FL: Pastor who Insulted Islam Replaced on Panel
PASTOR WHO INSULTED ISLAM IS REPLACED ON POLITICAL PANEL Gov. Jeb Bush has appointed a Parkland man to succeed the Rev. O’Neal Dozier, on the Seventh Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission, which screens candidates for the bench in Broward County. Dozier resigned amid controversy after calling Islam a ”cult.” Bush appointed Clarence V. McKee, 63, a […]
NY: Panel on Influence of Israel Lobby
THE ISRAEL LOBBY: DOES IT HAVE TOO MUCH INFLUENCE ON US FOREIGN POLICY? On 28 September 2006, at 7 p.m., the London Review of Books will host a public debate in the Great Hall, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Cooper Square, New York, on the subject: Panelists: Shlomo Ben-Ami, Martin Indyk, […]
Bush Acknowledges Secret CIA Prisons
BUSH ACKNOWLEDGES SECRET CIA PRISONS WASHINGTON – President Bush on Wednesday acknowledged the existence of previously secret CIA prisons around the world where key terrorist suspects have been held and questioned. He said the “small number” of detainees that fall into this category include people responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the bombing […]
Wyoming Muslims are ‘Part of the Community’
WY: ‘PART OF THE COMMUNITY’ Despite a couple of isolated incidents in Laramie, many Wyoming Muslims say they were spared backlash from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. In Cheyenne, a small group of about eight Muslim families was invited to speak at various churches shortly after 9/11. “We […]
TX Muslims Feel the Sting of Isolation
S.A. MUSLIMS STILL FEEL THE STING OF ISOLATION A block away from such commercial icons as Haverty’s and Home Depot sits a typical house on a secluded 2-acre property with a basketball hoop standing on an asphalt parking lot. Here, on Friday afternoons, South Asian Muslims re-create the atmosphere of their native countries at this […]
NY: 9/11: Five Years Later, Muslim Community Thriving
9/11: FIVE YEARS LATER: MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN BROOKLYN THRIVING After September 11th, a backlash against Muslims and stricter deportation rules forced thousands of people in one Brooklyn community to flee. But five years later, the situation has changed. NY1’s Jeanine Ramirez filed the following report. American flags are displayed along Coney Island Avenue in an […]
MD: Since 9/11, Muslim-Americans Have Seen Best, Worst
KEEPING THE FAITH They begin arriving early – the slightly rusted Toyotas, the spiffy VWs, the purring BMWs – filling the hillside parking lot under a gleaming afternoon sun. An old man in billowing white robes and silver beard looks more Bedouin chief than parking attendant, but with elegant sweeps of his arm guides his […]
MI: Freed Mackinac Bridge Suspects Seek Apology
FREED MACKINAC BRIDGE SUSPECTS SEEK APOLOGY DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A demand for an apology was made Wednesday on behalf of three Arab-American men from Texas, arrested and accused last month in Caro of a terrorist plot to attack the Mackinac Bridge. Charges of money laundering and conspiracy to commit fraud by trafficking counterfeit goods were […]
MI: Men Freed in Cell Phone Case
MI: ARAB-AMERICAN MEN FREED IN CELL PHONE CASE A federal judge has thrown out all charges against three Texas men who were arrested last month in Caro, Michigan, after buying hundreds of cell phones, according to their defense attorney Nabih Ayad. Investigators initially suspected the men may have links to terrorism and were possibly targeting […]
CAIR-St. Louis: FBI Meets with Muslim Community
CAIR-ST. LOUIS: FBI MEETS WITH ST. LOUIS MUSLIM COMMUNITY WHAT: The St. Louis chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Adult Education Committee of the Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis are sponsoring a town hall meeting (information / Q&A session) with the FBI.WHEN: Friday, September 8, 2006, 7:30 p.m.WHERE: Daar-ul-Islam Masjid, 517 […]