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Reuters ANKARA - Turkey headed on Wednesday for early parliamentary elections on July 22 to settle a standoff between the Islamist-rooted government and the secular elite over the countrys strict separation of mosque and state.

Yahoo News AFP - Several people were hurt Friday when police fired shots and used teargas and batons on Muslims protesting damage to a mosque in Indian Kashmir witnesses said.

Yahoo News AP - The mosque of Imam Kadhim the most revered Shiite shrine in Baghdad is a tempting target for Sunni insurgents. To protect it Iraqi and U.S. troops rely on the Mahdi Army the same Shiite militia that Washington considers a threat to Iraq039s stability.

San Diego Union-Tribune The irony surrounding the current 8220surge8221 in Iraq is that it might not be a surge at all. Prior to the bombing of Samara39s golden mosque in February 2006 the primary mission of U.S. forces in Iraq had been defeating or containing the Sunni Arab insurgency and related terrorism.

"kill all americans"
The Belmont Club To the very last one. The Jerusalem Post reports that the acting Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council gave a sermon at a Sudanese mosque calling for the annihilation of America and Israel asked Allah to kill Jews and Americans to the very Last One. Captain Ed and Atlas Shrugged

Maybe he was just trying to increase mosque attend
Daled Amos MAYBE HE WAS JUST TRYING TO INCREASE MOSQUE ATTENDANCE Yoni The Blogger has a post about Sheik Ahmad Bahr--the acting Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council--who gave a sermon on Friday about killing Israelis and Americans.Technorati Tag Sheik Ahmad Bahr and Hamas.

A divided turkey struggles for identity
Spero News - Religious News Many of those protesting for secularism are not necessarily wealthy urban elites but mosque-going Muslims

Sowing the seeds of terrorism
Crossroads Arabia In his weekly column for Asharq Alawsat Saudi novelistanalystjournalist Turki al-Hamad notes that the current rash of terrorism isn8217t newly sprung. It has it roots in the 1960s when Saudi Arabia welcomed Islamists who were being thrown out of their own countries. The turning point was 1979

Imams offer anti-terror sermons
Crossroads Arabia Saudi Gazette carries this report suggesting that the imams at mosques around Saudi Arabia are on-message with sermons denouncing terrorism. It can only help.Imam Lauds Security GainsSheikh Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais Imam and Khateeb of the Grand Mosque lauded the security accomplishments crowned

Nj mosque leaders denounce extremism
Little Green Footballs The leaders of a south New Jersey mosque where four of the Fort Dix terror suspects worshipped have come out with a strong statement denouncing extremism LawHawk has details and also notes that the Duka brothers attended a different Albanian mosque in Staten Island Extremism Has No Place in Islam

Where are they now? larry klayman watch
Overlawyered How the mighty have fallen. Once able to harass the president of the United States professional gadfly Larry Klayman -- former head of Judicial Watch -- is now reduced to filing lawsuits over zoning issues . The town of Pompano Beach approved plans by the Islamic Center of South Florida to build

Terror suspects on hunger strike (mississauga news)
A terrorism suspect being held in connection with a deadly plot allegedly conceived in a Meadowvale mosque claims he was assaulted by jailhouse staff.

Two killed in guwahati market blast (ani via yahoo! india news)
Guwahati May 14 ANI At least two persons were killed and eight others were injured in a powerful bomb blast at a marketplace here on Monday. The bomb set off by the suspected United Liberation Front of Asom ULFA militants exploded on the roadside near a mosque in Guwahati. quotA bomb which was kept in a motorcycle parked in the market exploded killing two people. Such things do flare

Mosque where four suspects prayed rejects extremism (the star-ledger)
The suspects in an alleged plot to attack Fort Dix have been described by federal authorities as radical Islamists but the leader of the mosque where four of the men worshipped said yesterday Islam has no room for violent extremists.

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Controversy over the album cover depicting an Iraqi mosque. WASHINGTON DC PRWEB February 7 2006 -- Indie rock band Sleep

Nation of islam leader farrakhan delivers lecture at mosque (wqad moline)
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan addressed a crowd of nearly 3000 followers today during an ongoing lecture series at the organizations headquarters.

A 'clerical' idea to end power crisis (khaleej times)
ISLAMABAD The controversial chief cleric of capitals main mosque Lal Masjid who is involved in an awkward standoff with the government has come out with an odd solution for the current power crisis in the country.