the holy month of Ramadan on or about August 12, according to the Saudi state news agency SPA.
Aug. 11, 2011 marks this year's start of Ramadan -- the ninth month of the Islamic calendar.
It was during this month that the first verses of the Qur'an are said to have been revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. Participating Muslims refrain from drinking, eating and sexual activities from dawn until sunset.
Fasting is intended to teach Muslims the virtues of patience, humility and spirituality, and is carried out as an offering to God.
In Chechnya, gangs of men dressed in black, from the Centre for Spiritual and Moral Education, roam the streets lecturing passers-by about the evils of alcohol and the right kind of Islam.
Young men accused of siding with rebel fighters have disappeared from their beds at night never to be seen again. Their relatives have been arrested and their homes burned to the ground.
Women too are targeted by President Ramzan Kadyrov's reforms.
In 2007, in violation of Russian law, he issued an edict banning women and girls without a headscarf from schools, universities and other public buildings.
Since June, unidentified men with paintball guns have driven round the centre of Grozny shooting at girls with uncovered heads.
Kadyrov boasts that Chechen men can take "second, third and fourth wives" and that polygamy, illegal in Russia, was the best way to revive his war-ravaged republic.
According to some estimates, one in five Chechen marriages begins when a girl is snatched off the street and forced into a car by her future groom and his accomplices. The internet is full of videos of these "bride stealings" set to romantic music.
Muslim man at centre of French firestorm over polygamy charged with aggravated rape
A Muslim Frenchman cited by officials as a reason behind a crackdown on polygamy has been charged with aggravated rape, the state prosecutor said Sunday.
Xavier Ronsin said Lies Hebbadj, who lives in the Nantes region of western France, was charged with aggravated rape based on a complaint from a former companion.
DTCMÂs charity caravan distributes more than 30,000 Islam-related books and CDs to residents in Dubai
United Arab Emirates: The Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM), organisers of the 9th Ramadan Forum, which is being held under the patronage of Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation, launched the charity caravan program today featuring the distribution of multilingual publications, booklets and CDs about Islam and its rituals across Dubai, in cooperation with the authorities in the UAE.
Film producers set their production budget at EUR100m for new epic about the birth of Islam
United Arab Emirates: The producers of The Messenger of Peace, a major new film depicting the birth of Islam have appointed Dubai based Millennium Finance Corporation to attract a limited number of high quality co-investors for the project.
Over 30,000 visit ÂArts of Islam exhibition in six weeks
United Arab Emirates: The ÂArts of Islam: Treasures of Nasser D. Khalili exhibition, which runs at Gallery One in the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi until April 22, has received over 30,000 visitors since it opened in late January.
Exclusive ladies only sessions for ÂArts of Islam viewing
United Arab Emirates: A special Âladies only session has been built into the visitor programme for the ÂArts Of Islam: Treasures from the Nasser D. Khalili Collection exhibition which is currently running in Gallery One of the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi.
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal honoured for humanitarian contribution to Islam
United Arab Emirates: His Royal Highness Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, CEO of Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding Company, was honoured with the coveted Life & Continuing Contribution Award for his outstanding humanitarian contribution to Islam, during a glittering gala dinner last night to celebrate excellence in Islamic Finance at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai.
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Qatar: Qatar-based Islam Online, one of the worldÂs most visited bilingual Islamic Internet portals, has chosen Comtrust, the e-solutions business unit of Etisalat, to create an eHosting solution for the Middle East.
Muslim Heritage Consulting launches world's first Muslim history image library
United Arab Emirates: Dubai-based Muslim Heritage Consulting has launched the world's first online image library dedicated to the history of the Muslim world, aptly named www.MuslimHeritageImages.com
Ogilvy and MatherÂs research defines the global rise of the 'New Muslim Consumer'
Egypt: As political and business leaders of the Muslim world came together in Kuala Lumpur for the 6th World Islamic Economic Conference, a tectonic shift is happening in the Muslim world. According to Ogilvy & MatherÂs survey on ÂIslamic BrandingÂ, a new generation is redefining what it means to be modern and Muslim, creating new meanings of religious pride, economic progress and global citizenship.
