NY: Muslims Buy Homes Without Breaking Quran’s Rules
NY: MUSLIMS CAN BUY HOMES WITHOUT BREAKING QURAN’S RULES Like so many young professionals, Pulak Bhuiya wanted a place he could call his own. He graduated from college, got a decent job as a systems analyst for Credit Suisse Bank in Manhattan and got married. Buying a house “seemed like a natural progression,” Bhuiya said. […]
MI: Policy Lets Muslims Cover Up in Pools
MI: POLICY LETS MUSLIMS COVER UP IN POOLS Jumanah Saadeh is your typical American teen: She digs rock, loves the TV show “Lost” and shoots hoops with her friends. But as an observant Muslim, the 14-year-old Ann Arbor girl believes Islam requires her to cover her hair and body while in public — even while […]
TN: Local Muslims Respond to President’s Remarks
TN: ‘LOCAL MUSLIMS RESPOND TO PRESIDENT’S REMARKS’ The Bush Administration’s new way to win support for the war on terror is to re-identify the war as a war on Islamic fascism. Immediately, American Muslims reacted, saying the term will lead non-Muslims to be suspicious of the hundreds of thousands of Muslims who live in the […]
For Indiana Muslims, Progress Outweighs Setbacks
FOR INDIANA MUSLIMS, PROGRESS MAY OUTWEIGH SETBACKS MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (AP) Ali Khan sits in Imam Mongy Elquesny’s office after Friday prayers, discussing the long list of public events where they and others from their mosque need to appear in the coming weeks as Ramadan begins. They must coordinate benefits at their mosque, the Northwest Indiana […]
N American Muslims Debate Role in Society
N AMERICAN MUSLIMS DEBATE ROLE IN SOCIETY The sessions at the Islamic Society of North America’s annual convention had a little something for everyone. Some people came to ask questions about Islamic banking, others wanted tips on Muslim dating. It was billed as the biggest gathering of Muslims in North America, and tens of thousands […]
Voll: CAIR Based on Template of Civil Rights Movement
ARAB-AMERICAN AND PROUD Comparing the US with Europe, John Voll, a professor of Islamic History at Georgetown University, asserts that moderate organisations are, in fact, dominant in the US to a much greater extent than in Europe. “My general view is not that there is nothing [extreme] within the United States, but that Muslim organisations […]
CAIR: Muslims See a Growing Internet Media Bias
MUSLIMS SEE A GROWING MEDIA BIAS On a typical workday, Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American-Islamic Relations talks to a dozen or so print and broadcast reporters. “The vast majority does a pretty good job and they need to be congratulated,” he said. It’s another story when Hooper watches cable TV commentators, listens to […]
CAIR-NY: NY Muslims Keep the Faith Post 9/11
CAIR-NY: NY MUSLIMS KEEP THE FAITH POST 9/11 Many Muslims in New York have been through a period of reflection since 11 September 2001, looking out at the wider US and wondering where they fit into it. And they have been looking inwards, to work out what kind of Islam sits easily with their lives. […]
CAIR: Young U.S. Muslims Strive for Harmony
YOUNG U.S. MUSLIMS STRIVE FOR HARMONY Standing in the small, fluorescent-lighted room that served as George Washington University’s Muslim prayer area, Amin Al-Sarraf pointed to the six-foot-high plastic partition dividing the space. It had been a point of contention at the university’s Muslim Students’ Association. Some members thought the partition, common in mosques to separate […]
CAIR to Hold Dinner for Former Iranian President Khatami
The Washington Daybook – General News Events – FuturesFederal Information & News Dispatch, Inc./Agence France-Presse SPONSOR: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) TOPIC/SUBJECT: holds a dinner for former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, “The Dialogue of Civilizations: Five Years After 9/11.” DATE: September 8, 2006, 7 p.m. LOCATION: The Marriott Crystal Gateway, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, […]