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FBI walks tightrope in outreach to Muslims, fighting terrorism
January 1, 2010 – 5:02 pm | No Comment
FBI walks tightrope in outreach to Muslims, fighting terrorism

By Jerry Markon
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, December 20, 2009; A05
At a retirement party last week for the head of the FBI’s Washington field office, Muslim and Arab leaders presented the guest of honor with a …

FBI tries to deport Muslim man for refusing to be an informant – After Imam Foad Farahi declined to become a federal informant, the government tried to destroy him
October 10, 2009 – 2:16 pm | No Comment
FBI tries to deport Muslim man for refusing to be an informant – After Imam Foad Farahi declined to become a federal informant, the government tried to destroy him

By Trevor Aaronson
Bush-Cheney and Kerry-Edwards signs littered the lawns of North Miami Beach as Imam Foad Farahi walked from a mosque to his apartment a few blocks away. It was November 1, 2004, the day …

Making space for Islam in the workplace – Expect more bids for religious accommodations as the number of practicing Muslims grows
September 30, 2009 – 9:03 pm | No Comment
Making space for Islam in the workplace – Expect more bids for religious accommodations as the number of practicing Muslims grows

By Sheeva J. Ghassemi
The National Law Journal

Due to the ever-increasing number of practicing Muslims in the United States, employers have been forced to confront Islam and the challenges it presents in the workplace. Muslim employees …

Observant Muslim Americans are patriotic, involved citizens
September 17, 2009 – 6:45 am | No Comment
Observant Muslim Americans are patriotic, involved citizens

By FAKHRUDDIN AHMED
As Muslim Americans fast from dawn to dusk to purify their body and soul during the holy month of Ramadan (Aug. 22 – Sept. 19), two insults were unfairly hurled their way. Mayor …

Suburban Reston Virginia Synagogue Doubles as Mosque During Ramadan
September 17, 2009 – 12:13 am | No Comment
Suburban Reston Virginia Synagogue Doubles as Mosque During Ramadan

RESTON, Va. — On Friday afternoons, the people coming to pray at this building take off their shoes, unfurl rugs to kneel on and pray in Arabic. The ones that come Friday evenings put on …

GTA Eid al-Fitr Festival – Exhibition Place, Sunday September 20, 2009
September 9, 2009 – 1:49 pm | One Comment
GTA Eid al-Fitr Festival – Exhibition Place, Sunday September 20, 2009

Ramadan Mubarak !
The Muslim Association of Canada (MAC) would like to invite you and your family to our Annual Eid Festival.
This year we anticipate over 15,000 attendees coming together to celebrate this wonderful holiday.
Inshallah, the …

What’s a Muslim teenager to do? – A handbook offers advice on dating, fasting, and misinformed classmates and teachers, By Julia McKinnell
April 23, 2009 – 5:02 pm | No Comment
What’s a Muslim teenager to do? – A handbook offers advice on dating, fasting, and misinformed classmates and teachers, By Julia McKinnell

By Julia McKinnell
If being a teenager is hard, try being a teen Muslim in North America post-9/11.
That’s why a mother and her two kids have come up with The Muslim Teenager’s Handbook.
The authors are Dilara …

Do you know the five pillars of Islam?
April 10, 2009 – 3:27 pm | No Comment
Do you know the five pillars of Islam?

JOE FRIESEN, Globe and Mail Update
One development related to the Bible’s diminishing influence has been the expansion of a certain kind of knowledge of non-Christian religious groups.
The era of multiculturalism in Canada has made many …