NY: Exam-Free Rule for Religious Holidays
NY: EXAM-FREE RULE FOR RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS A Queens state senator and an array of clergy yesterday hailed a new law that prohibits the state Education Department from scheduling statewide exams during religious holidays. “The law is now on your side,” declared state Sen. John Sabini (D- Queens). The law was spurred after statewide English exams […]
MN: Muslim Candidate Vows a Tight Act
REBOUNDING ELLISON VOWS A TIGHT ACT When Rep. Martin Sabo announced he wouldn’t run again after 28 years in Congress, Keith Ellison emerged as the front-runner by winning the DFL Party endorsement in a district that is solidly Democratic. Ellison, a state legislator from north Minneapolis, won the endorsement in May by successfully tapping into […]
WY: Muslim Community Reports Little Backlash
MEMBERS OF WYOMING’S SMALL MUSLIM COMMUNITY REPORT LITTLE BACKLASH Mohammed Salih is dean of the Laramie County Community College department of business and technology. He’s a native of Sudan and came to Cheyenne in 1969. Salih says people treat him and other Muslims as part of the community, and says that the terrorist attacks had […]
NY: What Have We Learned: Muslims in America
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED: MUSLIMS IN AMERICA American Muslims have experienced both assimilation and alienation since 9/11. Journalist Geneive Abdo compares Islam in Iran, Europe, and the United States, and says that while homegrown terrorism is less likely here than in Europe, there are forces in American society that push Muslims to retreat to their […]
NJ: Muslims Help Combat Terrorism
ARABS, MUSLIMS HELP TO COMBAT TERRORISM Several years ago, an Arab-American woman from Clifton learned that a man she knew had been called up by the National Guard to serve in Iraq. His father, she says, was a known terrorist. After several restless nights, she swallowed hard and reported her suspicions to law enforcement authorities. […]
CAIR-LA: Al-Qaeda Tape Distorts Islam
INLAND LEADERS CRITICIZE MESSAGE A videotaped message by a former Inland area man now working for al-Qaida urging Americans to convert to Islam was a cheap attempt to manipulate a legitimate political view in this country, an advocate for better American-Islamic relations said Saturday. Suspected al-Qaida activist Adam Yehiye Gadahn, who was raised on a […]
CAIR-CA: Muslim Americans Reflect on Sept. 11
CAIR-CA: MUSLIM AMERICANS IN SAN FRANCISCO REFLECT ON SEPT. 11 First in an ongoing series on the impact of 9/11 on life in the United States, Spencer Michels talks with members of the American Muslim community in San Francisco. SPENCER MICHELS: Nearly five years after 9/11, members of the growing American Muslim community continue to […]
CAIR-OH Collects Lebanon Relief Supplies
CAIR-OH: CINCINNATI MUSLIMS COLLECT LEBANON RELIEF SUPPLIES (CINCINNATI, OHIO, 9/5/2006) – The Cincinnati office of CAIR-Ohio has completed its efforts to collect relief supplies for the victims of war in Lebanon. The campaign resulted in 340 boxes of supplies that were delivered to the Detroit area office of Life for Relief and Development, the charity […]
CAIR Seeks Applicants for Rosa Parks Scholarship
CAIR SEEKS APPLICANTS FOR ROSA PARKS SCHOLARSHIP (WASHINGTON, DC, 9/5/06) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is seeking applicants for a scholarship announced last year to honor the life and work of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks. This year’s awardee of the annual $1,000 CAIR “Rosa Parks Civil Liberties Scholarship” will be announced at […]
CAIR Says Bush Speech Grants Extremists ‘Undeserved Legitimacy’
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CAIR SAYS BUSH SPEECH GRANTS EXTREMISTS ‘UNDESERVED LEGITIMACY’ (WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/5/06) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group said today’s address by President Bush on the status of America’s war on terrorism “grants undeserved legitimacy to extremists.” SEE: Political Season […]