Fifth Annual Al Jazeera Forum to focus on 'The Arab and Muslim World: Alternative Visions'
Qatar: Al Jazeera announced their Fifth Annual Forum, which will be held in Doha from 22-24 May. Titled ÂThe Arab and Muslim World: Alternative Visions the event will bring together journalists, political analysts, activists, media experts, and intellectuals to take an in-depth look at alternative visions for the Arab and Muslim World by presenting the views of emerging movements, non-state actors, civil societies, and governments that are changing the power matrix of the region.
HSBC Qatar prepares Qatari delegates for their Mosaic International Summer School
Qatar: To inspire leadership within Muslim communities across the globe, 45 regional participants will join an international group of delegates that are being brought together for the inaugural Mosaic International Summer School which is being held in the UK between 17 July  1 August 2009.
HSBC partners with Mosaic to launch first international summer school
United Arab Emirates: To inspire leadership within Muslim communities across the globe, 45 regional participants will join an international group of delegates that are being brought together for the inaugural Mosaic International Summer School which is being held in the UK between 18 July  1 August 2009.
2nd World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists fosters partnerships for effective development
United Arab Emirates: The 2nd World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists (WCMP) concluded today after several key developments had been achieved that indicate an evolution in Muslim giving.
Hilton International backs the United Kingdom's Festival of Muslim Cultures
Saudi Arabia: Celebrating the rich cultural and artistic expressions of the Muslim world, the United KingdomÂs recently launched Festival Of Muslim Cultures aims to develop understanding and diversity of a culture often misunderstood in the UK.
IslamiQ team up with Muslim Aid and MERCY Malaysia
United Arab Emirates: IslamiQ, the first online company dedicated to meeting the Islamic investment and financial needs of the global Muslim community, has joined 'MERCY Malaysia' and 'Muslim Aid' to promote their Afghanistan humanitarian campaigns, via its Zakah and Sadaqah Payment Gateway, featured on its www.IslamiQ.com site.
United Arab Emirates: Dubai-based Muslim Heritage ConsultingÂs groundbreaking 1001 Inventions exhibition
that unveils the hidden history of Muslim science and invention is poised to begin its
world-wide tour and will reach Dubai by the end of the year.
Middle East: The notion of ethical investing goes back at least to 1758, when the Quakers banned profiting from the slave trade. But the market for ethical investments has always remained a niche. The goals of maximizing profit and fulfilling a moral agenda conflict more often than they complement one another, and investors who want to put ethics first have turned out to be relatively few.
Etihad to support global young Muslim leaders' project
United Arab Emirates: Etihad Airways is to partner the UK-based Mosaic International Summer School which draws together young Muslim leaders from across the world in a forum to support them in their careers and communities.
Muslim immigrant hopes collide in Adhen: Dernier Maquis
United Arab Emirates: The latest film from Algerian-French director Rabah Aimeur-Zaimeche, Adhen: Dernier Maquis, is set in an industrial yard that becomes a strangely beautiful setting for a dispute among Arab and African Muslim immigrants in the Paris suburbs.
ICCI signs MoU with Hemaya to protect consumers in the Muslim world
Saudi Arabia: The Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Jeddah based Hemaya Universal which designs strategies and spreads awareness on consumer protection in the Muslim world.
United Arab Emirates: The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has launched a new Muslim Visitors Guide, as part of its campaign to attract visitors to the South East Asian Island state.
Ground-breaking cross cultural Muslim-Danish Forum
United Arab Emirates: The Tabah Foundation of Abu Dhabi, in conjunction with TaÂaheel, recently hosted Litaarafou (The Search for Mutual Understanding): The Muslim Danish Dialogue Forum.
SingaporeÂs Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs visits UAE
United Arab Emirates: SingaporeÂs Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs and Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Dr. Yaacob Ibrahim, has visited the United Arab Emirates as part of a fact-finding and information exchange tour of the Middle East.
A lawyer for a north Florida school district says a handful of students have been sent home from Alachua County schools this week for wearing shirts that read "Islam is of the Devil."
Megachurch pastor Rick Warren addresses US Muslims
Defying some of his fellow conservative Christian critics, one of the most prominent religious leaders in the country told several thousand American Muslims on Saturday that "the two largest faiths on the planet" must work together to combat stereotypes and solve global problems.
There was a time when Barack Obama wasn't eager to highlight his ties to Islam. Now, Obama is the U.S. president. And his audience is bigger and more diverse: a world that includes 1.5 billion Muslims.
