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Discusses the possibility that the relief effort undertaken by the United States to aid the Indonesian victims of the tsunami will improve the image of America among the world's 1.3 billion Muslims. Resistance of officials in the administration of President George W. Bush to associate the relief effort with a public relations bid; Description of the aid offered by the United States to tsunami victims.

Denounces the techniques of propaganda and terror used by Muslim minority against a large Muslim majority who wants to share the freedom and prosperity they see to their children.

Examines the efforts of religious groups to set aside differences and give aid in the aftermath of the tsunami which struck parts of Asia and discusses the religious conflicts which have afflicted the region. Refuge given to a Hindu fisherman by a mosque in India; Efforts of the United Islamic Jamaath to give aid to tsunami victims; Religious conflicts which have occurred in Asia. INSET: How to Help.

Reports on the social condition of Muslims in Pangsa village in Chiang Rai, Thailand as they face common adversity.

Reports on the development of a cellular telephone by LG Electronics Inc. of South Korea, with features that help Muslims fulfill their daily prayer obligations.

Comments on several Islamic beliefs and practices, including the killing of innocent people.

Focuses on the efforts of Thailand prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to crack down on Muslim insurgents in his country. Example of a Muslim telephone-shop owner who was abducted, leaving some to feel it was the government who took him; Number of Thai Muslims that have disappeared in the southern part of the country since the crackdown went into effect in January 2004; Comments from Jakraphop Penkair, a Thai government spokesman, admitting the government is aware of human-rights abuses on the part of some local police officials; Number of high-ranking police officials arrested as part of the government's investigation into human-rights abuses; Number of public officials that have been killed in the southern portion of Thailand as the result of suspected insurgents; Assessment of the United States foreign relations with Thailand and discussion of U.S. President George W. Bush's response to alleged human-rights abuses.

Focuses on the legal efforts of an Islamic group in Germany called Milli Görüs to stop German intelligence agencies from labeling them as extremist. Changes to a governmental pamphlet as the result of one court case won by Milli Görüs; Comments from Oguz Ücüncü regarding the lawsuits the group has filed against the agencies, journalists and police; Estimated number of Muslim immigrants living in Germany, noting a significant population that have not been fully integrated into society; Social conditions of Muslims in Europe; Questions related to how Muslims should be represented in European society; Discussion of the "extremist" label being applied to Milli Görüs and how it interferes with the group's ability to speak for local Muslim communities; Impact of Muslim separation from German society on the rise of a terrorist cell in Hamburg.

Reports that in Istanbul, Turkey Muslims are decorating for Christmas. Excitement of children to see Noel Baby (Father Christmas); Comments from parents on the time spent preparing for Christmas.

Reports on security problems in Iraq, and questions which were raised about the source of violence and the ability of the Pentagon to end it after Iraqi fighters attacked British and U.S. soldiers. Deaths of six British soldiers while training Iraqi police; Deaths of Americans following the end of the Iraq War; Perception that there may be an insurgency building in southern Iraq, a center for Shiite Muslims; Observation that persistent attacks will make it difficult for the U.S. to withdraw its forces from the country.

Discusses the plight of U.S. President George W. Bush to establish a representative government in Iraq. Consideration of the effects of the war in Iraq on Islamic fundamentalist forces such as the Muslim Brotherhood; How the death of Egyptian leader Mustafa Mashhour affected the politics and government in Egypt; Mourning of the members of the Muslim Brotherhood; Speculation about which groups will benefit from democracy in the Middle East; Relations between Iraq and countries such as Iran and Turkey.

Comments on the plan of the French government to create a special council to represent the five million Muslims in the country with regard to housing and discrimination.

Speculates on the impact of a power struggle by Shiite Muslims on national stability in Iraq.

Reports on the efforts of some Muslims to forgo the U.S. dollar and invest in the euro, which is the currency of the European Union. Comments from Sheik Ibrahim Umar Kabo, the head of Nigeria's Council of Muslim Scholars, with respect to the American involvement in Iraq; View of the author that the effort to dissuade investment in the dollar is little more than symbolic; Calls for a switch to the euro from the dollar in Indonesia, Libya and Lebanon.

Reports on an episode in the war in Iraq in which U.S. armed forces raided the home of a popular Shiite cleric, which caused a mass demonstration and threats of suicide attacks. Idea that the confrontation nearly ruined an important opportunity for the U.S. to win over Shiite Muslims; Oppression of Shiites by the Baath Party of Saddam Hussein; Arrest of Imam Said Habib, who was mistakenly believed to be a backer of Hussein.

Focuses on the importance of the support of the Shiite Muslims in Iraq for the U.S. Armed Forces in the Iraqi war. Persecution of the Shiites by Saddam Hussein; Idea that Shiites do not trust the American government, after they were betrayed during the 1991 Gulf War when their rebellion against Hussein was not supported by the U.S.; Observation that Shiites do not want the U.S. to control the Middle East.

Reports on the action taken by banks to consult Muslim experts in an effort to tap the Muslim financial instruments market.

Criticizes the effort of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in creating an image of a devout Muslim amid the prospect of war.

