Retired Officers Criticize Rumsfeld
WASHINGTON – Retired military officers on Monday bluntly accused Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld of bungling the war in Iraq, saying U.S. troops were sent to fight without the best equipment and that critical facts were hidden from the public. “I believe that Secretary Rumsfeld and others in the administration did not tell the American […]
Torture Victim Had No Terror Link, Canada Told U.S.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 – When the United States sent Maher Arar to Syria, where he was tortured for months, the deportation order stated unequivocally that Mr. Arar, a Canadian software engineer, was a member of Al Qaeda. But a few days earlier, Canadian investigators had told the F.B.I. that they had not been able to […]
ACLU: No Visa for Muslim Scholar
NEW YORK – The U.S. government has rejected a prominent Muslim scholar’s application to enter the country on the grounds that he donated several hundred dollars to French and Swiss groups that provide humanitarian aid to Palestinians, a civil rights group announced Monday. Tariq Ramadan learned that his visa application was rejected last week, three […]
NV: Area Muslims, Jews Building Ties
A visit by Reno-area Jews to the Northern Nevada Muslim Community Center on Sunday involved more than Ramadan and the Jewish High Holy Days falling at the same time. It’s about building ties between Muslims and Jews. Local Muslims invited Temple Sinai members to the community center and mosque to break a Ramadan fast at […]
CAIR: Contender May Become First Muslim in US Congress
When Keith Ellison arrives at the Karmel Square, one of Minneapolis’s Somali malls, a rock star might as well be walking by the bustling stalls of bright fabrics, jewelry, phone cards, and videos. People laugh and cheer as they hug Mr. Ellison and pat him on the back. Some speak quickly in Somali as an […]
CAIR-CA: Area Mosques to Open Up for Ramadan
As they have in years past, Bay Area mosques and the Council on American-Islamic Relations are planning to hold open houses for non-Muslims and local leaders to learn about Islam as part of Ramadan, the monthlong fast during daylight hours to celebrate the revelation of the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad. The Islamic Society of […]
CAIR-OH to Host ‘Sharing Ramadan’ Iftar
Ramadan dinner WHEN: Friday, Oct. 6, 7-9:30 p.m.WHERE: Cleveland State University, Joseph Cole Center, 3100 Chester Ave. Details: Sharing Ramadan Iftar Dinner, an interfaith family event sponsored by the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Reservations requested by Friday, Sept. 29. Tel: 216-830-2247.
CAIR-FL: Mosque Tightens Security
There was heightened security Saturday at a Brevard County mosque where Muslims continued their observance of the holy month of Ramadan, one day after someone opened fire on the facility. Shots, apparently from a high-power rifle, rang out about 10 p.m. Friday and appeared to be aimed at a man who walked out of the […]
CAIR-FL: Bullets Hit Mosque as Muslims Mark Ramadan
A mosque was hit by gunfire as members inside celebrated the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, authorities said Saturday. No injuries were reported, and there were no arrests. A member of the Islamic Society of Brevard County stepped outside the mosque Friday night to use his cell phone when he heard several […]
CAIR-IL: Muslim Leader Says Pope’s Speech Improper
In one fell swoop, Pope Benedict XVI imploded bridges built by his predecessors with his recent remarks that sparked fury across the Muslim world, one of the world’s top Muslim leaders said here Saturday. Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary-general of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, an intergovernmental agency of 57 Islamic countries, also said Benedict’s […]