Pakistan: The Shame and the Promise (11-30-10)
The world is shocked by the death sentence imposed in Pakistan on Asia Bibi, a young Christian mother of five, imprisoned under the country's controversial blasphemy statute.

CAIR: Judge Bars Certification of Okla. Anti-Islam Amendment (11-29)
Strongly-worded ruling supports Muslim plaintiff's legal arguments

Pakistan mother denied presidential pardon for 'insulting Islam' (11-29)
Asia Bibi, a Christian, has been sentenced to death after falling foul of the country's blasphemy law

In apparent retaliation, Oregon mosque hit by arson attack (11-29)
Someone broke into the Salman Al-Farisi Islamic Center in Corvallis, Ore., where accused terrorist Mohamed Osman Mohamud occasionally worshiped, and started a fire early Sunday morning, destroying a computer, a chair and a copy of the Koran.

Can there be dialogue with Islam without religious freedom? (11-25)
The case of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy, raises the question whether there can be dialogue with Islam if there is no religious freedom

PANORAMA: A Response to “British Schools: Islamic Rules” (11-23)
“British Schools: Islamic Rules” ran the title of this week’s Panorama on BBC1. It dealt with what it considered questionable material being taught in British schools.

Judge Extends Ban on Anti-Shariah Measure (11-23)
A federal judge in Oklahoma said she needed another week to decide if the state's new constitutional amendment barring courts from recognizing Shariah, or Islamic law, discriminates against Muslims.

UN Initiative Would Protect Islamic Persecution of Christians in Middle East (11-23)
At its meeting in Mexico in December, the members of the United Nations General Assembly will vote on an initiative sponsored by the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) entitled the “Elimination of all forms of intolerance and of discrimination based on religion or belief(document A/C.3/65/L.32/Rev.1).”

'Anti-Semitic material being taught in UK Islamic schools' (11-22)
BBC documentary reveals: Some 5,000 Muslim children being taught from Saudi textbook which teaches that Jews are transformed from pigs, apes.

Official: Pakistan Christian innocent of blasphemy (11-22)
A Pakistani Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy against Islam is innocent, a government minister investigating the case said Monday, adding he was hopeful she would be granted a presidential pardon and be freed.

Sharia law dispute goes to court (11-21)
A federal judge will hear arguments Monday on a preliminary injunction against one of the most contentious ballot measures in this month's elections -- an Oklahoma referendum that banned state courts from considering international or Islamic law when deciding cases.

Islamic ‘Sacred Law' punitive toward women (11-20)
Muneer Awad (Your Views, Nov. 14) says Sharia isn't law. I invite readers to purchase “Reliance of the Traveller: The Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law,” an English translation of official Islamic jurisprudence for Sunni Islam.

Islam is rising, beware! (11-19)
A religion is at war with us! At war with Christians and Jews. At war with America and Israel. At war with Europe and the entire, free, democratic world.

Judge refuses to halt mosque (11-18)
Rutherford County can continue to issue more building permits to the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro for construction of a new mosque, Chancellor Robert Corlew III ruled Wednesday.

Searchlight takes on the Islamic extremists (11-18)
The anti-fascist publication Searchlight, which was behind the "Hope Not Hate" campaign to stop the British National Party in east London, is to expand its operations to oppose the Islamophobic English Defence League and Islamic extremism itself.

Pastor & Wannabe Koran-Burner In NYC, Still Doesn't Like Islam (11-17)
The controversial Florida mustache-enthusiast who threatened to burn a bunch of Korans on Sept. 11, didn't, and then got a free car out of the deal, returned to Ground Zero yesterday a humbled man.

The Left's delusion over Islam is baffling to Middle Eastern Christians (11-17)
Two more Christians murdered in Iraq on Monday night and another three yesterday, as the community is driven to extinction.

EGYPT: Prominent blogger freed after four years in jail (11-17)
An Egyptian blogger whose case epitomized the struggle for freedom of expression in cyberspace has been freed after serving four years in prison on charges of insulting Islam and defaming President Hosni Mubarak.

State Question 755 Certification Stalled (11-16)
At least one result of the Oklahoma midterm elections has yet to be certified because it is held up in court by a lawsuit.

Pakistani Woman Appeals Death Sentence for ‘Blasphemy’ (11-15)
District judge bows to pressure of local Muslims, handing down stunning sentence to Christian.

UK's Islam Channel Censured for Guests Advocating Marital Rape (11-15)
The recent decision by voters in Oklahoma to ban Islamic Sharia law from the courtrooms of their state has already been met with a legal challenge and a federal restraining order, setting in motion a court battle which will necessarily involve a protracted discussion of the role of Sharia law in the life of Muslims.