President Barack Obama's speech to Muslims also had a huge and attentive Jewish audience, attuned to any suggestion that he might soften U.S. support for Israel or make nice with Iran at the expense of the Jewish state. His careful words illustrate the constraints posed by Obama's political obligations as he tries to reinvigorate America's honest-broker status in the Islamic world.
The arrest of four Muslim ex-convicts in an alleged homegrown terror plot in the Bronx is renewing fears about the spread of Islamic extremism in the nation's prisons.
Muslim clerics debating the exploding popularity of Facebook in Indonesia said Friday that followers could use the networking site to connect with friends or for work — but not to gossip or flirt.
An influential Islamic group branded an online video game depicting religious figures fighting each other as offensive to Muslims and Christians and successfully demanded Tuesday that it be taken offline.
In 2003, imams in northern Nigeria fomented a boycott of polio vaccinations claiming they were a Western plot to make Muslims infertile or infect them with AIDS. The result: The number of newly crippled children rose by more than double the following year, and there were fears that the disease would spread into a dozen neighboring countries.
Two activists accused Russia's government on Friday of encouraging prosecutors to target Muslims on trumped up charges of terrorism and extremism, and said the abuse could lead to anti-government unrest.
Italy's interior minister has drafted new rules for public protests after a few hundred Muslims ended a rally earlier this month by praying in front of Milan's cathedral.
The leader of an al-Qaida-linked Lebanese group has probably been killed in Syria, according to a statement purportedly posted by the faction on an Islamic militant Web site Tuesday.
Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco have banned this week's issue of L'Express International, a French newsmagazine, saying its cover story titled "The Jesus-Muhammad Shock" offended Islam.
The Moroccan government has banned an issue of the French magazine L'Express International, claiming it insults Islam in articles exploring the relationship between that religion and Christianity.
Newspapers that carried an advertising supplement in recent weeks containing a DVD critical of radical Muslims have faced complaints from readers and questions about whether newspapers should offer a platform to everyone willing to pay for distribution.
A U.S. Muslim advocacy group Tuesday asked the Federal Election Commission to investigate whether a nonprofit group that distributed a controversial DVD about Islam in newspapers nationwide is a "front" for an Israel-based group with a stealth goal of helping Republican presidential candidate John McCain.
Best-selling author Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a prominent critic of Islam, said it's difficult living in isolation because of death threats from Muslims offended by her work.
It hurts too much to lie on his back, so the 7-year-old has spent the past month stretched out on his stomach. His two grandmothers sit on the hospital bed beside him, fanning the pink flesh left exposed by his teacher's whip.
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage against an Islamic civil rights group over its use of a portion of his show in which he called the Quran a "book of hate."
The first stone was laid Wednesday at the Louvre's new Arts of Islam gallery, the first major modern architectural addition to the museum since its famed glass pyramid was built in the 1980s.
AP IMPACT: Islamic schools lure African boys into begging
On the day he decided to run away, 9-year-old Coli awoke on a filthy mat. Like a pup, he lay curled against the cold, pressed between dozens of other children sleeping head-to-toe on the concrete floor. His T-shirt was damp with the dew that seeped through the thin walls. The older boys had yanked away the square of cloth he used to protect himself from the draft. He shivered.
Malaysia will soon require non-Muslims to inform their family before converting to Islam, a move welcomed Friday by minority religious groups who said it will help ease ethnic and interfaith tensions.
Kastriot Sadiku has a confession: Like a good Muslim, he was near a mosque when Kosovo declared independence. But like a good Kosovar, he was just around the corner, sipping suds at his favorite pub.
Some 100 Islamic groups in Malaysia called Wednesday for wider powers for Shariah courts and stricter enforcement of religious and moral doctrines ahead of general elections next month.
Indonesia's best-known radical cleric was charged Wednesday with helping plan terrorist attacks in the world's most populous Muslim nation — a crime that carries a maximum penalty of death, police said.
Hundreds of Muslim guerrillas have undergone combat training and sought more weapons in the southern Philippines to bolster their military muscle in case planned peace talks with the government falter, a military report said Wednesday.
Prison officials can ban employees from wearing religious headscarves out of concerns they pose a safety risk, a U.S. appeals court in Philadelphia ruled Monday in a split 2-1 decision.
Muslims who attended a conference in Austria's capital criticized European countries Sunday for considering the possibility of banning face-covering veils, saying it is counterproductive and regressive.
France's parliament will vote on a resolution aimed at reaffirming the nation's values — and specifying that Muslim veils that cover the face are contrary to gender equality.
