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The Israeli government said it has given final approval to the construction of a museum over part of an ancient graveyard in Jerusalem. The project was delayed for years by objections from local Muslims. 
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The Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, the capital of Qatar. Traditional Islamic architecture meets the twenty first century to spectacular effect. 
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More than 200 items from the Aga Khan's collection of Islamic treasures are going on show in Berlin in an exhibition spanning a millennium and covering half the globe.
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In the heart of the largest concentration of Muslims in the U.S., the Detroit Institute of Arts this weekend is opening a new permanent gallery of Islamic art showcasing exhibits including a rare 15th-century Quran of a Mongol conqueror. 
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It's painstaking work, photographing one of the most important collections of Islamic manuscripts in North America, and slow. But scholars say the two-year project has put the Baltimore museum at the vanguard of a movement that is transforming the study of ancient texts.
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Besides a few occasional shout outs in Obama’s speeches, Muslims rarely get recognition for their contributions to the world. But a new exhibition in England’s The Science Museum is about to give credit where credit is due 
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When Google does something, it does it big. Remember Google maps? People thought, “But there are other websites that show me maps.” Sure there are, but do those websites show a satellite view that you can zoom in to the point where you can see the actual building of the address you’re looking up? No. Then they came up with Gmail. People wondered, “But what’s wrong with my Hotmail or Yahoo account?” I’ll tell you. Your conversation is all over the place, but Gmail’s got you threaded. So when Google announced it will be creating a virtual copy of Iraq’s National Museum, and someone said, “But Italy’s National Research Center has already done that, Eric Schmidt should have responded, “But they haven’t done it like this.”Read More 
