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Talk about poor taste. Check and make sure they are not doing anything related to your faith tradition. I also found it funny that the acronym of the Hindu group is AHAD (one in Arabic).

“I’ve only met two other Muslims in my life, and they both smelled like incense.”

This choice quote comes from a young white Christian American Boy Scout upon reflecting on meeting  young brown Muslim American Boy scouts at a Scouting Jamboree.  Its from a very interesting article in Time Magazine about Muslim Boy Scouts.  Its jarring for me to realize that in the US Boy Scouts have been affiliated with the Christian faith.  Growing up in Karachi I was a cub and a boy scout as part of our Jamat Khana activities and never once thought of it as being a Christian Institution. Strange.  Any way Scouting is one way for integration between various communities. 

9/11 traced new spiritual lines – USATODAY.com

9/11 traced new spiritual lines – USATODAY.com. Fatemeh Fakhraie, then a college freshman in Utah, was "just a white girl with a funny name" when the 9/11 attacks "found my identity for me before I was ready to find it for myself."  Within a few years, the U.S.-born daughter of Iranian parents began practicing Islam with fresh commitment. She founded and edits a website, Muslimah Media Watch, where 16 feminists of faith critique coverage of their issues in world culture.