By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 12 October 2007 Muslims around the world are ready to celebrate one of the most important holidays on the Islamic calendar, Eid-al Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. In Indonesia, which has the...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 11 October 2007 The Muslim holy month of Ramadan is drawing to a close. For many Egyptians, the month of fasting also brings cherished traditions, including special dishes and social gatherings that last long into the nigh...
By Ade Astuti and Susy Tekunan Chicago, Illinois 05 October 2007 In the days before Ramadan, young Muslims from all over the United States gathered in Chicago, in the midwestern state of Illinois for the most popular Muslim matchmaking event in the c...
By Kane Farabaugh Grand Island, Nebraska 04 October 2007 Last December, JBS Swift and Company -- the world's second largest processor of beef and pork -- temporarily suspended operations when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided pla...
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 18 September 2007 A Muslim human-rights group held a small demonstration in downtown Nairobi to protest what it said was the rendition of at least 117 people from Kenya to Ethiopia as part of the U.S.-led war on terror. Nick W...
By Katie Photiadis Washington 03 September 2007 A new American subculture is emerging - Muslim punk rock. Islam is not often associated with punk rock, but like young people across many cultures, Muslim youth are expressing themselves through punk mu...
By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 17 August 2007 The death toll from a series of suicide attacks on Iraq's Yazidi sect on Tuesday continues to rise. Officials now estimate at least 400 people were killed and hundreds more wounded when four truck bombs expl...
By Brian Wagner Miami 16 August 2007 U.S.-born Muslim convert Jose Padilla has been found guilty of conspiring to commit terrorist acts abroad. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports a jury found that Padilla and two co-defendants were guilty after a t...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 03 August 2007 The Thai Government is seeking closer links with Muslim countries, part of a two-pronged strategy to end separatist violence in three of its southern provinces. Even as the government was announcing the plan, at l...
By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington 23 July 2007 A group of Muslim women from around the world is participating in a summer leadership program at the U.S Congress and George Washington University. The program is designed to educate the participants abou...