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Turkish Premier Erdogan: There Is No Islamic Terrorism

Muslims need someone to tell their real story

Moroccan Passover tradition brings Jews, Muslims together

ROCK THE CASBAH: Nasser Weddady and Eva Heinstein, from left, talk about their Mimouna festival at Moroccan Caravan in Somerville.

"Hijabi Monologues" Dispels Stereotypes of Muslim Women

"This piece is really about America. It is the American narrative by people who are often not seen as the face of America."

Muslim Students Bring Food, Conversation to Florida Homeless

Muslims help Sudanese Catholics to build a church

Moderate Muslims speak, but they are rarely heard

Home / News / Local Muslims and Jews will join for Tucson's 7th PeaceWalk

Muslim American Interest News

The Prom without Boys: Muslim teenagers remake an American rite of passage

Anju Mary Paul

For young Muslims, finding devout spouse in U.S. is difficult

The story of Cat Stevens' conversion to Islam

Return of the Cat, 30 years after embracing Islam

"I don't like applause" ... Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens.

Muslim Rap Group Uses Islam to Send Positive Messages

Islamic Heritage

Timely reminder of how Islamic culture helped Europe out of Dark Ages

Rumi: An Afghan-Born Poet
Whom Americans Love

BOOK REVIEW: Saladin, the only chivalrous warrior? —by Khaled Ahmed

Medieval Muslim Artists Employed Complex Math to Create Patterns

Muslim pattern makers were using highly intricate mathematical and geometrical techniques for creating decorative patterns that were not understood in the western world until well into the 20th century, according to new research.

One thousand and one treasures from the Islamic world on show

Muslims craft their own video games

ROLE PLAY: A screenshot from 'Al-Quraysh,' a strategy game that tells the story of the first 100 years of Islam.

Did Muslims Visit America Before Columbus?

Dedicated to the Muslims of Spain of 1492
who laid their lives to protect Andalus in the face
of aggression while struggling to uphold Islam.

Breast Cancer among Muslim Women

Hijabs go pink for breast cancer

Laura Bush builds bridges of hope and concerns

Laura Bush with participants in the Pink Majlis in Abu Dhabi yesterday. The US First Lady also addressed academics at the Shaikh Khalifa Medical City as part of her efforts to promote breast cancer awareness in the Middle East.

Grateful Kuwait Warmly Greets First Lady

Laura Bush Meets Breast Cancer Survivors

U.S. first lady Laura Bush checks out a head scarf presented to her by Saudi Dr. Samia al-Amoudi, unseen, during participation in a "Breaking the Silence" coffee with a Cancer Survivors Group, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. Laura Bush's trip to Saudi Arabia, her first to the oil-rich kingdom, is part of a regional tour that aims to highlight the need for countries to share their resources and unite in the fight against breast cancer. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Laura Bush expands drive to fight breast cancer

Breast Cancer Screening among Muslim Women

Mosques enlisted to battle taboo

Robertson named "Worst Person" for claiming "Islam is not a religion"

Obama SeekS to Alter Muslims'
View of U.S

President Obama spoke at Cairo University on Thursday, June 4, 2009

Obama speech in Cairo pleases American Muslims

President Obama sits with Saudi King Abdullah at the King's farm in Riyadh. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel talks with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal at right.

Obama invokes Quran in key points of Cairo speech

Obama: no permanent US presence in Afghanistan

Obama rebukes Bush's democracy-building effort

Obama backs women's rights in speech to Muslim world

Obama invokes Quran in key points of Cairo speech

Obama in Saudi Arabia

Obama defends religious freedoms in Cairo speech

Obama’s Speech in Cairo

Obama Renews Openness About His Muslim Roots Ahead of Egypt Speech

Addressing Muslims, Obama Pushes Mideast Peace

June 3, 2009: President Barack Obama receives a gift of a gold necklace called the King Abdul Aziz Order of Merit, the country's highest honor, from Saudi King Abdullah at the start of their bilateral meeting at the King's Farm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AP)

Headlines

Egypt's women on the march

Egypt shows 'clash of civilizations' was a myth

Will CPAC Enforce Sharia Law at its Annual Conference This Week in DC?

