New Translation Prompts Debate on Islamic Verse

"New Translation Prompts Debate on Islamic Verse"
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
Published: March 25, 2007
The New York Times

A Muslim woman has re-interpreted a verse of the Koran to say that a rebellious woman should be sent away, rather than beaten, if her behavior does not change.

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Scrutiny Increases for a Group Advocating for Muslims in U.S.

Scrutiny Increases for a Group Advocating for Muslims in U.S.
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
Published: March 14, 2007
The New York Times

A debate rages in Washington about the financing and motives of the Council on American- Islamic Relations.

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In a Funeral Parlor in East Harlem, Nine Coffins Point Toward Mecca

In a Funeral Parlor in East Harlem, Nine Coffins Point Toward Mecca
By FERNANDA SANTOS
Published: March 12, 2007
The New York Times

The boxes bore nine children and one adult who perished in an unforgiving fire in their Bronx home.

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Guilty Verdict in Plot to Bomb Subway Station

Guilty Verdict in Plot to Bomb Subway Station
By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM
Published: May 25, 2006
The New York Times

A federal jury in Brooklyn convicted a Pakistani immigrant yesterday in the plot to blow up the Herald Square subway station in 2004.

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Undercover Work Deepens Police-Muslim Tensions

Undercover Work Deepens Police-Muslim Tensions
By ANDREA ELLIOTT
Published: May 27, 2006
The New York Times

It is no secret to the Muslim immigrants of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, that spies live among them.
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Sorting Out Life as Muslims and Marines

Sorting Out Life as Muslims and Marines
By ANDREA ELLIOTT
Published: August 7, 2006
The New York Times
Some 3,500 Muslims have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan with the United States armed forces, military figures show.

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From Head Scarf to Army Cap

From Head Scarf to Army Cap, Making a New Life

By ANDREA ELLIOTT
Published: December 15, 2006
The New York Times
Fadwa Hamdan belongs to the rare class of Muslim women who have signed up to become soldiers trained in Arabic.


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An Imam in America

An Imam in America: A Calling Beyond Brooklyn

The New York Times’s Andrea Elliott profiled Sheik Reda Shata in March 2006, when he was still in Brooklyn, in a three-part series.

Part 1: A Muslim Leader in Brooklyn, Reconciling 2 Worlds (March 5, 2006)
Part 2: To Lead the Faithful in a Faith Under Fire (March 6, 2006)
Part 3: Tending to Muslim Hearts and Islam's Future (March 7, 2006)

A Cleric’s Journey Leads to a Suburban Frontier

A Cleric’s Journey Leads to a Suburban Frontier
By ANDREA ELLIOTT
Published: January 28, 2007
The New York Times

Sheik Reda Shata’s new mosque in New Jersey is a world away from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, where he toiled for almost four years.

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Between Black and Immigrant Muslims, an Uneasy Alliance

Between Black and Immigrant Muslims, an Uneasy Alliance
By ANDREA ELLIOTT
Published: March 11, 2007
The New York Times

Only 28 miles separate a mosque in Harlem from one on Long Island. Yet a vast gulf divides them.

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