Scholars’ Attack on Pro-Israel Lobby Met With Silence
WASHINGTON ”” In the face of one of the harshest reports on the pro-Israel lobby to emerge from academia, Jewish organizations are holding fire in order to avoid generating publicity for their critics. Officials at Jewish organizations are furious over “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy,” a new paper by John Mearsheimer, a top […]
CAIR-LA: USAID Meets with Muslim Relief Groups
(ANAHEIM, CA – 03/26/06) – On March 24, the Southern California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) hosted a roundtable discussion between Southern California Muslim relief organizations and Walid Maalouf from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) at the CAIR office in Anaheim. The purpose of the meeting was to continue […]
CAIR: Man Guilty of Scamming Vermont Muslims
A man who defrauded at least 45 victims throughout the United States, including two in Vermont, by exploiting the Islamic tenet of aiding stranded travelers has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in U.S. District Court in Mobile, Ala., according to the FBI. . . Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for the Washington, D.C.,-based […]
CAIR-FL: David Cole to Speak at Annual Banquet April 1
CAIR-FL: David Cole to Speak at Annual Banquet April 1 The Florida office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations Cordially invites you to attend its Annual Fundraising Banquet. WHEN: SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2006 (Registration 6 p.m., Dinner & Program 7 p.m.)WHERE: Signature Grand, 6900 State Road 84, Davie, FL GUEST SPEAKERS: * David Cole – […]
MA: Muslims Respond to Port, Cartoon Uproar
The deal may be over, but the reverberations of the Bush administration’s thwarted attempt to allow an Arab company to manage operations at six of the nation’s ports left shockwaves in Congress. And the maelstrom has sent powerful tremors through the Muslim-American community as well. Local Muslim leaders believe that the continuing uproar over the […]
WI: Filmmakers Focus on Muslim College Experience
Milwaukee should get ready for its close-up ”” shooting for “Generation Jazba,” an independent film about Muslim college students in Milwaukee, is tentatively scheduled to begin in May of 2007. Writer and director Brooke Maroldi and producer Allyson Bahr said they plan to show the movie at prominent independent film festivals including Tribeca, Sundance and […]
MD Conference: Justice in Christianity and Islam
MD Conference: Justice in Christianity and Islam WHAT: P. Francis Murphy Conference on Justice and PeaceWHEN: Saturday, March 25, 2006, 9:30 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.WHERE: Bon Secours Spiritual Center, 1525 Marriottsville Road, Marriottsville, MD SPEAKERS: * Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, retired Bishop of Detroit, * Imam Yahya Hendi, Muslim Chaplain at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., […]
CAIR-DC: Muslims to Join Rally for Immigrant Rights
CAIR-DC: Muslims to Join Rally for Immigrant Rights (WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/23/2006) – On Monday, March 27, a coalition of groups urging immigration reforms that will treat immigrants humanely and provide undocumented workers with a path to citizenship will hold an interfaith prayer service and rally in Washington, D.C. Similar events are scheduled to take place […]
MN: Student Upset by Quran Presentation
(WCCO) Roseville, Minn. Officials at Roseville Area High School apologized to a Muslim student who was upset by a librarian’s classroom presentation involving The Quran. The 14-year-old student said the librarian was making a presentation about censorship to her freshman English class and brought out several books, including the Muslim book of prayer. As part […]
CA: Informant’s Tactics Are Questioned
SACRAMENTO ”” Posing as a computer expert with a “secret agenda” to support Muslim causes, the FBI’s undercover informant offered to send money from a Lodi, Calif., man to a Pakistani political party, according to transcripts of a recorded conversation introduced Tuesday in a federal terrorism trial. Defense attorneys described the statements as part of […]