MIAMI (AP) — The Muslim holiday of Ramadan falls during the long, hot days of August this year, and Muslim Americans are getting ready to accommodate the daylight fasts required during the month-long period with adjustments in their schedules and eating habits. It can be even tougher for Muslims in America than for their counterparts in majority-Muslim countries, where business ...

(Newly-wed Ummu Honey Lokman Hakim, 19, a member of “The Obedient Wife Club”, bows to her 23-year-old husband Mohd Syurahbil Amran, during a mass wedding ceremony in conjunction with the club’s launch in Kuala Lumpur June 4, 2011/Samsul Said ) Indonesian Gina Puspita traded a career in aircraft engineering for a mission to preach Islam and help young women build ...

A San Mateo woman is suing Abercrombie & Fitch after she was allegedly fired from her job at the company’s Hillsdale Shopping Center outlet for not removing her headscarf. The woman, who has not been identified, is a Muslim, and “she was told that her headscarf, though worn based on a religious mandate, was not in compliance with the company’s ...

It’s coming, folks. Wake up the neighbors. I’ll be in Houston speaking tonight (go here for tickets). Bring everyone you know. Get armed with knowledge. It’s war, and it’s just beginning. Possible Al-Qaida Hit List Targets Specific Americans NBC News hat tip Van An al-Qaida-linked website has posted a potential hit list of targets that include names and photos of ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Bahrain-based Elaf Bank B.S.C has received approval from the Government to carry out international Islamic banking business in the country under the Islamic Banking Act 1983. In a statement yesterday, Bank Negara said the Minister of Finance had granted approval to Elaf Bank. It said Elaf Bank was allowed to conduct a wide array of Islamic banking business ...

In Indonesia, a Muslim fundamentalist organization, the Islamic Defenders Front, held a prayer service late Wednesday for Osama bin Laden. The head of the country’s highest Islamic body expressed approval for the peaceful prayer service, but also support for the U.S. military action that killed the al-Qaida leader. Ahmad Shobri Lubis, the secretary general of the Islamic Defenders Front, praised ...