(At least) Two approaches to Islam at CPAC

Gingrich Refuses To Endorse Frank Gaffney’s Claim That Conservatives Are Being Infiltrated By 'Islamists'

Muslims in America topic of Albright panel

5 Reasons Why Branding Muslims as America's Enemies Is Dumb

CAIR Welcomes Sentencing of Times Square Bomb Plotter

U.S. Muslims Ask: When Will The Blame Game End?

Angelina Jolie Speaks Out Against Planned Koran Burning

Pakistan vows to help U.S. over NY bomb suspect

Pakistanis, Muslims Worry About NYC Bomb Fallout

Local Muslims Condemn Car Bomb Attempt

Speakers dispel misconceptions about Islam

Dr Jamal Badawi speaks at a presentation Thursday, April 7, 2010, at the University of Maine as part of Islamic Awareness Week sposored by the Muslim Students Associiation of UMaine.

New York City forum denounces FBI entrapment of Muslims in US

Why I am a Muslim

International conference on Sufism and peace begins in Pakistan

Muslim Stereotypes in Hollywood: Are they really fading?

More bias in US against Muslims than other faiths

Hate crimes against Muslims decrease

Fewer Americans see Islam as violent, poll finds

Burka use in France a 'marginal phenomenon': report

Study: American Muslims Exemplify Diversity

William Morris and the Muslims
Journalist Navid Akhtar examines the influence of Islamic design and values in the life of Victorian designer, poet, and craftsman William Morris.

In battle of the burqa, Obama and Sarkozy differ

Middle Eastern-inspired Fashion Pushes Buttons

Givenchy Couture, fall 2009.

Just Because It Looks Like a Burka Doesn’t Mean It’s Inspired By a Burka

French Fashion Designers Churn Out Stylish Burqas as Country Weighs Ban on Them

John Galliano, Carolina Herrera, Nina Ricci, and More Design Fancy Abayas

Megachurch pastor Rick Warren addresses US Muslims

Evangelical pastor Rick Warren speaks at the Islamic Society of North America 46th annual convention in Washington, Saturday July 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

Style @ Islamic Fashion Festival 2009

Hawaii's Islam Day resolution stirs passions here, on Mainland

iPhone helps American Muslims eat halal on-the-go

Obama approval highest among Muslims, Jews

Muslim Americans: A National Portrait

A view of the Muslim world, through the arts

Poll: Christians, Jews, Muslims back Obama

Egyptian-born US Muslim to advise White House

alia Mogahed joined the White House advisory group on American religious
constituents early April

Poll: U.S. split on Muslim allies

Most in Poll Back Outreach to Muslims

Arabic inscriptions of Spain's Alhambra decoded

The 'La Alhambra' in Granada

US Muslims: young, diverse, striving

In Muslim film contest, diversity wins

Link TV's "One Nation, Many Voices" film contest highlights a diverse and vibrant American Muslim community, with winners dealing with topics such as discrimination, community service, conversion, and unlikely friendships.

British police brutality exposed

When NYPD wears a Muslim topi

Photo by Stephanie Keith/Special to The Christian Science Monitor. Religious force: Khalid Latif in his police uniform at New York University.

FBI planting spies in U.S. mosques, Muslim groups say

The GOP's Muslim Connection

Obama pledges new start with Muslims

From Ice Cream Cones to Elvis Presley – Uncovering America’s Arab Roots

The Overlooked $170 Billion of American-Muslim Spending Power

Faith-based partnership formed

Sufi blessings for new Prez

Prince Charles visits mosque; meets Bohra Muslim's top leader

Obama's Muslim outreach - He became the first president in history to use the word "Muslim" in his inaugural address.

Obama Embraces His Middle Name: Hussein

Threads of tradition

'Sanctuary' exhibits the brilliant variety of clothing from the Muslim world

Rick Warren Tells Muslims He Loves Gays, Name Drops Melissa Etheridge

“I love Muslims…and for the media’s purpose, I happen to love gays.”

