CAIR-San Antonio Offers ‘Political Activism 101’
CAIR-SAN ANTONIO SPONSORS ‘POLITICAL ACTIVISM 101’ WHAT: A Primer in Political Activism for empowering Muslims in TexasWHEN: Friday, September 8, 2006, between Maghrib and Isha’aWHERE: Muslim Children Education & Community Center, 5281 Cassabella, San Antonio, TX Sponsored by the Council on American-Islamic Relations-San Antonio and presented by the Texas Muslim Task Force.
CAIR-LA, Human Relations Commission Mark 9/11
CAIR AND L.A. COUNTY HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION TO MARK 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 (ANAHEIM, CA, 9/6/06) – On Thursday, September 7, the Southern California office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA), with support from the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations, will hold a press conference to commemorate the 5th Anniversary of the […]
CAIR: National Faith Leaders to Mark 9/11 with DC ‘Unity Walk’
NATIONAL FAITH LEADERS TO MARK 9/11 WITH DC ‘UNITY WALK’ WHAT: On September 10, national leaders of a number of faiths will stand shoulder-to-shoulder in a “Unity Walk” on Embassy Row in Washington, D.C., to mark the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. Christians, Evangelicals and Jews will speak and Jewish cantors will sing […]
CAIR-TX: Muslims React to Dropping of Charges in Cell Phone Case
TEXAS MUSLIMS REACT TO DROPPING OF CHARGES IN CELL PHONE CASE (DALLAS, TX, 9/6/06) – On Thursday, September 7, the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-DFW) will hold a press conference to offer the local Muslim community’s reaction to the dropping of charges in the Michigan cell phone case. A […]
Israel Approves West Bank Homes
OVER U.S. OBJECTIONS, ISRAEL APPROVES WEST BANK HOMES The Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, authorized construction bids on Monday for another 690 homes in the occupied West Bank in the face of pro forma American criticism. The houses will be built in Maale Adumim and Betar Illit, two settlements near Jerusalem that the Israeli government […]
Israel Said to Fear War Crimes Charges
ISRAEL SAID TO FEAR WAR CRIMES CHARGES Three weeks after a cease-fire ended Israel’s monthlong war against Hezbollah guerrillas, Israel is increasingly concerned that government officials and army officers traveling abroad could face war crimes charges, a Foreign Ministry official said Monday. A special legal team is preparing to provide protection for officers and officials […]
Canada: Missing Link Between Foreign Policy and Resentment
THE MISSING LINK BETWEEN FOREIGN POLICY AND RESENTMENT Shortly after the July 7 London bombings last summer, I attended a lecture on the rise of “homegrown” extremism. A security expert wove together various threads, including socio-economic factors, radical preachers and racism. The thesis was striking for its “absence of the obvious.” Questions came from the […]
Political Islam Takes Center Stage Since 9-11
POLITICAL ISLAM TAKES CENTER STAGE SINCE 9-11 In the five years since the September 11 attacks, U.S. intervention abroad has fed the extremism it seeks to destroy and cemented the rise of political Islam as the ideology of choice for millions in the Middle East, experts say. Today, political Islam — a diverse movement with […]
ME: Mosque ‘Pig’s Head’ Stunt Raises Broader Issues
ME: A LONE MAN’S STUNT RAISES BROADER ISSUES On a hot July night, a few dozen Somali men were kneeling shoulder to shoulder in prayer at a storefront mosque here when the door opened and the frozen head of a pig, an animal considered unclean in Islam, rolled across the floor. Men fled in fear. […]
VA/MD: 9/11 Put Strict Adherents on Defensive
FOR CONSERVATIVE MUSLIMS, GOAL OF ISOLATION A CHALLENGE Twelve girls sat in rows at the front of the community room in Silver Spring’s Muslim Community Center, calming their nerves with giggles and girl talk. In their sweaty hands, they held prepared speeches. On their heads, they wore scarves in a rainbow of colors: pink, brown, […]