Muslim and civil liberties activists disagree. They argue that authorities are enforcing minor violations by Muslims and Arabs, while ignoring millions of other immigrants who flout the same laws.

Finally, our guards at Guantanamo Bay are getting the hang of showing "reverence and respect" toward that "fragile piece of delicate art" (military-speak for the Koran), and, wouldn't you know it, our politicians and pundits, from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Republican Sen.

They went on to suggest that the policy targets innocent people. “We cannot sanction the targeting of Muslim populations and mosques, or any other community group or institution, to gather intelligence without any suspicion or cause that a specific individual or group of individuals,

Now that we are envisioning planting a democracy in New Iraq, all the more the killing cult known as “Islam” comes to the fore. It will not give up. Islam does not recant. It is driven by a so-called divine dictate from Allah as stated in the so-called Holy Book, Koran.

We all know what happened on September 11, 2001 - Osama bin Laden inspired 19 Muslim extremists to hijack commercial airplanes and fly them into the World Trade Center and Pentagon. But what if it didn’t happen that way at all?

In the most significant case involving what prosecutors have called the Virginia jihad network, an American-born Muslim cleric was convicted on Tuesday of inciting followers to wage war against the United States just days after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

On Monday, community members and church leaders gathered at the center in a show of solidarity. "It is imperative we stand together," said Rabbi Zvi Ish-Shalom of Congregation Har Shalom in Fort Collins. "If a brick is thrown at the Islamic Center, it's the same as if a brick were thrown at the synagogue."

A federal jury is weighing whether an American Islamic scholar declared war on America in 2001 or, as defense attorneys contend, he was a hapless victim caught up in a massive dragnet of Muslim Americans.

A federal jury is weighing whether an American Islamic scholar declared war on America in 2001 or, as defense attorneys contend, he was a hapless victim caught up in a massive dragnet of Muslim Americans.

However reprehensible the attacks on September 11 were, responding effectively to the threat they represent requires the courage to confront the situation truthfully. Seeking to comprehend Islamist Jihadists by facilely asserting that they simply hate freedom...

Attention of the American Muslim community is distracted these days by a non-issue that is, if a woman can lead Friday prayers? This distraction is sparked by the drama of Friday prayers in New York led by a woman who says that she has problem with the Quran.

In the West, the prevailing view is that there exists a cultural divide. Cultural and religious factors are seen as responsible for the current state of Arab societies. Issues such as poverty, lack of economic opportunity, the low status of women, the spread of violence,

Fatten Elkomy said moving to the United States helped her strengthen her Islamic faith. A native of Egypt, Elkomy said the tradition of wearing hijab — the modest clothing that covers most of the body and head — was beginning to fade.

But they may have been the only two persons on the planet to be “shocked” to learn that teachers at an Islamic school are promoting anti-Semitism or other aspects of the Islamist agenda. The fact is, inquiries into Islamic schools repeatedly discover just such a radical Islamic outlook.

The Bush administration said yesterday it is close to reaching agreements with Saudi Arabia, Vietnam and Eritrea that would improve the state of religious freedom in the three countries of "particular concern" for Washington.

"Post 9-11, our community was hit twice," recalled Pharoan, a native of Syria who has been a U.S citizen since 1981. "First of all, we were hit by the events themselves „ there were Muslim-Americans who died in the World Trade Center. It didn't spare anybody."

Australians consider US foreign policy as dangerous as Islamic fundamentalism, and are more worried about global warming than terrorism, a survey has revealed.

"World War IV" does many other useful things as well. It moves the goalposts into the future, way off there in an endless generational struggle. In other words, it conveniently excuses much that might otherwise seem baleful or ridiculous in the present.

The American-Muslim community is under relentless scrutiny. It is facing intense pressures on many fronts and so is desperately in need of leadership that will unite its members against the injustices they face.

Not satisfied to control the White House, the Senate, the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court, the rest of the federal courts, most governorships and state legislatures, not to mention the most powerful amalgamation of capital and military force in the history of the world,

Police officers often make subjective calls. An individual carousing noisily around a street at midnight may be judged to be publicly drunk and arrested without a Breathalyzer test. A car weaving in and out of a lane will give an officer probable cause to pull over the driver.

With a heavy police presence keeping about a dozen protesters at bay, a woman went against hundreds of years of Islamic tradition by leading a prayer service yesterday where Muslim men and women sat together and worshiped inside an Upper Westside Episcopal church.

The Church Report magazine is pleased to announce the 50 Most Influential Christians in America. Thanks to you, the readers, for contributing the many phone calls and e-mails to nominate your candidates. The people represented on this Who’s Who list of Christians in America come from all walks of life.

Under the Bush administration, the federal government has aggressively used a well-established tool of public relations: the prepackaged, ready-to-serve news report that major corporations have long distributed to TV stations to pitch everything from headache remedies to auto insurance.

The warden and guards at a federal prison discriminated and retaliated against Muslim inmates, the Justice Department's inspector general said yesterday in a report that also detailed allegations of mistreatment of Muslims at other U.S. lockups.

This sad fact manifests itself clearly and overtly in many American mosques and other Islamic institutions. Women are often segregated into crowded, dirty sections where it is often impossible to see or hear the prayers or sermons that are conducted in the men's sections.

A pro-Palestinian professor at Columbia University, hailed by some Jewish students as a model instructor, is being barred by the New York City Department of Education from lecturing public-school teachers.

In the fall of 2002 Mr. Arar, a Canadian citizen, suddenly found himself caught up in the cruel mockery of justice that the Bush administration has substituted for the rule of law in the post-Sept. 11 world.

A former Virginia high school valedictorian who was held without charges in Saudi Arabia for 20 months was accused Tuesday of conspiring with al-Qaeda to assassinate President Bush.