Sufism - Of saints and sinners

The Islam of the Taliban is far removed from the popular Sufism practised by most
South Asian Muslims

Moved by a Crescent

Maureen Dowd

Colin Powell's Tribute to Muslim-American War Hero, Kareem R. Khan

Colin Powell Salutes Muslim Americans in Obama Endorsement

Interfaith Dialogue

Theologian says Islam, Christianity share basic beliefs

Sheikh Odeh A. Muhawesh

Megachurch pastor Rick Warren addresses US Muslims

Pastor Rick Warren to address American Muslims

Muslim gathering to reach out to others

Growing up Muslim amongst Jews

Familiarity breeds understanding

An Appreciation of Islam: Q&A with Rabbi Reuven Firestone

Rabbi Reuven Firestone

‘Twinning’ events join synagogues with mosques - Ethnic foundation promotes activities to confront bigotry

Interfaith group finds dialogue rewarding

Catholics and Muslims Pledge to Improve Links

Los Angeles-area Catholics and Muslims no strangers to dialogue

Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, head of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, left, talks with Mustafa Ceric, head of the Bosnia Islamic Community, during a a three-day Catholic-Muslim forum hosted by the Vatican this month.

Catholics and Muslims Pledge to Improve Links

SOUNDS OF FAITH - PBS Documentary

Asma Hasan

What does it feel like to be Muslim in post-9/11 America?

My Muslim President Obama

Divanee Magazine Interviews Asma Hasan

> Asma Hasan's Africa Tour Photo Essay

Asma Hasan will rock your stereotypes about Islam in this refreshing book. Here is a young woman who embraces Islam, modernity, America, her family, and her friends -- all with enthusiasm and commitment.

Fareed Zakaria, Editor, Newsweek International, and Author of The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad

DONATE TO FLOOD VICTIMS IN PAKISTAN

Pakistan: MSF Increases Flood Response And Looks to Expand Services Further

A boy stands in a home wrecked by the flooding in Pakistan.

Imran Khan Foundation & MKRF join Hands

Pakistan: UN urgently seeks donations for flood survivors

Displaced children await Ramadan food packages in Jalozai Camp.

Clinton texts a $10 donation to Pakistan flood relief

Massive investment needed for flood recovery: Gilani

Gilani reaffirmed that his government was committed to ensure transparency in disbursement of assistance received from foreign donors.

Pakistan: health severely threatened after the floods

Roadside Refugees: Photog Speaks Out on Pakistan Flood

Pakistan Floods Destroyed $3.27 Billion in Rice, Cotton, Sugar Production

Gordon Brown to launch latest Pakistan appeal

Pakistan floods: 'When the children come running, it makes my heart drop'

Still marooned: plight of flood-stricken villagers in Pakistan's Sindh province

Plagued by bandits, threatened by malaria: island-villages remain desperate for aid as floods refuse to go away. Declan Walsh reports in the third of a four-part series

Muslim Women

The Hijab Gets A High-Fashion Makeover

The raging political debate about whether hijabs — the headscarves some Muslim women wear as a sign of religious devotion — should be banned or left alone has left one variable out of the equation: fashion.

Egypt Al-Azhar scholar supports French niqab ban

Saks Fifth Avenue stocks new line by Emirati designer

NEW COLLECTION: A design from Amal Murad's Redaa collection. (Supplied)

Kate Simon: At last, there's choice for the Muslim holidaymaker

On a typical halal holiday, Muslim families can enjoy fun in the sun while also being able to attend the mosque, avoid alcohol, eat halal food, dress modestly on the beach, and have access to separate swimming pools so that...

Candian Muslim creates pig-free cosmetics line

Layla Mandi, Canadian makeup artist who converted to Islam, shows her cosmetic line OnePure

John Galliano, Carolina Herrera, Nina Ricci, and More Design Fancy Abayas

Top designers try a revamp of Islamic abaya

Hijab Style

Muslim Women in U.S. Struggle to Balance Western Freedoms and Islamic Culture

A Lebanese American woman waits in line to pay her local taxes in Dearborn, Michigan.

