Author: Raphael G. Satter

Source: Forbes

Wire Service: AP

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/01/12/general-eu-britain-islamist-group_7268805.html

The British government banned an Islamist group notorious for glorifying al-Qaida and tied to terror plots at home and abroad, but its Lebanon-based spiritual leader promised to reorganize under a different name.

The group,...

Author: Kim Severson

Source: The New York Times

Author: Eileen Ng

Source: The Detroit News

Wire Service: AP

http://www.detnews.com/article/20100111/NATION/1110351/1041/LIFESTYLE04/Malaysian-church-attacks-damage-ties-between-Christians--Muslims

Eight churches have been attacked over three days amid a dispute over the use of the word "Allah" by non-Muslims, sparking fresh political...

Author: Jane Yager

Source: Global Post

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/germany/100108/islam-terrorism-security-islamophobia

In the wake of the Christmas Day terror attempt aboard an American airplane, countries on both sides of the Atlantic have turned their attention to places within their borders where potential terrorists may be radicalized or recruited. But in one part of Germany, heavy...

Author: Aomar Ouali

Source: Chicago Public Radio

Wire Service: AP

Author: John Esposito

Source: The Washington Post

http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/panelists/john_esposito/2010/01/islams_pluralism_problem.html

Recent attacks against Coptic Christians in Egypt and firebomb attacks on churches in Malaysia have raised major concerns about deteriorating rights and security for religious minorities in Muslim countries. In the town of Nag Hamadi, near...

Author: Anwar Ibrahim

Source: Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding

http://cmcu.georgetown.edu/86516.html

We are outraged by the tragic attacks on our Christian brothers and sisters and reiterate our unequivocal condemnation of the bombing of churches in Malaysia. Today’s attack on the oldest standing church in Malaysia, the All Saints Church in Taiping, is an attack on our nation’s heritage.

As a nation we...

Author: Russell Contreras

Source: The Washington Post

Wire Service: AP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/08/AR2010010803635.html

Artwork from the Punjab state of India decorates the Ray family home. A Jo hann Sebastian Bach statue sits on a piano. But...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The New York Times

Wire Service: Reuters

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/world/middleeast/10egypt.html

Muslims and Christians set fire to one another’s homes and shops near the southern Egyptian town of Nagaa Hamady on Saturday, three days after a gunman killed six Coptic Christians in drive-by shootings, security officers said.

“Four houses and a shop...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Islam Online

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8447450.stm

Three churches have been attacked in Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur, ahead of protests by Muslim groups.

The administrative offices of one church were destroyed by a firebomb attack and one of the other two churches attacked was slightly damaged.

Some Muslim groups are angry at a court decision allowing non-Muslims to use the word Allah to refer...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Chicago Tribune

Wire Service: AP

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-in-rel-islamicsociet,0,3289690.story

Islamic Society of North America has picked a lawyer and educator from Chicago as its new secretary-general. 

Safaa Zarzour (SAF'-uh ZAR'-zur) will be the top executive of the Plainfield-based organization, which is the country's...

Author: Richard Down

Source: Daily Post

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2010/01/08/course-to-help-unsderstand-islam-launched-in-flintshire-55578-25550980/

A course in Islamic culture is being set up in a historic library in a bid to halt bigotry and foster religious tolerance.

St Deiniol’s Library in Hawarden, Flintshire, is set to host...

Author: Cassie Spodak, Jamie Guzzardo and Yvonne Kalawur

Source: CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/01/08/massachusetts.security.policy/index.html

A Massachusetts college has modified a controversial security policy after criticism it infringed on the religious rights of students, a school official said Friday.

The policy originally banned any head covering that obscured the student's face while engaged in student...

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8447993.stm

France has deported a Muslim preacher to Egypt for making public speeches inciting violence against the West.

Announcing the move, Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux described Ali Ibrahim el-Soudany as a "dangerous individual".

Mr Soudany, who had for months been preaching at a mosque near Paris, was expelled on Thursday, officials said.

Mr Hortefeux said the Egyptian citizen had been "calling for...