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CAIR-MI: Muslims Seek Mtg Over Rep’s ‘Polarizing Language’

(LATHRUP VILLAGE, MI, 9/26/06) – The Michigan chapter of Council on American-IslamicRelations (CAIR-MI) today called for a meeting with Congressman Thaddeus McCotter(R-MI) over his use of “polarizing language” on the House floor yesterday. SEE: http://mccotter.house.gov/On Wednesday, McCotter used the term “jihadist-fascist” in reference to the violent situation in Iraq saying, “The crushing weight of putting […]

CAIR-FL: Attack on FL Mosque is Intolerable

Friday’s attack on a Melbourne mosque is more than deplorable. It represents an apparent and potentially deadly escalation in a series of attacks on local houses of worship. Only by chance was Delacie Phillips, a member of the Islamic Society of Brevard, not killed by shots fired from a wooded area across from the mosque. […]

CAIR: Guantanamo’s Uneasy Ramadan

In the court challenge filed Friday in Washington on behalf of a Pakistani detainee, attorney Gaillard T. Hunt said Muslim chaplains would help reduce suicide attempts among detainees, a problem that has fueled calls in the U.S. and abroad to close the camp. An official with the Council on American-Islamic Relations, as well as two […]

MI: US Muslims Celebrate Ramadan with Heavy Hearts

DEARBORN, United States (AFP) – During what should be a joyous time of fellowship, worship and reflection, many Muslims streamed into the Islamic Center of America on the first night of Ramadan with heavy hearts. Sick of the suspicious glances, slurs and false accusations of being terrorists, they feel like second-class citizens in their own […]

Canada: Arsonists Torch Islamic School on 1st Day of Ramadan

Ottawa police say a fire at a private Islamic school in the city’s west end early Saturday morning was not a hate crime – but the chairman of the school’s board disagrees. The fire at Abraar School on Grenon Avenue broke out around 3 a.m. ET on the first day of Ramadan, the Muslim holy […]

Islamo-Fascism’ Had Its Moment

Shortly after terrorists attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, President Bush’s speechwriters began grappling with a linguistic puzzle: What to call the enemy? In the five years since, Mr. Bush has road-tested an array of terms: evildoers, jihadists, Islamic extremists, even “Al Qaeda suiciders.” But no phrase has crashed and burned as fast […]