Mention the Muslim holy month of Ramadan to 8-year-old Afra Mirza and her sparkling brown eyes widen with anticipation.

* Regarding "Arrest of Cat Stevens breaks trust with moderates" (NCR, Oct. 8): A high-ranking U.S. official once asked me, "What is the single most detrimental scenario we must avoid at all costs, if we are ever to convince the world that our fight is against terrorism and not Islam?"

Nationwide, leaders say Muslim Americans have been registering to vote in unprecedented numbers.

The Republican challenger to U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) drew heavy criticism Friday from a group of Muslim and interfaith activists for saying that he wouldn't object to the government placing spies inside U.S. mosques.

Congressional candidate Kurt Eckhardt's comments about not trusting Islam drew renewed criticism Friday from Chicago-area Muslims who called a news conference to say such statements have no place in political campaigns.

To repair the relationship between America and the Muslim world, citizens and leaders on both sides must confront stereotypes and miscommunications, a panel of five experts said Tuesday night.

To repair the relationship between America and the Muslim world, citizens and leaders on both sides must confront stereotypes and miscommunications, a panel of five experts said Tuesday night.

The Republican challenger to three-term Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky said Monday he's distrusted Islam "for years" and supports the federal government planting human monitors in mosques to track the activity of those practicing the religion there.

In commemorating the third anniversary of 9/11, our grief as American Muslims is twofold. On one hand, we deplore the attack on our country.

I was gravely disappointed by a political cartoon on the Sept. 9 Editorial page that collectively portrayed Muslims as hypocrites. The cartoon suggests that Muslims are indifferent to the massacre of children and innocents.

An Ashburn church had its privileges of being a polling place taken away when its pastor made negative comments on the development of a mosque in Orland Park.

On Wednesday, Cook County election officials moved five polling sites out of an Orland Park church because of controversial comments made by that church's pastor.

Cook County election officials are moving five polling sites out of a south suburban church whose pastor says all Muslims are either involved in terrorism or they are financial supporters of it.

Chicago, IL - The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) has announced that a Muslim worker in Illinois filed a religious and national origin discrimination lawsuit against a subsidiary of Sears, Roebuck and Co., one of the nation’s largest retailers.

Three days after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Mohammed Salah gathered with hundreds of fellow Muslims at a rally outside of the Bridgeview mosque where he would worship.

Aside from the Thanksgiving holiday, Muslim-Americans also celebrated Eid al Fitr, or the end of Ramadan, the holiest period to those of the Islamic faith.

Chicago, September 24 (IslamONline.net) – Leaders of the Muslim community vocalized their frustration in objection to the light sentence was issued by the 5th District of Cook County Circuit Court against a man who threw a bomb at a Chicago Muslim family last March.

Responding to a dramatic rise in reported hate crimes against Muslims, national and local Islamic leaders on Thursday asked the Islamic community to step out and educate more Americans about their religion.