Muslims Asked to Concentrate on Righteous Deeds
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JEDDAH, 16 October 2004 - Sheikh Saleh Al-Taleb, one of the imams of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, yesterday called upon Muslims to outdo each other in righteous deeds to win rewards during Ramadan.
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The diary of a reluctant Muslim at Ramadan.
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CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy  - Pope Benedict told Muslim   envoys on Monday that Christian and Muslim believers must   reject violence, in an audience meant to defuse anger at his   use of quotes saying Islam was spread by the sword.
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Bangladeshis preparing for Ramadan said they hoped the holy Muslim fasting month would calm political tempers and lead to talks to end a row over electoral reforms that has polarised the nation.
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The group's key goals are aimed at cultivating new members and a militant spirit. But Islamic reaction has been lukewarm.
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia  - Muslim leaders in Saudi  Arabia rejected Friday U.S. criticism of religious constraints  in the kingdom, saying the cradle of Islam had a duty to uphold  its own faith.
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While the four-day trip is aimed at reaching out to the Orthodox, expectations are high for the pope to also reach out to Muslims.
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Pope Benedict told religious leaders, including Christians, Jews and Muslims, on Sunday that faiths must work together to stamp out religiously motivated hatred which uses God as an excuse for violence.
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Muslim leaders are launching a "rights and responsibilities" in response to fears over anti-terrorism policing.
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How will a stand against violence play in the Muslim world?.
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JERUSALEM -- Hoping to quell days of Muslim protests, Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox Jewish mayor yesterday ordered a review of construction outside a holy site at the heart of the Arab-Israeli conflict, a spokesman said.
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A month of fasting and spiritual contemplation began yesterday for the 30,000 members of London&#39;s Muslim community. The start of the holy month of Ramadan was signalled Thursday night by sighting of the new crescent moon.
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The UK's leading Christian leader has tried to damp down controversy surrounding comments he made suggesting that some aspects of Muslim Sharia law could become part of British law.
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On Muslim holidays, hundreds of faithful hoping to pray at the city's Ditib Mosque are forced to spread their prayer rugs in a nearby parking lot and follow the service on loudspeakers. The mosque holds only 600 people.
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Airport officials said Friday they will consider setting aside a private area for prayer and meditation at the request of imams concerned about the removal of six Muslim clerics from a US Airways flight last week.
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Clerics in Saudi Arabia, which is fighting a violent campaign by al Qaeda supporters, must do more to stamp out militant thinking among Saudi youth, the interior minister said in comments aired on Tuesday.
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A powerful Shi'ite Muslim leader in Iraq called on Friday for U.S.-backed, mainly Sunni neighborhood patrols to be more tightly curbed under government control.