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...spiritual Muslim leader based in France, the Aga Khan eschews the beard and black garb of traditional Islamic clerics in favor of a clean-shaven look and a coat and tie. In speeches across the world, he has pressed for more pluralistic attitudes to combat what he dubs the “clash of ignorances”—a retooling of professor Samuel P. Huntington’s “clash of civilizations...
...dusty, and the handsome buildings of white Jerusalem stone hold both fruit markets and Internet bars. The presumed birthplace of King David and Jesus of Nazareth, a flash point in the continuing and never-ending struggle between Israel and the Palestinians, and a city with an increasingly restive Muslim majority, Bethlehem was the perfect place to sit down and talk with Tony Blair about his new interfaith initiative and his personal odyssey of faith...
...life to decrying the concept of a clash of civilizations." Bono told me that Blair once gave him a copy of the Koran, at a time when Blair was reading a passage from the holy book every night to try to understand Islam better. Eboo Patel, a young Muslim from Chicago who is the founder and executive director of the Interfaith Youth Core, hopes Blair will bring a new dynamism to an interfaith movement that can sometimes seem to consist of the same people meeting endlessly to discuss the same issues...
...Saud, 17, and her sister Lina, 14, are Palestinian, and grew up in New Jersey playing basketball. Asma, who goes to Princeton later this year, says that college basketball is an option for Muslim girls who are determined to play. "As colleges here become more aware of our potential, they will make the rules for team uniforms more flexible to accommodate our religion," she says. "It's already happening and change can be fast...
...Noor-Ul Iman, and is a freshman at Columbia University. (She still helps out with coaching, and was eligible to play in the Islamic Games.) Ahmed says that dress code in college teams is only half the battle, and that more deep-seated cultural changes are required for more Muslim girls in America to even think about sports beyond high school. Ahmed, whose family comes from Pakistan, cannot imagine playing basketball in her country of origin. She says that many Muslim parents from conservative countries still find it unacceptable for their daughters to play sports. "They bring their cultural baggage...