America 'never will be' at war with Islam, Obama declares in Indonesia speech (full text) (11-15)
With comments continuing about President Obama's empty hands on his return Sunday from a 10-day investment of presidential time in Asia, considerable attention has focused on his speech at the University of Indonesia (full text below).

Lebanon arrests radical Islamist cleric Omar Bakri (11-15)
Bakri is reportedly 'under lock and key' after a car chase with gunfire.

Islamic Christian Alliance (11-14) 
The Islamic-Christian Alliance (ICA) is a grass roots effort to explore the similarities of the Islamic and Christian faiths.

Hajj the fifth pillar of Islam (11-14)
Millions of pilgrims from the world over are presently assembled in Makkah to perform the annual Hajj pilgrimage as commanded by Almighty Allah in the Holy Quran.

Marketing the ‘religion of peace’ (11-12)
I’m trying to sort out why elites on the political left are going out of their way to make the rest of us feel good about Islam.

Palestinian Held For Facebook Criticism Of Islam (11-12)
A blogger who set off an uproar in the Arab world by claiming he was God and insulting Allah is now behind bars -- caught in a sting that used Facebook to track him down.

Hearing over Tenn. mosque turns into 'circus' of attacks on Islam, vague rumors of Muslim plot (11-11)
Islam is suddenly on trial in a booming Nashville suburb, where opponents of a new mosque have spent six days in court trying to link it to what they claim is a conspiracy to take over America by imposing restrictive religious rule.

Pope calls for religious freedom in Muslim states (11-11)
Pope Benedict Thursday said all states must guarantee the freedom for everyone to practice their faith publicly, a clear criticism of some Muslim countries where religious rights are restricted.

Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan (11-11)
A Christian woman has been sentenced to  death for blasphemy in Pakistan, two police officials told CNN Thursday.

Court Blocks Oklahoma Sharia Ban (11-10)
In yet another indication of the increasing alienation of the political elites from the popular will, U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange on Monday granted a temporary restraining order blocking Oklahoma’s brand-new anti-Sharia law.

Blame Terrorists, Not Scripture (11-9)
Can Islam catch up?

Britain's Islam Channel Censored After Condoning Marital Rape, Violence Toward Women (11-9)
A Muslim religious channel in Britain is being censored after allowing presenters on air to condone marital rape and violence toward women, and for calling women who wear perfume in mosques "prostitutes."

Faith Groups Differ Over Mosque Near Ground Zero (11-9)
A new public poll reveals that faith communities are split over the best way to resolve the disagreements regarding the Islamic center planned near Ground Zero in New York.

Judge blocks Oklahoma's ban on Islamic law (11-8)
A federal judge Monday blocked an amendment to Oklahoma's state constitution that would bar the use of Islamic religious law in state courts after American Muslims challenged the proposal in court.

Caliphate on the Range? The Shariah Precedent in American Courts (11-6)
Judging by how Oklahoma voted in the recent election, one might conclude that despite its tiny Muslim population, Oklahoma was on the verge of becoming an Islamic caliphate in Middle America.

Wife of German Islamist on trial; man arrested (Roundup) (11-5)
The wife of a jailed German Islamist remained silent in a Berlin court on Friday, as she went on trial for allegedly supporting a militant group affiliated with al-Qaeda.

Muslim Sues Oklahoma Over Anti-Shariah Ballot Measure (11-4)
Just two days after Oklahoma voters approved a ballot measure banning state courts from considering Islamic or international law when ruling on cases, a local Muslim has filed a federal lawsuit saying the measure is unconstitutional.

Point of View: Out of Sight, Out of Mind, Dead—Iraqi Christians Targeted (11-4)
On Sunday, October 31st, Islamic terrorists set off a car bomb and then took dozens of worshippers hostage at Our Lady of Salvation Catholic Church in Baghdad. A few hours later, at least fifty-eight people were dead.

Sooner State Shuns Sharia (11-3)
Oklahoma voters handily passed a ballot measure forbidding state courts from relying on Islamic law, known as sharia, when making rulings.

Rushdie: Stewart's Cat Stevens stance 'depressing' (11-2)
The presence of the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens' was a dissonant note for some, who find it hard to forgive Yusuf Islam's backing calls for the death of the author Salman Rushdie in 1989.

Bill Maher Stands By Islam Remarks: I’m a Proud Westerner (11-2)
And when I say Westerner, I mean someone who believes in the values that Western people believe in that a lot of the Muslim world does not.

Radical Islam's War On Christianity (11-1)
52 Christians and security personel were killed in Iraq over the weekend.