Discusses cleric Warith Deen Umar's professions that the September 11th terrorist hijackers should be honored as martyrs. Why he believes that the United States risks further terrorist attacks because it oppresses Muslims around the world; How he is preaching his views to African-Americans in prison who embrace Islam; Work with the Islamic prison program in New York; Details of his personal and clerical background.

Reports on the decision of the Upper Hanseitic Court in Hamburg, Germany to pursue lesser charges against Muslim extremists that may have possible connections in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the U.S.

Discusses the conflict between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria.

Discusses the problems of the U.S. regarding Muslim radicals.

Focuses on Muslim extremism in Germany. Detention of worshipers at mosques; Issue of Muslim immigrants and welfare recipients who support terrorism; Idea that the fascist history of Germany prevents politicians from curbing liberal immigration practices in the country; Idea that immigrants are able to live outside of society in Germany.

Provides information on the meeting called 'A Towering Day in History,' in which a thousand Muslims gathered at the Finsbury Park mosque in London, England to celebrate the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Focuses on privacy laws in Germany which may prevent authorities from obtaining information about citizens. Plans of the government to obtain information in order to profile for possible terrorists; Defiance of the German government by corporations which would not turn over employee records; Muslim men whom the government wishes to investigate.

Reports that Dutch parliamentarians have called for an investigation of Islam in the Netherlands after Muslim clerics were secretly tape-recorded praising suicide bombers.

Reports on the testimony given by Islamic militant suspects detained in Malaysia regarding their link with Muslim separatist groups in Southeast Asia, as of June 2002.

Reports on risk experienced by undocumented travelers from Muslim countries who are enroute to Europe. How such travelers are seen as a security problem; Bilal Kazmi, who was shot by Macedonian border guards as he attempted to reach Eastern Europe; Why Muslim economic refugees are viewed as a terrorism risk.

Reports on the assassination of Abdul Ghani Lone, a Muslim separatist who sought dialogue with India, in May 2002, increasing already-high tensions between India and Pakistan.

Reports on Bosnian Muslims who have embraced an ultra-conservative strain of Islam. Bosnian Muslims who protested the deportation of suspected al Qaeda terrorists; Details on individual converts to the conservative strain of Islam; Historical details on conflict in Bosnia; Bosnia's relations with the United States.

Criticizes the priorities of Mary Robinson, human rights official at the United Nations, about dealing with Muslims.

Discusses the implications of the death of seven Muslim extremists in Macedonia during the U.S.-led war on terrorism on March 9, 2002.

Discusses how the case of Richard C. Reid, accused of trying to bomb an American Airlines jet with explosives inside his shoes, underscores the failure of Great Britain to combat Islamist extremism and terrorism.

Talks about Islamic fundamentalism in Great Britain.

Reports on Middle Eastern families of men who traveled to Afghanistan to join radical Islamic fighters. Fears among families that they will not see them again; Example of Hadi Enezi, a Kuwaiti man who took his teenaged son and went to Afghanistan to fight for the Taliban.

Presents news briefs relating to work and the work environment in the United States. Views of Muslims in the workplace during the month of Ramadan; Problems facing William Burrus, president of the American Postal Workers Union; Attempts to delay the confirmation of Eugene Scalia as Labor Department solicitor by Democrats; Others.

Describes the practice of Muslims at ArRum, a social and cultural club for Muslim professionals in London, England.

Reports on efforts of Muslim inmates at the Solano state prison in Vacaville, California to be allowed to grow beards. View from prison wardens that beards can be used to change appearances or to conceal contraband; Policy of the United States Bureau of Prisons supporting a ban on beards; Concern that preferential treatment for Muslim prisoners could result in reprisal from other inmates.

Details the impact of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States on the social conditions of Muslims living in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil.

Focuses on the dominance of Muslim immigrants in Italy, reported by Hamza Roberto Piccardo, secretary of Italy's Union of Islamic Communities and Organizations.

Reports on the effort of the Chinese government to prevent protests from Muslim communities with regards to its support of United States retaliation against Afghanistan. INSET: Keeping Watch.

Discusses the investigations of the funding or harboring of terrorists in the Muslim community of Ciudad Del Este, Paraguay.

Reports that China provided a briefing on Muslim militants who are accused of conducting terrorist violence in Xinjiang Province.

Reports on the domestic conflict in Pakistan between the Muslim League and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf regarding the United States-led war against Afghanistan.

Urges American Muslims to condemn intolerance after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.

Reports on the implication of Germany's crackdown on militant Islamic groups on the country's tiny population of a few thousand Arab immigrants.

Reports on McDonald's franchises in Indonesia, owned by Bambang Rachmadi. Bambang's fears that his restaurants could become targets of anti-American violence in the mostly Muslim nation; How Mr. Bambang averted violence by advertising that the McDonald's restaurants are owned and operated by Muslims, and by telling customers that each sandwich is 'halal,' prepared according to Muslim laws.

Discusses the problems posed by several militant Islamic groups in Southeast Asia, to the counterterrorism campaign of the United States.

Discusses the concerns of the British government regarding the attendance of young British Muslims in Muslim military camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Reports on the conflict between European Islam and the more traditional Islamic orthodoxy.