Armed forces to get their first Muslim chaplain
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Britain's army forces are to get their first Muslim chaplain, a defense ministry source was quoted as saying.
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A group of hardline Pakistani Muslim  clerics has bestowed a religious title on Osama bin Laden in  response to a British knighthood for the author Salman Rushdie.
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The UK's first stand-alone Islamic High Street bank,  aimed at the UK's 1.8 million Muslims opens in London on Wednesday.
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For most Muslims, the first day of Ramadan marks the start of a time dedicated to spiritual matters, to prayer, reflexion, moderation and piety.
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The holy month&#39;s fasting culminates in the feast of Eid al-Fitr and prayers for peace, tranquility and greater understanding. Colorado Muslims, including 1-year-old Mohammad Saif Islam of Denver, gather Sunday
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Keith Ellison, who will become the first Muslim member of Congress next month, has offended some conservatives with his plan to use the Quran during his ceremonial swearing-in.
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Muslim detainees at Guantanamo Bay entered Ramadan with traditional sweets, dates and honey &#151; but without a military chaplain to lead them in prayer during Islam's holy month.
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Iraq&#39;s majority Shiite Muslims have announced a broadly-based alliance ahead of next month&#39;s key elections, which is backed by their highest religious leader but excludes radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
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A group calling itself the Army of Muslims - said to be a new military arm of the Taliban â-laimed responsibility Thursday for the abduction of Filipino diplomat Angelito Nayan and two other United Nations election workers in Afghanistan, Al-Jazeera
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A minister orders an inquiry into an Islamic school which is accused of promoting religious intolerance.
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Some Muslim congregations are seeking native imams who can discuss issues that seem relevant to young people.
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TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.  - A Syrian-born  Muslim airman was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge on  Thursday for possession of classified documents and for taking  unauthorized photographs while stationed at the U.S. prison  camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Keith Ellison, who will become the first Muslim member of Congress next month, has offended some conservatives with his plan to use the Quran during his ceremonial swearing-in. The decision by Ellison, D-Minn., to use the Muslim holy book for the ceremony instead of the Bible triggered an angry column by Dennis Prager on the Web site Townhall.com this week.
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ISTANBUL, Aug 28 (IPS) - Overriding concerns by the ever-watchful military  and the secularists, Turkey's parliament elected foreign  minister Abdullah Gul as the first Islamic-rooted president of  the 83-year-old republic on Tuesday.
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President Pervez Musharraf has said he will remain chief of the army staff beyond the date he promised. The move is almost certain to infuriate his Islamic and secular opponents.
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Â· Appointment marks win for Muslim democrats Â· Prayer mats to enter residence for first time
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The army commander, a Muslim himself, favors a softer approach to separatist guerrillas in the three Muslim provinces.