Muslims looking for a bank that upholds Islamic law, which forbids the charging of interest, are turning to the Islamic banking sector, which is growing fast in Nigeria and elsewhere.
Palestinians today officially launch their bid for statehood through the U.N. General Assembly, with the United States in the background trying to derail the plan.
German police are detaining two Muslim men who they say acquired materials for a bomb, and a Berlin mosque which the two attended was searched.
A French court has fined former Dior creative director John Galliano 6,000 euros, or about $8,500, for spewing anti-Semitic remarks at customers in a Paris cafe earlier this year.
Jumping into the fray over the lack of clergy at Ground Zero ceremonies in New York – progressive Christian clergy. Like their conservative Christian counterparts, they’re also peeved at New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s no-clergy decision, and plan a press conference to say so. But they’re also miffed at conservative Christians for “stirring up a media controversy.”
Meanwhile, evangelicals are flummoxed over the lack of evangelicals on the bill for the Washington National Cathedral’s at 9/11 prayer vigil.
The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations has launched a billboard campaign to show Muslim contributions to American society.
At the GOP presidential debate Wednesday night, candidate Jon Huntsman advised his Republican compatriots to stop denying evolution and running from science.
Even though a federal judge in July quashed an attempt to ban circumcision in San Francisco, the California state legislature wants to make sure no Golden State city ever tries to outlaw circumcision again, and has passed a bill saying just that. No word yet on whether Gov. Jerry Brown will sign it.
A federal judge sentenced the fourth and final defendant in the Bronx synagogue bombing plot to 25 years in prison, while dissing the government’s role in nurturing the violent plan and questioning whether the term “terrorist” should apply to the convicted.
The California Supreme Court will allow supporters of Proposition 8 – the gay marriage ban – to appeal a federal judge’s decision that declared the 2008 ballot measure unconstitutional.
– Lauren Markoe
