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• Muslims tread carefully around proposed mosque near ground zero (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Muslims take to Minn. State Fair to repair image (AP)
• The man behind the mosque near ground zero: Who is Feisal Abdul Rauf? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Muslims tread carefully around proposed mosque near ground zero (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 04 Sep 2010 12:36 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - American Muslims are treading carefully through the political minefield surrounding the proposed Islamic center near ground zero in New York â€" issuing warnings but not wanting to overreact to a recent series of desecrations and vandalism at mosques around the country, encouraging adherents to participate in a “9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance,” and changing plans for celebrating the end of Ramadan.

Muslims take to Minn. State Fair to repair image (AP) Posted: 04 Sep 2010 07:11 AM PDT AP - Despite the smells of fried dough and roasted meat wafting from the Minnesota State Fair, Salim and Zuleyha Ozonder were focused on the people who were leaving, not the food or festivities beckoning from across the street.

The man behind the mosque near ground zero: Who is Feisal Abdul Rauf? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:46 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A week after 9/11, Feisal Abdul Rauf, the imam of a mosque close to the still-smoldering World Trade Center ruins, invited other religious leaders to his regular prayer service. He was trying to show that Islam is a welcoming faith, not an angry one.

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