Report: U.S. Mosques ‘Healthy and Growing,’ Active in Interfaith and Outreach Activities

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/20/12) –- The second installment in a series of reports based on the U.S. Mosque Survey 2011 released today indicates that Islamic houses of worship are “healthy and growing” and are engaged in a high level of educational, interfaith and outreach activities. A coalition of major American Muslim and academic organizations sponsored the…

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FACT CHECK: Republican presidential candidates misstate White House policy on Islam references

WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidates have claimed that the Obama administration is cleansing government files of references to radical Islam, an assertion so juicy that politicians keep repeating it — even though it’s a wild exaggeration. The latest to run with the story is former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who told a crowd in Des…

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