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...wearing loose-fitting sweatshirts and Islamic hijab scarves - and there are no men in the crowd. Instead, it is at the Islamic Games 2008 that the girls of New York City's Al-Madinah school team are struggling to contain the marauding forwards of the New Jersey private school Noor-Ul Iman. The Games, held in New Jersey last weekend, are the largest community sporting event for Muslims in North America, and basketball for teenage girls was a new feature of this year's event. The first tournament was staged 15 years ago but then petered out for a while...
...girls from the triumphant Noor-Ul Iman School see things differently. In their interpretation, Islam allows girls to play basketball in college. The New Jersey team has been playing for five years, and often before a mixed audience. "As long as we have our hijabs and are dressed in loose clothing, it's all right to play in front of men," says Asma Saud...
...progress. “It was pretty funny to see how he tried to calculate the mathematics and probability of him trying to get on the show,” said Vikas V. Mouli ’09, a student in one of Grosslight’s sections. Noor Iqbal ’10 added that “despite being super busy with show stuff, he was always very accommodating of all of our questions and time commitments.” On Jan. 14, the day of his students’ final exam—which, as an exception...
...Alliance sought to address such doubts by launching a number of initiatives. Noor unveiled a $100 million media fund whose purpose is "to support the production and distribution of films that entertain as well as enlighten - films that will enhance the connections that already exist between different societies, but are seldom noted on screen and in popular culture." And Qatar princess Sheika Moza bint Nasser-el-Missned announced a multimilli-dollar investment in Silatech, a global initiative designed to help youth around the world find meaningful employment...
...says she was encouraged by the many Forum experts' view of religion as a neutral tool, rather than a force inherently good or evil. "People here understand that blaming religion for conflict is like blaming the gun for shooting someone," she says. Mogahed also hailed the initiatives launched by Noor and Sheikha Moza. But she couldn't help wondering about something that might undermine the Alliance's high-minded efforts. "I haven't seen a single American policy-maker here," she says. "Their lack of engagement, their absence, is a gaping hole...