CA: A New Welcoming Spirit in the Mosque
When the youth group at southern California’s Mission Viejo Masjid met recently, the scene looked like a public-service announcement for racial tolerance. The Sudanese imam sat next to a Palestinian-American student, who sat next to a female Anglo convert, who sat next to a son of Pakistani immigrants, who… well, you get the idea. But […]
3 Million Americans View CAIR Anti-Terror PSA
More than three million American television viewers have already seen CAIR’s “Not in the Name of Islam” public service announcement (PSA). To view the PSA, go to: http://www.cair-net.org/psa/english.mp3
CAIR-OH to Deliver School Supplies for Needy Students
(COLUMBUS, OH, 8/29/05) – On Wednesday, August 31, representatives of the Ohio office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OH) will deliver school supplies to Mifflin Elementary School in Columbus for distribution to students based on need. The supplies were donated by members of the local Muslim community. CAIR-OH’s school supply drive is part of […]
CAIR Urges FBI to Probe Racist Attack in Missouri
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/29/05) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on local and national law enforcement authorities to investigate an attack on a Columbia, Mo., resident of Middle Eastern heritage as a possible hate crime. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) says the assault took place August 7th and […]
TX: Muslim Comedy Trio Brings Its Act to Richardson
It sounds like the setup line for a joke: Three Muslim comics are coming to town to do a benefit for a cemetery. But hold the ba-dum-bum. The “Allah Made Me Funny” tour really is three stand-up comedians who riff on the travails of being Muslim in post-9-11 America. They’re performing Thursday in Richardson. And, […]
Muslim Banned From US Heading For Oxford
LONDON – A Muslim scholar banned from the United States is to take up a post atBritain’s prestigious University of Oxford, his college said Friday. Tariq Ramadan has been elected to a visiting fellowship (general) at St Antony’s College for the coming academic year and is expected to start in October. “Professor Ramadan is an […]
CAIR-LA: Muslim, Christian Commonalities
On the same day Pope Benedict XVI met with Muslims in Cologne, Germany, calling for stronger dialogue between Christians and Muslims, a daylong conference titled “A Christian Understanding of Islam” took place at Mater Dolorosa Retreat Center in Sierra Madre. Sponsored by the Los Angeles Archdiocese’s Office of Ecumenical/Interreligious Affairs and Office of Justice and […]
CAIR-OH: Robertson’s Words Draw Rebukes from Faith Leaders
His apology notwithstanding, televangelist Pat Robertson’s call for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has tarnished America’s image abroad, many Ohio religious leaders and scholars said. “Those of us of the Christian faith adamantly and completely reject the suggestion that leaders of foreign countries should be assassinated,” said Alvin R. Hadley, executive director of […]
RCMP Man Thought U.S. Would Send Maher Arar To Syria
OTTAWA (CP) – A key RCMP player in the Maher Arar affair says he never suspected, despite some apparent hints from U.S. authorities, that the Americans were going to deport Arar to Syria in the fall of 2002. Sgt. Rick Flewelling acknowledged at a public inquiry Tuesday that he discussed the fact that Arar was […]
NJ: As Chaperones Hover, Single Muslims Look For Love
EDISON, N.J. — Islam forbids unsupervised dating, so the recent gathering of young, unmarried Muslims in the banquet hall of an Edison restaurant was billed not as a singles party but as a weightier Muslim Matrimonial Event. The modern “speed-dating” technique was blended with old religious practices, giving it an Islamic twist with clear rules: […]