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Maria Ebrahimji featured in elan Magazine - MLT, USA
 "As CNN's Director and Executive Editorial Producer for Network Booking, Maria spends her days producing guest coverage, newsgathering, and story planning for CNN's special events, breaking news, and multi-platform programming. A true journalist by training, Ebrahimji is a driving force behind making sure CNN stays true to its "most trusted name in news" moniker..."
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Amir Baradaran's piece at the MoMA in NYC with the legendary performance artist, Marina Abramovic. - MLT, Iran
 Amir Baradaran's The Other Artist is Present is a performance in four acts wherein he honors, questions and ultimately departs from Marina Abramovic's performance at the Museum of Modern Art NYC, titled The Artist Is Present (March 9th-May 31st).
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Aftab Malik's Canopus Consulting convenes historic summit of Muslim scholars - MLT, UK
 "The Global Centre for Renewal and Guidance (GCRG-London) and Canopus Consulting (Bristol) convened a historic summit between 27-28 March at Artuklu University in Mardin (Turkey), bringing together a group of globally renowned scholars, theologians and academics from across the Muslim world, to categorically condemn and reject any religious justification for acts of terror..."
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Zafar ullah Jan, Molana Syed Muhammad Abdul Khabir Azad, Rashad Bukhari and Heba Maqsood participate in WISE regional meeting – MLTs, Pakistan
NGO representatives, religious scholars and educators came together in Islamabad on March 14 for WISE's first Pakistan regional meeting, aimed at establishing collaboration between members of the WISE network on the ground. About 30 men and women gathered for the one-day event and participated in a leadership and team-building session.
The Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE) is a global program, social network and grassroots social justice movement led by Muslim women. WISE is empowering Muslim women to fully participate in their communities and nations and amplifying their collective voices. Please visit the WISE Portal to learn more.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruling in favor of Debbie Almontaser - MLT, USA
 "A federal commission has determined that New York City's Department of Education discriminated against the founding principal of an Arabic-language public school by forcing her to resign in 2007 following a storm of controversy driven by opponents of the school..."
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Listen to Debbie on Democracy Now!
Imam Abu Eesa Niamatullah at the C100 and "Common Word" Initiative - MLT, UK
Imam Abu Eesa Niamatullah recently participated at the joint C100 and "Common Word" Initiative event called "Loving Your Neighbour" held in Cairo, along with the Bishop of London, Richard Chartres and Mufti Ali Jumu'ah.
(Pictures courtesy of Imam Niamatullah)
Imam Niamatullah is also part of the GetOutandVote initiative and a new YouTube campaign to encourage British Muslims to vote. The campaign was covered by the BBC recently.
Watch YouTube campaign
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Imam Mohammed Daniel at the 7th Doha Conference on Interfaith Dialogue - MLT, Kuwait
Imam Mohammed Daniel was invited to attend the 7th Doha Conference on Interfaith Dialogue organized by the Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue (DICID), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Qatar University.
Over 250 participants from 59 countries — Jews, Christians and Muslims — attended the two-day conference held under the theme, "Human solidarity." The discussions focused on the religious response to wars, calamities, poverty and the economic crisis.
"The theme of human solidarity challenged the participants to draw on the best of their spiritual resources while at the same time acknowledging that no community can be complacent that they have implemented the high ideals of their respective religions. Only through cooperation, understanding and mutual respect can a truly human solidarity be achieved," said a statement issued at the end of the conference.
Former Sudanese President Abdel Rahman Suwar al-Dahab with Imam Daniel
(Pictures and caption courtesy of Imam Daniel)
Dubai Channel Reality TV show, Mujaddidun, features Ethar El-Katatney - MLT, Egypt
 Ethar El-Katatney recently participated in Mujaddidun, a reality TV show that is airing on Dubai Channel. Similar to Donald's Trump "The Apprentice", the show features Egyptian preacher Amr Khaled.
The show featured sixteen people from nine Arab countries. Filmed in Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Sudan, each episode shows teams accomplishing a challenge in three days.
Read about the show on The National: At last - a worthwhile reality TV show and The Daily News Mujaddidun - Not your typical reality show
Shamim Sadiq talks about her recent book, "Aim Vertically Not Horizontally" – MLT, USA
 Shamim Sadiq was recently interviewed about her recent book, "Aim Vertically Not Horizontally" on Cowboy Wisdom Radio.. Shamim's book asks us to look at the bigger picture, the people and things around us and the circumstances that shape us.
