CAIR: US Muslims More Engaged in Politics
CAIR: NEW SURVEY: US MUSLIMS MORE ENGAGED IN POLITICS A new survey by a U.S. Islamic civil rights and advocacy group says Muslim voters in the United States are becoming more integrated into American society and engaged in politics. The survey also shows many U.S. Muslims are concerned about the war on terror and the […]
NY: Top Muslim Kicked Out of U.S.
NY: TOP MUSLIM KICKED OUT OF THE US A storm is brewing after leading South African academic and Muslim, Professor Adam Habib, was deported from the US at the weekend. Habib, executive director of the Human Sciences Research Council’s Democracy and Governance Research Programme, was questioned for more than seven hours at John F Kennedy […]
CAIR: Muslim Voters Could Sway Close Contests
CAIR: MUSLIM VOTERS COULD SWAY CLOSE CONTESTS Muslim voters strongly oppose the war in Iraq and tilt toward Democrats in next month’s congressional elections, a poll released Tuesday by a leading Islamic civil-rights organization has found. The poll, sponsored by the Council on Islamic-American Relations, suggested a potential voting bloc that could affect close races […]
CAIR-CA: Rotarians Learn About Islam and ‘Jihad’
CAIR-CA: WOODLAND ROTARIANS LEARN MORE ABOUT ISLAM AND ‘JIHAD’ Guest speaker Dina El-Nakhal shed some light on the Islam faith at the weekly Rotary Club meeting Tuesday. El-Nakhal addressed some common misconceptions about Islam and then opened the forum for a question-and-answer segment. The “hot-button topics” she discussed ranged from the meaning of the word […]
CAIR-OH to Participate in Immigration Forum
CAIR-OH: IMMIGRATION FORUM WEDNESDAY NIGHT You can talk about immigration issues at a free forum Wednesday night at Miami Unversity’s Hamilton campus. The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center together with Miami University-Hamilton, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and the NAACP of West Chester/Hamilton/Fairfield/Mason/Lebanon will host the community forum about immigration. Studies conducted […]
CAIR: More Than Prayers Needed to Combat Hate
CAIR: IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN PRAYERS TO COMBAT THE HATE Five years ago, a few days after terrorists murdered thousands and destroyed the World Trade Center, I went to pray at the most peaceful, anti-violent place I could think of, the downtown Brooklyn meeting house of the Religious Society of Friends, better known as […]
CA: Church to Hold Service for Slain Muslim Woman
CA: CHURCH TO HOLD SERVICE FOR SLAIN MUSLIM WOMAN A Fremont church will host a memorial service Saturday for Alia Ansari, 38, the Afghan woman who was shot in the head as she picked up three of her six children from Glenmoor Elementary School. Ansari was killed Thursday at the corner of Glenmoor Drive and […]
OH: Fasting Muslims Topic of Dispute
FASTING MUSLIMS TOPIC OF DISPUTE School board members and the superintendent here hurled accusations Tuesday evening over two Muslim students being offered the use of a public space for their religious holiday. The clash forced an early end to the meeting. Jennifer Miller, who joined the Mason Board of Education in January after running as […]
MI: Slurs Used in Assault on Arab-American
MI: 3 CHARGED WITH ETHNIC INTIMIDATION Clintondale Community Schools is defending its alternative education program after three African-American students were charged Tuesday with ethnic intimidation and assault in connection with a melee outside a bus stop on Gratiot. The students were charged with hurling slurs at an Arab-American business owner after starting the fight around […]
CAIR: U.S. Muslims Mostly Democrats
CAIR: U.S. MUSLIMS MOSTLY DEMOCRATS America’s Muslim voters are a young, highly educated and prosperous voting bloc that will overwhelmingly back Democrats in November, according to a survey released yesterday by the Council on American-Islamic Relations. They are also coming of age in terms of political representation. Next month, Democratic nominee Keith Ellison of Minneapolis […]