Campbell Company of Canada introduced Halal-certified products about a year ago to meet Islamic dietary requirements. But some are calling for a boycott of the company saying if you buy Campbell's soup you are a supporter of terrorism.

Sheikh Hamza Yusuf seemed to be what thousands of audience members had been waiting for when he took the main stage of the 47th annual Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) convention Saturday night.

Yusuf was met with cheers that a celebrity might expect. To many American Muslims he is a star, an eloquent speaker and knowledgeable scholar who gets them.

Raised in California, Yusuf embraced Islam at 17 and started a life of traditional scholarship, traveling around the world and studying under some of the most revered spiritual teachers in the Islamic world.

On Saturday, he spoke of the intense power of religion in the world today and of how such power can be dangerous if it is misunderstood and if there is not a platform to promote sound scholarship and proper education within it.

Emphasizing the importance of stifling radical extremists, he reminded the audience of how much the Prophet Mohammed loved human beings, animals and the environment, proclaiming, “Our religion is a beautiful religion and it is being made ugly by the acts of fools.”

The 11th Annual ISNA Education Forum is scheduled for April 2-4 in Rosemont, IL, with four pre-conference full-day workshops on Friday, April 2nd, scheduled for teachers of Arabic, Principals, teachers of ESL, and Community and Board members interested in starting or expanding their schools to include middle and high schools.

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The thousands of Muslims who devoted their Fourth of July weekend to attend the annual Islamic Society of North American (ISNA) convention got....