Judge dismisses lawsuit over Muslim scarf in court
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against a Wayne County judge who was accused of violating a woman's right to practice her religion when he told her to remove her Muslim headscarf.
A woman driver wearing an Islamic face veil has been fined by French police for not having a clear field of vision. The fine was small, but it garnered big attention Friday and may illustrate what is to come as the president pushes to outlaw the veils nationwide.
Philippine troops clashed Wednesday with a top Muslim militant commander and dozens of fighters suspected of trying to seize a key predominantly Christian southern city in a daring attack the previous day that killed at least 13 people.
Parliament panel in Belgium approves banning burqa
A parliamentary committee unanimously voted Wednesday to ban the wearing of face-covering veils in public, a major step in the legislative process that could make Belgium the first European country to impose such a religious prohibition.
France's highest administrative body warned Tuesday that a total prohibition on full-body Islamic veils in public risks being found unconstitutional in a setback to President Nicolas Sarkozy's goal of an all-out ban.
The province of Quebec passed landmark legislation Wednesday that stipulates Muslim women will need to uncover their faces when dealing with Quebec government services.
Protests by Muslims leave 2 dead in southern India
Thousands of Muslims protesting a newspaper article they say was critical of Islam clashed with police in southern India, leaving at least two people dead and dozens injured, police said Tuesday.
Muslim guerrillas said Wednesday they have rejected the Philippine government's latest autonomy offer, making it difficult to forge any peace accord before President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo leaves office in June.
The attorney of a jails chaplain charged with trying to smuggle three razor blades and a pair of scissors into a lockup said Wednesday there's "absolutely no reason to believe" his client knew the items were in his bag.
Officials: Anti-Muslim images are protected speech
Two Minnesota prosecutors say they won't file charges against a man who investigators say admitted posting anti-Muslim images in front of a mosque, a Somali-owned store and other spots.
Artwork from the Punjab state of India decorates the Ray family home. A Johann Sebastian Bach statue sits on a piano. But in the basement — cluttered with wires, old concert fliers and drawings — 25-year-old Arjun Ray is fighting distortion from his electric guitar.
Many Jews consider Christmas Day an opportunity to serve their community while Christian neighbors celebrate their holiday. This year, what's also known as Mitzvah Day in southeast Michigan is getting an added boost from Muslims.
A radical Muslim cleric claims Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Hasan asked him about killing American soldiers nearly a year before Hasan allegedly shot to death 13 fellow soldiers at Fort Hood.
Around 700 Swiss Muslims peacefully protested against their country's minaret ban on Saturday, with speakers denouncing what they called a hate campaign against Islam.
An Arizona man facing prison time for lying to authorities in a terrorism-funding investigation could have been a big help to authorities because of his past involvement with a Muslim charity that aided Hamas, an FBI agent testified Friday.
âEven if we provoked friendly nations, commit crimes on their soil, violate local and international laws â Israel could get away with it all, because of the Holocaustâ.
I recently attended a talk, entitled âLegacy of the Heroes of Islamâ and I realised the key message emphasised by the event - we can all become heroes of Islam.
Video: Boycott of Zionist Blood Dates gains momentum
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This Ramadhan, MPACUK and other organisations are launching a nationwide campaign to stop Muslims from buying Zionist Blood Dates; a campaign which has made the Israeli Ambassador to the UK, Ron
How hard can it be to determine when Ramadhan starts? It can't be that hard - after all, every Mosque, household and individual knows when the blessed month starts.
Muslims are facing oppressive times and as such need to be aware of the importance of giving Zakat intelligently for it to benefit our brothers and sisters suffering all over the world.
The year is 2030. Finally, the decade-long campaign has ended and much of Europe has been cleansed of its Muslim population, just like the Jewish population in the early 20th Century.
MPACUK has always supported the struggle for Palestinian freedom and we've been notified of a petition being created calling for our government to stop arming Israel.
MPACUK has some brilliant techies, so as the new CEO Iâve asked them to start work on my genius new solution for multiplying MPACUKâs capability â robots to fight the jihad. Weâre waitingâŠ
âSurvivors of the Holocaust are entitled to feelings that are irrational. Their anguish entitles them to positions that others would categorise as irrational or bigoted.â
American hate pastor Terry Jones is collecting copies of the "Koran" at his church to mark this coming September 11th as the first âInternational Burn a Koran Dayâ.