Muslim woman tries to avoid the life of a spinster

Sarah Ali is a single Muslim woman who is opening a business called The Transformational Studio in Sugar Land.

Meet the 13 most powerful Muslim women in Britain

Muslim Women Heroes Celebrated in Award-Winning, Illustrated Book 'Extraordinary Women from the Muslim World'

Muslim Girl Magazine: In Their Own Words

French Women Don’t Get Flack

Rachida Dati. Photo: Pierre-Philippe, Getty Images. Simone de Beauvoir would be proud. Not only does France have a female foreign minister, but she’s 43, Muslim, unmarried, and recently gave birth while refusing to name the father of her child

Muslims seek high fashion

A short trapeze dress can be worn with jeans or other pants for a more modest look. Dress, Marc by Marc Jacobs. Jeans and bangles, H and M.
Photo by May Truong, courtesy of
Muslim Girl Magazine

Headscarf New Fashion Vogue

Big names in the fashion industry are leading the new headscarf fad with their designs.
(Telegraph Photo)

The Faith Club: Three women — a Christian, a Muslim and a Jew — embark on a quest for understanding

Authors of the Faith Club are (from left) Ranya Idliby, Kansas City native Suzanne Oliver and Priscilla Warner.

Queen Rania: ‘Wearing the veil is a
free personal choice’

Queen Rania says Muslim women don't have to wear veils

Female stars launch campaign to aid poor women, girls

Queen Noor of Jordan (L) and Ashley Judd

Muslim lifeguards patrol Australian beach once rocked by riots

Photo released by Surf Life Saving Australia shows a team of Muslim lifeguards including Mecca Laa Laa, centre, dressed in a modest “burkini,” patrolling Cronulla beach in Sydney. (AP)

For some Australian Muslims, surf's up

Hasan presents lecture, visits classes

Author Asma Hasan presented a lecture titled “Why I Am a Muslim” Wednesday, October 25 in Whitley Auditorium. The program was sponsored by the Liberal Arts Forum and the Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life.

Islamic center PARK 51

First images of 'Ground Zero Mosque'

Park51 project takes a giant step forward with new renderings from Soma Architects

Muslim American Congressman Calls for Tolerance

U.S. Congressman Keith Ellison

Hundreds rally in NY to support Ground Zero mosque

Rabbis Rally in Support of Ground Zero Mosque

Rabbi Arthur Waskow speaks at a news conference near the World Trade Center on Thursday in support of a proposed mosque near ground zero.

Many Religious Leaders (Except for Franklin Graham) Support Mosque

Atlanta Muslims Plan Vigil On 9/11

1,000 pray for peace at 9/11 service

Cynthia Tucker In memoriam: A Muslim victim of 9/11, a Muslim soldier

Visiting Ground Zero, asking Allah for comfort

Message to Muslims: I'm Sorry

Muslims and Islam Were Part of Twin Towers’ Life

Sinclair Hejazi Abdus-Salaam, now retired in Boca Raton, Fla., prayed at the trade center.

Michael Moore Raises $50K for Park51

Not one to sit idly on the political sidelines, Michael Moore has called for the building of a mosque not near Ground Zero, but on Ground Zero.

ACLU/NYCLU To Launch Bus Ads Supporting Park51

Planet Islamic: the $2trn battle for the halal market

Halal is no longer a minority taste. Arabian Business reports on the intensifying $2 trillion fight to win the hearts and wallets of Muslim consumers.

Imam used Jesus to plead case to pastor

Catholic Church backs Muslim struggle to build Milan's first mosque

While New York frets over the construction of an Islamic cultural center and mosque near ground zero, Milan is pushing back against construction of its first mosque. Local Muslims have found an unlikely ally in the Catholic Church.

I am a Muslim, America, and I would love to talk

Islamic inventions go on display in New York

The exhibition looks at the social, scientific and technological achievements of the Muslim world while celebrating the share scientific heritage of other cultures.