Author: Nazila Fathi

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/world/middleeast/13iran.html?_r=1&hp

In a year of marriage, Razieh Qassemi, 19, says she was beaten repeatedly by her husband and his father. Her husband, she says, is addicted to methamphetamine and has threatened to marry another woman to “torture” her.

Rather than endure the abuse, Ms. Qassemi took a step that might never have...

Author: Emily Gosden

Source: The Times Online

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5712737.ece

A far-right Dutch politician will attempt to defy a government ban on his entering Britain today, amid a diplomatic row over his right to visit.

Geert Wilders, an anti-Islamist, will fly in to Heathrow to attend a screening of his film Fitna at the House of Lords hosted by the UKIP peer Lord Pearson of Rannoch....

Author: Ruth Gledhill

Source: The Times Online

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article5711595.ece

Anglicans were commanded to “go forth and evangelise” yesterday in a dramatic assertion of missionary fervour that could jeopardise carefully built-up relations with Muslims, Jews and other faiths.

The established Church of England put decades of liberal-inspired political correctness behind it in a move...

Author: Stewart Bell

Source: National Post

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1275285

A Toronto mosque is offering a "12-step extremist detox program" for radical Muslims that its director says is the first of its kind in Canada.

The Specialized De-radicalization Intervention program is intended to provide "treatment and counselling" to young Muslims sympathetic to the al-Qaeda ideology.

The Muslim leaders behind...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Fox News

Wire Service: AP

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,490849,00.html

The British government has banned Dutch right-wing lawmaker Geert Wilders from visiting the country to show his anti-Islam film "Fitna" at the Houses of Parliament.

Wilders was invited by a member of British Parliament's upper house, the House of Lords, to show his 15-minute film, which criticizes the...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: USA Today

Wire Service: AP

http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2009-02-10-saudi-mosques_N.htm

A Saudi Arabian official says mosques can be the only places of worship in his country, rejecting pressure to change heavy restrictions on religions besides Islam.

Saudi Arabia, home to Islam's holiest sites, implements a strict version of Islamic law.

It...

Author: Jackie Cutler

Source: Your4state.com

http://your4state.com/content/fulltext/?cid=53341

A local Muslim leader's efforts against terrorism have caught the eye of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Imam Yayha Hendi is head of the Islamic Society of Frederick.

For more than seven years now his organization has been helping to increase awareness about the Muslim culture and fight terrorism.

His efforts are now being...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/south_yorkshire/7880690.stm

A Sheffield head teacher who resigned after complaints over her plan to scrap separate assemblies for Muslim pupils has called for a "constructive debate".

Julia Robinson had wanted to hold one assembly for pupils of all faiths at Meersbrook Bank Primary School.

Her replacement said the school did now...

Author: Matthai Kuruvila

Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/09/MN2D15J4HD.DTL

As credit markets have imploded, triggering a global economic crisis, Islamically correct investors have seen a change of fortune: The conservative principles this small group of devout Muslims clung to during the economic heyday has insulated them from the worst of the past year's suffering....

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7878413.stm

Muslim mothers in north-west London are being offered advice on how to spot the signs that their children are viewing extremist material on the web.

Harrow Council is running an e-safety course advising mothers to look out for signs such as browsers being shut down suddenly and emails sent to strangers.

The one-day course...

Author: Jessica Ravitz

Source: CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/02/09/muslims.america/index.html

Hailey Woldt put on the traditional black abaya, expecting the worst.

The last time she'd worn the Muslim dress that, with a head scarf, covered everything but her face, hands and feet, she was in Miami International Airport, where the stares were many and the security check thorough.

This time, she...

Author: Calum Davey

Source: The Daily Pennsylvanian

http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2009/02/09/News/The-44th.President.Muslims.still.Waiting.For.Results-3618916.shtml

Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, "there has been a sense of fear about being a Muslim" in America, said Fariha Khan, associate director of the...

Author: Trevor Williams

Source: GlobalAtlanta.com

http://www.globalatlanta.com/articlevid/17141/212/#ad_1

The diverse Muslim community in Atlanta reflects the spirit embodied by President Obama, that a new page of inclusiveness has been turned in American history, an Islamic scholar said during a recent GlobalAtlanta interview.

The Georgia capital was the 50th out of 60 cities Akbar Ahmed is visiting as part of his “Journey Into...

Author: Chris Cobb

Source: Ottawa Citizen

http://www.canada.com/Life/story.html?id=1262335

A veteran open-line radio host in Ottawa contravened Canadian broadcasting standards when he made “abusive and discriminatory” remarks against Muslims, the national broadcast watchdog ruled Friday.

According to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council, Lowell Green launched an “uninformed and unfair” attack when he told his CFRA...

Author: Tim Craig

Source: The Washington Post

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/virginiapolitics/2009/02/moran_camp_wants_spruill_to_ap.html

Del. Lionell Spruill (D-Chesapeake) apologized today for saying on the House floor yesterday that he doesn't like to hear prayers of different religions, "especially those of the Muslim faith that I don't care too much about."

Spruill, who is also a member of...