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Friday, April 26, 2013  The developer of a proposed mosque and community center near ground zero has purchased a neighboring property.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  Muslims at the Islamic Society of Central New York are reacting now that U.S. officials have determined that the Boston bombing suspects were motivated by a radical brand of Islam.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012  A religious figure in western Afghanistan is offering a $300,000 bounty to anyone who kills the maker of an anti-Islam film that has angered Muslims around the world.

Monday, February 20, 2012  Students at Syracuse University were reportedly among the Muslim college students monitored by the New York Police Department.

Wednesday, March 09, 2011  A former upstate New York television executive has been sentenced to 25 years to life for beheading his wife.

Tuesday, February 08, 2011  The founder of a Muslim-oriented New York television station has been convicted of beheading his wife in 2009.

Friday, January 21, 2011  A former New York television executive on trial for the beheading of his estranged wife defiantly left the courtroom Thursday after a judge refused to let him act as his own attorney for the remainder of the case.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011  Jurors are set to begin hearing the case of a western New York television executive charged with beheading his wife soon after she filed for divorce.

Monday, January 10, 2011  Jury selection is set to begin for the second-degree murder trial of a New York television executive charged with beheading his wife.

Friday, January 07, 2011  The lawyer defending a New York husband against charges he beheaded his estranged wife is being asked to clarify his trial strategy.

Tuesday, January 04, 2011  Attorneys are scheduled to meet for a final time before the founder of a Muslim-oriented television station goes on trial on charges he beheaded his estranged wife inside the station's New York studios.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010  With his murder trial coming up in January, the founder of a Muslim-oriented television station accused of beheading his wife is due in a western New York courtroom for pretrial proceedings.

Thursday, October 21, 2010  Longtime news analyst Juan Williams, who has written extensively on race and civil rights, has been fired by NPR after saying on the Fox News Channel that he gets nervous when he sees people in Muslim garb on an airplane.

Monday, October 04, 2010  The wife of the imam planning an Islamic community center near ground zero says she and her husband have received death threats.

Friday, September 10, 2010  Ramadan is a month-long holy period of fasting, prayer, peace, and good works.