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Western News Operations Expand Into Arabic Market
PARIS – A media competition for minds and market share in the Middle East is evolving as a crowd of Western news organizations prepares to deliver headlines – and geopolitical views – in the language of the Koran. Backed by government financing, Germany’s public international broadcaster, Deutsche Welle, is poised to beam as much as […]
CA: Bay Area Sunnis, Shiites Find Common Ground
Oceans away from the sectarian violence in Iraq, the theological differences between Sunni and Shiite Muslims, though muted, exist in the Bay Area. The centuries-old divide follows no easy pattern. On the UC Berkeley campus, for years, some Sunni members of the Muslim Students Association refused to participate in prayers if they were led by […]
CAIR-Philly: Islamic Foundation’s Expansion Fought
Like good fences, good covenants make good neighbors. Broken covenants – well, they can sow anger and mistrust. When the Foundation for Islamic Education took over a 23-acre college campus in Villanova in 1994, Muslim leaders overcame neighborhood opposition by agreeing to abide by an array of restrictions, including limits on traffic, permanent residents, religious […]
CAIR-NY: Former Gitmo Muslim Chaplain to Speak
July 5, Noon – Former Guantanamo Bay Muslim chaplain James Yee speaks about prison conditions and the Department of Defense investigation into his 2003 arrest; Council on American Islamic Relations-NY office, 475 Riverside Drive. Contact: Wayne Lum, 347-400-1656; Nadia Mohammad, 212-870-2002.
CAIR: Pig’s Head Thrown Into ME Mosque During Prayers
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/4/06) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called for stepped up outreach efforts by the Muslim community in Maine after a severed pig’s head was thrown into one of that state’s mosques during prayers. CAIR said the frozen pig’s head was rolled into the Lewiston Auburn Islamic Center late Monday as […]
CAIR: Western Union Blocks Muslim Money Transfers
U.S. RULES FORCE WESTERN UNION TO BLOCK MONEY TRANSFERS BY MUSLIMS DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Money transfer agencies like Western Union have delayed or blocked thousands of cash deliveries on suspicion of terrorist connections simply because senders or recipients have names like Mohammed or Ahmed, company officials said. In one example, an Indian driver […]
Canada: ‘Islamophobia’ Fears Cited
TORONTO — Smashed mosque windows and workers losing their jobs because of their ethnic background are among the signs that anti-Arab sentiment is on the rise in Ontario, the Ontario Human Rights Commission said yesterday. Chief commissioner Barbara Hall expressed dismay at an increase in “Islamophobia” in Ontario as she released the commission’s annual report […]
VA: Muslims Receive Dietary Help with New Law
Starting Saturday, Virginia’s growing Muslim population can shop with confidence as a new state law makes it a class-3 misdemeanor for businesses to falsely advertise food as halal or kosher. The law, which could result in a $500 fine for violators, requires vendors to provide certification information or a toll-free number or Web site to […]
CAIR-San Diego: Islamophobia Has No Place in San Diego
[Edgar Hopida is the director of public relations for the San Diego chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Diego). He may be contacted at: ehopida@cair.com] A recent opinion piece by columnist Larry Stirling (“The Blue Scarf Society,” June 27, The Daily Transcript) shows that just as extremist fringe groups can misinterpret the Quran […]