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Debbie Almontaser in The New York Times - MLT, USA
"Critics Cost Muslim Educator Her Dream School"
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Debbie Almontaser dreamed of starting a public school like no other in New York City. Children of Arab descent would join students of other ethnicities, learning Arabic together. By graduation, they would be fluent in the language and groomed for the country’s elite colleges." more...
Al-Husein N. Madhany receives DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial Awards for Islamica Magazine - MLT, USA | Bio
 Al-Husein N. Madhany recently accepted 6 awards on behalf of Islamica Magazine. Islamica won 3 awards in the best of class categories. This was the first time in The Religion Communicators Council's (RCC) 80-year history that a single organization won the most best of class awards for a single publication.
2008 DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial Awards: Award of Excellence Winners
Islamica Magazine Awarded for Excellence
About DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial Awards
About The Religion Communicators Council
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 The Religion Communicators Council is an interfaith association of religion communicators at work in print and electronic communication, marketing, and public relations. Established in 1929, it is the oldest association of religion communicators in America.
MLTs write about Aga Khan’s visit to the United States
As the influence of the MLT network grows, we appear more regularly in the media and help to elevate the discourse on Islam. Independently, three MLTs wrote about the visit of the Aga Khan, a major Muslim leader, to the United States.
Reza Aslan - MLT, USA; Author, "No God But God" | Bio
The media spotlight on Pope Benedict’s first trip to the United States seems to have completely overshadowed the American tour of another global religious leader, the Aga Khan. more...
Dr. Eboo Patel - MLT, USA | Bio
 The Pope and the Dalai Lama got all the headlines last week, but they weren’t the only international religious leaders visiting the United States. more...
Hussein Rashid - MLT, USA | Bio (pdf)
 When a man who leads a large Muslim community, is believed to be descended from the Prophet Muhammad, and who derives his authority from that claim, comes to the US it should be a major news story. more...
Asma Hasan blogs on Glamocracy - MLT, USA
 Author Asma Hasan is blogging about the 2008 presidential election, for Glamour Magazine. The blog, called Glamocracy, includes Asma and five other young women from all different points on the political spectrum. Glamour's inclusion of Asma shows the increasing recognition of MLT members. Click here to visit her blog.
How the Blog Came About (pdf)
Arsalan Iftikhar talks politics on the National Public Radio (NPR) - MLT, USA
 This week in NPR’s Barbershop, the guys (Jimi Izrael, Ruben Navarette, Arsalan Iftikhar and Emil Guillermo) talk about the latest steps in the presidential race, protests over the Sean Bell verdict, the explosive tape of a dramatic arrest in Philadelphia and Kobe Bryant’s MVP Award in the NBA. Listen now.
Arsalan Iftikhar is a contributing editor at Islamica Magazine.
Hussein Rashid writes on Shi’ism on his blog islamicate - MLT, USA
What is Shi'ism?
In the contemporary period Shi'ah is the standard short form for Shi'ah Ali, the Partisans of Ali. The Shi'ah have a history that goes back as far as the time of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and form one of the two main schools of thought in Islam; the other group being the Sunni, short for Ahl us-Sunnah wa Jama'ah, the People of Tr\adition and Consensus. more...
About islamicate
Fareena Alam is the founder of emel, Britain's first Muslim lifestyle magazine - MLT, UK. emel has recently released its May 2008 issue. more...
Mona Eltahawy- MLT, USA
"Generation Facebook," Agence Global
On any given day, the social networking site Facebook connects long lost friends and allows you to “poke” attractive strangers you wish would be your friends. But in Egypt, Facebook is the stage for the latest twist in the generation gap, playing host to politically hungry young Egyptians eager to take on their aging leader. more...
Imam Feisal and Mohammed Khan - MLT, USA - attend the International Leadership Conference in Seoul, Korea
Imam Feisal along with MLT, Mohammed Khan, attended the International Leadership Conference held in Seoul, Korea in April 2008. The conference was entitled: "Toward a New Paradigm of Leadership and Good Governance in the Pacific Era” and the main themes included conflict resolution and interfaith harmony. This conference brought together over three hundred interfaith leaders, politicians, and NGO representatives from all around the world.
 (l-r) ILir Kulla, National Security Advisor to President Of Albania; Mohammed Khan, MLT USA; and Imam Feisal, Chairman of the Cordoba Initiative
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