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Haroon Moghul reviews Niall Ferguson's 'The Ascent of Money' - MLT, USA
 "My second analytic brief for Tabah Foundation has now been made available; a review of Niall Ferguson's recent The Ascent of Money, my aim in this short paper is to summarize Ferguson's concept-based history of modern capitalism and what that history means for Muslim scholarly and community interests. I'm very interested in how Islamic finance will develop in academic dialogue with histories of capitalism, especially considering current crises..."
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Read Haroon's response to Maureen Dowd's New York Times Op-ed
Saqeb Mueen writes on the upcoming UK elections - MLT, UK
 "Election fever is set to grip the UK in the next few weeks. The stakes are high for all party leaders. Gordon Brown wishes to extend the Labour Party's record in office and establish his own electoral legitimacy as Prime Minister. David Cameron seeks to challenge that hold on power and break the longest period out of office for the Conservative party. And Nick Clegg is savouring the very real prospect of the Liberal Democrats holding the balance of power in the event of a hung parliament..."
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Azeem Ibrahim writes on Members of Parliament, medals and war zone - MLT, UK
 "The other day I read that MPs get a medal just for visiting a war zone. If you cannot believe what you have just read, believe me: I couldn't either. They don't have to spend months in the country like our service personnel. They don't have to wait months after they come home to be presented with the thing. Nor do they have to display any particular bravery, contribute to the war, or do anything, really. They just have to get on a plane and have a look around..."
Read politics.co.uk Article
Read Azeem's recent article on defence spending
Zeba Iqbal, MLT USA, and Shenila Janmohamed, MLT UK, featured on Peace x Peace
 "I am not an apologist. My religion is beautiful, like all religions. I am not responsible for the small percentage of Muslims who do crazy things. But when something like the Christmas event or the Major Hasan story breaks, my friends and I email each other: 'Oh my God, how are we going to have to defend ourselves now?'..."
 "We are condemning violence until we have no breath left. And eventually you wonder why you have to keep saying it. We don't have an archbishop or a pope who speaks for all Muslims everywhere. There is a variety of groups, and people can select one to prove the point they wish to make. I'm choosing to create positive stories and make them as universal as I can while still representing my own tradition..."
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Saadia Qamar was part of U.S. State Department's Social Media Tour - MLT, Pakistan
 Saadia Qamar was part of the United States Department of State's Foreign Press Centre Social Media Tour held in Washington DC and San Francisco in March 2010. During the tour, Saadia and other Pakistani journalists met with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Senior Advisor for Innovation Alec Ross, U.S. journalists and policy makers.
Bilal Randeree to present at the 6th World Islamic Economic Forum- MLT, South Africa
 Halal Bilal or Bilal Randeree has been invited to present at the Marketplace for Creative Arts at the 6th World Islamic Economic Forum on May 18-19, 2010 in Malaysia. Bilal will be representing young Muslim stand up comedians.
To register and learn more about the World Islamic Economic Forum please visit and click on “Register Now”. Please note that you can attend the Marketplace for free.
In addition, Bilal has recently been appointed Business Journalist at Al Jazeera English in Doha, Qatar. Please click here to read his first feature for Al Jazeera.
Samiur Talukdar's The ESB Group, LLC in Yahoo! News and Earth Times- MLT, USA
 "The ESB Group, LLC is revolutionizing social entrepreneurship and microfinance by using a multi-disciplinary approach to social enterprise consulting and by creating a more socially, equitable platform for microfinance...
The ESB Group LLC, founded in 2008, is a start-up microfinance venture and for profit social enterprise (FPSE) offering social enterprise consulting and micro-equity, non-interest financing services to those at the economic, base of the pyramid (BoP) and to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Africa and South Asia..."
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Naif al Mutawa writes on his experience at Davos - MLT, USA-Kuwait
 "As the recipient of the 2009 Social Entrepreneur of the year award for the Middle East, the hosts of the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Schwab Foundation, invited me to attend. This was my chance to network my small ideas with big people. And God knows, I put the "net" in network. Davos Man didn't stand a chance..."
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