Muslim Youth Find A Bridge In A U.S. Tradition: Scouting

    By Tara Bahrampour Washington Post Staff Writer Standing before 100 or so girls in green, brown and blue Girl Scouts vests, Sarah Hasan, the leader of Brownie Troop No. 503, explained the Islamic Ramadan fast. “We’re not allowed to eat or drink anything from dawn to dusk for a whole month,” she said, noticing that…

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      British Asians In Identity Crisis, Post 9/11

      By AMIT ROY London: A growing number of young people of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin have been so traumatised by the aftermath of 9/11 that they now prefer to identify themselves as “British Muslims” rather than as “British Asian”, a provocative BBC radio documentary claimed on Tuesday night. The programme on BBC Radio 4, Don’t…

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        France Issues Expulsion Order Against Cleric

        BREST, France, April 9 (AFP) – France on Friday issued an expulsion order against an Algerian Muslim cleric seeking asylum in the country, accusing him of trying to convert young people to a radical form of Islam.

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