CAIR-CA: Prejudice Against Muslims Shows Who We Really Are
CAIR-LA: PREJUDICE AGAINST MUSLIMS SHOWS WHO WE REALLY ARE [Hussam Ayloush is executive director of the Southern California Council on American-Islamic Relations.] After 9/11 I could see the looks, especially when I was with my wife, who wears a head dress. I know it exists. Polls show us many people do hold feelings of prejudice […]
CO: Evangelical Pastor Gains Wisdom from Guantanamo
Chaplain Chris Molnar of the California National Guard spent the past year in prison, and he’s learned a thing or two. No, he wasn’t an inmate. He was the senior chaplain for the Joint Task Force-Guantanamo Bay, a team of civilians and military members providing custodial care for about 500 detainees of the global war […]
NJ: Rutgers Student Detained at JFK Airport
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Arwa Ibrahim had just returned with her family from a vacation in Jordan on Aug. 15. The Rutgers University sophomore had transferred flights in Dubai, and then, 14 hours later, arrived in at John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens, N.Y. She said she was excited to get home and rest. But […]
James Yee on the Reverberations of 9/11
James Yee, a West Point graduate and Muslim Army chaplain, was arrested in September 2003 for spying and aiding the enemy while ministering to detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. His record was eventually cleared. Yee has since written a book about his experience, For God and Country: Faith and Patriotism Under Fire. For me, the […]
Mecca and Main Street’ Author to Speak in DC
Geneive Abdo, an author and analyst at the United Nations, will speak in Washington DC on September 13th at 6:30 p.m. at the Center for Strategic and International Studies about her latest book, “Mecca and Main Street: Muslim Life in America After 9/11.” Islam is America’s fastest growing religion, with more than six million Muslims […]
DC: Congressional Pre-Ramadan Awards Brunch
What: Briefing of congressional leaders and their staffs by Muslim diplomats and scholars on strategies for addressing the crisis in the Middle East. Following the briefing, an awards presentation is planned to recognize members of the Congressional Black Caucus for championing the rights of Muslims and others. This event coincides with the Congressional Black Caucus […]
IL: Morton Grove in Study of Muslim in Suburbs
A researched at the University of Illinois at Chicago is looking at the relationship between Muslims and other residents of three suburbs including Morton Grove. The three also include Bridgeview, where mobs surrounded a mosque for three days after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and Orland Park, were like Morton Grove residents opposed a […]
AL: Give Mohammed a Chance
I took a class on terrorism last semester. It may sound like we assembled vests with bomb pockets or learned how to fly jumbo jets, but we studied the theory, not the tactics, and learned what makes terrorists tick. At one point during the class we considered whom the FBI might have under its terrorism […]
ME: Mosque Desecration Suspect Wants Jury Trial
LEWISTON, Maine — A man charged with desecrating a place of worship after allegedly rolling a frozen pig’s head into a Lewiston mosque has requested a jury trial. A lawyer for Brent Matthews told News 8 he made the request in a letter sent to Lewiston District Court. In the letter, Jim Howaniec said he […]
CAIR-OH: Islamic Center Holds Forum on Impact of 9/11
The Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will host a free community forum at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Freedom Center’s Harriet Tubman Theater downtown. The forum will discuss the fear, discrimination and loss of freedom Americans have experienced since 9/11. It will include voices from different races, faiths, […]