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On top 500 list, US Muslim presence continues to dominate

By Julie Poucher Harbin — October 12, 2015
(RNS) Since at least 2012, the U.S. has outpaced nations with a far larger Muslim population, netting at least 40 notable people of influence on the “The Muslim 500: The World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims.”

What Muslims want in a new pope

By Omar Sacirbey — March 11, 2013
(RNS) The selection of the 266th pope comes at a critical juncture in Muslim-Catholic relations, which have been marred by persecution of Christians in the Muslim world, Islamophobia in Western countries and rioting between Muslims and Christians across Africa.

U.S. Muslims worry about fall-out from Libya attacks

By Omar Sacirbey — September 12, 2012

(RNS) After a mob of Islamic fundamentalists attacked American embassies in Egypt and Libya, leaving at least four Americans dead, Muslim Americans said the violence abroad would increase hostilities against them in the U.S. By Omar Sacirbey.

Mosque construction continues to attract opposition across U.S.

By Judy Keen / USA Today — May 31, 2012

CHICAGO (RNS) Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks animosity toward Muslims sometimes has taken the form of opposition to construction of mosques and other Islamic facilities. In the last five years, there has been ``anti-mosque activity'' in more than half of U.S. states, according to the ACLU. By Judy Keen.

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