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For U.S. Muslim Law Students, Knowledge Is Power

FOR U.S. MUSLIM LAW STUDENTS, KNOWLEDGE IS POWER His name is Junaid Ahmad. He is 24 years old. And he is among a rapidly increasing number of first generation Muslim-Americans who have decided to pursue careers in the law. Ahmad, who was born in Chicago, Illinois after his parents emigrated to the United States from […]

ME Judge: Pig’s Head Roller Was Racially Motivated

ME: JUDGE RULES THAT PIG’S HEAD ROLLER WAS RACIALLY MOTIVATED A judge ruled Thursday that 33-year-old Brent Matthews violated Maine’s Civil Rights Act when he tossed a pig’s head into a Lewiston mosque earlier this summer. Matthews has never denied that he tossed the pig’s head into the Lewiston Islamic Center. He has said all […]

CA: Vice Mayor Apologizes for Muslim Remark Cover-Up

CA: VICE MAYOR: ‘I MADE A HUGE MISTAKE’ Ed Sileo, the city’s recently re-elected vice mayor, on Monday admitted to sending an e-mail that was bound to offend Muslim people, then lying to cover it up. The e-mail contained an offhand jibe that was a partial response to a recruitment e-mail to sign up volunteers […]

IL: References to ‘Islamic Fascism’ Slammed

REFERENCES TO ‘ISLAMIC FASCISM’ SLAMMED Islamic Society of North America’s newly elected president, Ingrid Mattson, said Friday she objects to President Bush’s use of the term “Islamic fascism” when describing the enemy in the global war on terrorism. Mattson, like other ISNA leaders, expressed empathy for the challenges government officials face in trying to keep […]

Muslim Group: Bush Distorts ‘Islamic’

MUSLIM GROUP: BUSH DISTORTS ‘ISLAMIC’ The newly elected head of the largest Muslim group in North America called President Bush’s recasting of the war on terror as a “war against Islamic fascism” inaccurate and not helpful to people of her faith. Ingrid Mattson, the first woman president of the Islamic Society of North America, said […]

Arab-Americans See Lingering Prejudice, Some Progress

ARAB AMERICANS SEE LINGERING PREJUDICE, SOME PROGRESS SINCE 9-11 A 19-year-old Arab American woman hears a man mutter that she should go back to the Middle East, apparently unaware that she was born and raised in the Midwest. A young chiropractor has renewed his commitment to Islam, in part because he is horrified by what […]

5 Years After 9/11, Suspicion and Fear in Muslim Communities

FIVE YEARS LATER, SUSPICION AND FEAR IN MUSLIM COMMUNITIES The comments started as soon as Yumna Rizvi came back to school from spring break a couple of months ago looking … different. “Oh, are you going terrorist on us now?” and “Don’t blow up the school!” came from people she considered her friends. Teachers started […]

Criticize Israel? You’re an Anti-Semite!

CRITICIZE ISRAEL? YOU’RE AN ANTI-SEMITE! EVER WONDER what it’s like to be a pariah? Publish something sharply critical of Israeli government policies and you’ll find out. If you’re lucky, you’ll merely discover that you’ve been uninvited to some dinner parties. If you’re less lucky, you’ll be the subject of an all-out attack by neoconservative pundits […]