Hundreds of Americans Stranded in Lebanon
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) – Hundreds of Americans and Russians were reported stranded in the heart of Lebanon’s war zone Tuesday when a ship evacuating foreigners had to pull out of a southern port without them. The Cypriot ship Princesa Marissa picked up about 300 foreigners stuck in the southern port city of Tyre – a […]
CAIR-OH: Purchase of Israel Bonds Draws Criticism
(CLEVELAND, OH 7/24/06) On Friday, July 21, a group of almost 200 local residents, including social justice advocates, church and mosque leaders, and Arab-Americans of greater Cleveland, gathered to rally for peace and to protest the recent purchase by the Cuyahoga County treasurer of $5 million in Israel Bonds. See: Israel Bonds a good […]
CAIR-OH Offers Interfaith Seminars on Islam, Civil Rights
(CLEVELAND, OH, 7/24/06) The Ohio office of the Council on American-Islamic Relation (CAIR-Ohio) is offering a series of interfaith seminars on Islam and Muslims and the status of civil rights in post-9/11 America. Dozens of church members participated in a recent seminar held at Christ United Methodist Church in Cleveland. Upcoming seminars will be […]
CAIR-OH: Rally to Defend the People of Lebanon, Palestine
WHAT: Rally Against Israeli War on Lebanon and PalestineWHEN: Friday, July 28, 2006 at 3:30 pmWHERE: Federal Building, Downtown Columbus, Corner of Spring and High Streets CONTACT: Dr. Ahmad Al-Akhras, Vice Chair of CAIR-National, 614-989-5916, E-Mail: ahmad@cair-ohio.com; Adnan Mirza, Director, Columbus Office, 614-905-8492, E-Mail: director@cair-ohio.com SPONSORS: Arab Americans of Central Ohio; Council on American-Islamic Relations, […]
MO: New Leadership Revives Muslim Women’s Group
Despite the heat of the summer day, Fatouma Ibrahima poured herself a cup of steaming coffee before sitting down to take notes at a lecture at the Islamic Center of Central Missouri on Saturday. She’d already had a busy weekend with work and school. “I haven’t slept in 48 hours, but I need this,” she […]
U.S. Troops in Iraq Ordered to ‘Kill All Military Age Males’
EL PASO, Texas – Four U.S. soldiers accused of murdering suspected insurgents during a raid in Iraq said they were under orders to “kill all military age males,” according to sworn statements obtained by The Associated Press. The soldiers first took some of the men into custody because they were using two women and a […]
Fisk: Israel Commits War Crime – With Missile Made in FL
They are in the schools, in empty hospitals, in halls and mosques and in the streets. The Shia Muslim refugees of southern Lebanon, driven from their homes by the Israelis, are arriving in Sidon by the thousand, cared for by Sunni Muslims and then sent north to join the 600,000 displaced Lebanese in Beirut. More […]
UK: Prison Officers Strap Qurans to Their Feet
TWO prison officers are under investigation over claims they strapped copies of the Koran to their feet to use as skis in sick games dubbed “Muslim Olympics”. Placing the Koran below the feet is regarded as the “ultimate insult” by Muslims. The officers – based at scandal-hit Feltham Young Offenders’ Institution – are also accused […]
TN: FBI Agent Speaks at Mosque About Quran Desecration
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) – The U.S. Justice Department is considering whether to bring charges in a civil rights investigation prompted by a video on the Internet that shows a Qur’an being shot and dumped outside a mosque, an FBI agent said. FBI agent Tim Burke, speaking to about 70 Muslims after their Friday afternoon worship […]
ME: Mosque Desecration is a Hate Crime, Not a Joke
By now, Brent Matthews should realize that it what he did was no joke. The Lewiston man charged with rolling a frozen pig’s head into a mosque during prayers faces a misdemeanor charged filed by the Androscoggin County district attorney for desecrating a place of worship. That has now been followed by a civil action […]