Yee: Muslim Chaplain Says Gitmo Suicides Expected
SEATTLE — Former Army Capt. James Yee, a Muslim chaplain who served at Guantanamo, says the three suicides there last weekend are a military and intelligence failure. The military failed in its mission to protect the lives of the detainees, Yee said Monday in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.
For U.S. Muslims, an Aversion to Nursing Homes
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. ”” As a founder of the growing Shiite Muslim community here, Hussein Walji oversaw the building of the area’s first mosque. He directed construction of its youth center, and followers hailed him as a visionary for adding an auditorium for ecumenical functions like the M&M picnic for Muslims and Methodists. But even […]
CAIR: Hate Message Left Near Arizona Mosque
(PHOENIX, AZ, 6/13/06) – The Arizona office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-AZ) today called on local and national law enforcement authorities to investigate as bias crimes hate messages left at a Tempe mosque and at the group’s Phoenix office. Officials of the Islamic Community Center of Tempe reported to CAIR-AZ that a sign […]
Pentagon Calls Song ‘Insensitive,’ ‘Inappropriate’
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PENTAGON CALLS ONLINE SONG ‘INSENSITIVE,’ ‘INAPPROPRIATE’Music video ‘contrary to the high standards expected of all Marines’ (WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/13/06) – The U.S. Marine Corps today said it agrees with a prominent national Islamic advocacy group that a video posted on the Internet apparently […]
Poll: Muslim Women Play Down Gender Inequality
Muslim women should be allowed to vote, drive and work outside the home, but gender inequality is not a primary problem, a majority of Muslim women said in a new Gallup poll. The 2005 poll, released Tuesday, questioned 8,000 women about their perceptions of life in Muslim and Western countries. Women were polled in Egypt, […]
CAIR-LA: Faiths Find Common Ground Against Iraq War
The buttoned-down Episcopalian minister was the first to stand up and introduce himself. Then came a Jew wearing a yarmulke. Then a Palestinian Christian attired in black clericals. Next, a Muslim cloaked in an aqua hijab. On and on they went, 50 people representing three faiths, their clothing a reminder of their differences but their […]
Netherlands Mosque Burned
FREE DUTCH-ENGLISH TRANSLATION: http://www.freetranslation.com/ VLAARDINGEN – Een gebouw in Vlaardingen met op de eerste verdieping een Turks gebedshuis is zaterdagmorgen in vlammen opgegaan, nadat het vrijdagavond ook al in brand had gestaan. Dat heeft een woordvoerder van de politie bevestigd. Hoewel de politie brandstichting niet uitsluit, heeft zij geen aanwijzingen dat het gaat om een […]
NJ: Muslim Lawyer Seeking Liberty, Justice for All
Sohail Mohammed was a Clifton lawyer with a small practice — well-liked and respected around the region, but unknown everywhere else. Then came 9/11. In the tumultuous, fear-driven months following the attacks, the collegial immigration lawyer stepped into the center of a national storm. Mohammed, just 37 at the time, fought in court for dozens […]
CAIR-MI: First Challenge to NSA Wiretapping is Today
The National Security Agency’s surveillance program faces its first major court test today before a veteran federal judge in Detroit. In January, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Michigan branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and several individuals, who said they feared the government was spying on them, filed a 60-page lawsuit seeking to […]
Marines’ Cheer Song About Killing Iraqi Civilians
MARINES’ CHEER SONG ABOUT KILLING IRAQI CIVILIANSSong’s lyrics: ‘I blew those little f**kers to eternity’ (WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/12/06) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on the Pentagon and Congress to investigate a music video posted on the Internet that seems to show U.S. Marines cheering a song that glorifies the killing of […]