Islamic cleric linked to U.S. charter schools involved in Turkey’s political drama

December 26, 2013 By Valerie Strauss   A Muslim cleric who lives in seclusion in Pennsylvania and has been linked to a network of more than 135 public charter schools in the United States is believed to be deeply involved in the political drama that is unfolding in his home country of Turkey. The reclusive

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Islamic Banks, Stuffed With Cash, Explore Partnerships in West

December 25, 2013 By Nathaniel Popper   A noted Muslim law scholar, Yusuf DeLorenzo, recently pored through the books of Continental Rail, a business that runs freight trains up and down the East Coast. Along with examining the company’s financial health, Mr. DeLorenzo sought to make sure that the rail cars didn’t transport pork, tobacco

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Muslim Christmas Celebrations Gain Footing In America

December 24, 2013 By Omar Sacirbey   RNS – A generation or two ago, when America’s Muslims were new immigrants who made up an even smaller minority of Americans than they do today, the lights, trees, carols, gifts and festive spirit of Christmas were viewed by many Muslims as a threat to their children’s Islamic

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Lee Rigby killing: two British Muslim converts convicted of murder

The first Islamist terrorists to carry out their plan to murder on British soil without killing themselves in the process have been convicted of mutilating and attempting to behead a soldier, as the prime minister vowed to step up efforts to defeat the al-Qaida ideology of violence. British-born Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale (Adebolajo has

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