Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, author of the recently published book “Green Deen,” may be fighting an uphill battle considering the image Muslims have in the world today, but he’s convinced that there’s a better example to be made by highlighting the environmental awareness built in to the Islamic faith.

In this excerpt from her new book, The Butterfly Mosque, American author and graphic novelist G. Willow Wilson begins to describe her experiences arriving in Egypt and her impending immersion into the Muslim world.

In the wake of growing public debate, we ask Sharif El-Gamal, the CEO of Soho Properties and the developer of Park51, some hard questions about the plans to develop a Muslim-run community center in lower Manhattan.

Every day since 2003, Hasan Elahi has tracked his own location and activities by using a tracking device connected to the website Tracking Transcience. His goal? To show that he can track himself much better than the FBI ever could.