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Sarah Obama not up for conversion – Kenya’s Muslims fume at church over move to convert president’s grandma
April 27, 2009 – 11:56 am | No Comment
Sarah Obama not up for conversion – Kenya’s Muslims fume at church over move to convert president’s grandma

From Agence France-Presse
A Protestant church in Kenya is trying to convert U.S. President Barack Obama’s step-grandmother to Christianity against her will, a Muslim group said this week, condemning the move as provocation.
The Seventh Day Adventist …

U.S. Border Screening Under Fire – Report released today by the Asian Law Caucus of San Francisco
April 22, 2009 – 5:10 pm | No Comment
U.S. Border Screening Under Fire – Report released today by the Asian Law Caucus of San Francisco

By Spencer S. Hsu
Washington Post Staff Writer
Civil liberties groups are renewing calls for the Obama administration to change screening at border posts by limiting questions about Americans’ political beliefs …

Yusuf Islam’s past, present in harmony on new album
April 18, 2009 – 3:41 pm | No Comment
Yusuf Islam’s past, present in harmony on new album

By Ann Donahue
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) – Yusuf Islam is wearing a starched white shirt and sitting on a stark white couch at Hollywood’s Roosevelt Hotel, sipping tea from a white teacup and admitting that he’s …

VIDEO: Designer Rabia Zargarpur Rocks Muslim Fashion
April 16, 2009 – 1:47 pm | 8 Comments
VIDEO: Designer Rabia Zargarpur Rocks Muslim Fashion

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Designer Rabia Zargarpur is causing quite a stir in the Muslim and fashion worlds alike.
As Sheila MacVicar reports, she is making modest and traditional clothing chic.

Dutch MP plans sequel to anti-Islam film Fitna
April 16, 2009 – 1:37 pm | No Comment
Dutch MP plans sequel to anti-Islam film Fitna

From CBC NEWS
Dutch politician Geert Wilders is planning a sequel to his controversial anti-Islam film Fitna, to be released in 2010.
In an interview with Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf published on Thursday, Wilders revealed some of …

INTEGRATION: Growing up Muslim Amongs Jews – By Reba Khan
April 16, 2009 – 1:12 pm | No Comment
INTEGRATION: Growing up Muslim Amongs Jews – By Reba Khan

By Reba Khan
Publisher: Alt Muslim
As a Muslim-American, the author discusses how her Muslim parents immigrated to the United States and found commonality …

The Spread of the Tablighi Jama’at Across Western, Central and Eastern Java and the Role of the Indian Muslim Diaspora – By Farish S. Noor
April 16, 2009 – 11:55 am | No Comment
The Spread of the Tablighi Jama’at Across Western, Central and Eastern Java and the Role of the Indian Muslim Diaspora – By Farish S. Noor

The Spread of the Tablighi Jama’at Across Western, Central and Eastern Java and the Role of the Indian Muslim Diaspora

By Farish S. Noor
Publisher: RSIS
The author explains that the Tablighi Jama’at …

THE AFGHAN MISSION – Canadian officer doubles as base imam
April 13, 2009 – 3:52 pm | No Comment
THE AFGHAN MISSION – Canadian officer doubles as base imam

By JESSICA LEEDER
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN — Parading through a chapel with a five-metre wooden cross hoisted overhead is an unusual way to get ready for Muslim prayers.
But you do what you have to do when you’re …

Patrick Cockburn: Can Obama turn rhetoric into the reality of peace with the Muslim world? The President’s bridge-building is welcome. But it will take more than words to erase the damage done by his predecessor
April 8, 2009 – 3:45 pm | No Comment
Patrick Cockburn: Can Obama turn rhetoric into the reality of peace with the Muslim world? The President’s bridge-building is welcome. But it will take more than words to erase the damage done by his predecessor

The start of the Iraq war in 2003 marked a crucial break between the US and almost all the states of the region. “None of Iraq’s neighbours, absolutely none, were pleased by the American occupation …

Faith and unreason: The headteacher hounded from her job – Erica Connor took a failing school and turned it into a beacon of academic achievement and racial harmony. So why was she driven from her job by religious extremists and misguided officials? Tim Walker hears her story
April 6, 2009 – 3:20 pm | No Comment
Faith and unreason: The headteacher hounded from her job – Erica Connor took a failing school and turned it into a beacon of academic achievement and racial harmony. So why was she driven from her job by religious extremists and misguided officials? Tim Walker hears her story

On a Friday afternoon in September 2005, just two weeks into the new school year, Erica Connor walked away from the job she loved. The head of the once-thriving New Monument school in Woking, Surrey, …

Episcopal minister defrocked after becoming a Muslim
April 2, 2009 – 6:13 pm | No Comment
Episcopal minister defrocked after becoming a Muslim

By Patrick Oppmann
SEATTLE, Washington (CNN) — Ann Holmes Redding has what could be called a crisis of faiths.
For nearly 30 years, Redding has been an ordained minister in the Episcopal Church. Her priesthood ended Wednesday …

Arrest of Canadian Mufti Forces Community to Deal with Child Sex Abuse
April 10, 2001 – 7:04 pm | No Comment
Arrest of Canadian Mufti Forces Community to Deal with Child Sex Abuse

By Faisal Kutty – Sexual abuse of children is on the rise in North America and as the list of victims grow, so does the number of communities forced to deal with it.
Unfortunately, Canada’s Muslim …