CAIR Condemns Bus Attack By Israeli Terrorist
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/4/05) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today condemned a shooting attack by an Israeli terrorist that killed four people and wounded many others on a bus in the Arab-majority town of Shfaram. SEE: “Gunman Kills 4 on Israeli Bus” http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/04/bus.shooting/ In its statement, the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic […]
CAIR-DC: Forum with Muslim Women Leaders
WHAT: CAIR’s Research Center invites the public to attend “Muslim Women Leaders in Public Life”. Speakers: * Aisha Al-Adawiya, Executive Director, Women in Islam * Asma Mobin-Uddin, M.D., Vice President of CAIR-Ohio WHEN: Monday, August 29, 2005, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. WHERE: CAIR’s Capitol Hill Office, 453 New Jersey Ave., S.E., Washington, D.C. Complimentary copies of […]
MA: Foe Isn’t Islam, It’s Binladenism
WHETHER WE are American, Nigerian, Indonesian, or British, we look like them, we dress like them, we speak like them, and we pray like them. We cannot identify them before they strike. They hate us because we reject their ideology. They would kill us as ”infidels.” We are Muslims. So are they. But they are […]
Detainee Alleges Abuse En Route to Gitmo
A 27-year-old Ethiopian man being held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay alleges that interrogators in jails through which he passed before reaching Cuba repeatedly abused him physically and psychologically, his attorney said Tuesday. Benyam Mohammed alleged that the torture took place in Pakistan, Morocco and Afghanistan and that he was flown between […]
Israel Seeks $2.2 Billion From U.S. For Pullout
Israel is seeking $2.2 billion from the United States, in one of the largest aid requests by the Jewish state, to help pay for its planned withdrawal from the occupied Gaza Strip, Israeli political sources said Monday. In a meeting with senior U.S. officials in Washington, an Israeli delegation gave the White House an assessment […]
TX: All Clear at Islamic Center
An apparent attempt to make a donation resulted in a bomb scare at a San Antonio mosque Wednesday morning. Police said a man arrived at the San Antonio Islamic Center to open the Mosque for morning prayers when he found an open metal suitcase containing $100 bills on the front step of the building, which […]
CAIR-NY: Politicians Call For Racial Profiling
Middle Easterners should be targeted for searches on city subways, two elected officials said, contending that police have been wasting time with random checks in efforts to prevent terrorism in the transit system. The city began examining passengers’ bags on subways and buses after the second bomb attack in London two weeks ago. Police Commissioner […]
DC Radio Host Claims Quran Teaches Muslims to Lie
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/3/05) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on a Washington, D.C., radio station to address the incitement of anti-Muslim hatred caused by its talk show hosts. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) issued that call after a replacement for a talk show host suspended for anti-Islam remarks […]
INCITEMENT WATCH: Islam Hostile to Non-Muslims
INCITEMENT WATCH: Islam Hostile to Non-Muslims Charles Morris, York Daily Record, 8/3/05 http://ydr.com/story/letters/79682/ In 1554, after a coalition of European armies turned back Islamic invaders at the very gates of Vienna, the defeated Muslim leader, “Sueleiman The Magnificent” vowed that Islam would return to finish the job “even if it took 500 years.” Do the […]
NY: Profiling Supported, Opposed
My life growing up in California has continually been shaped by the fact that I’m a Muslim Pakistani American. I’m faced with the same day-to-day challenges as any other boy my age, but the way I meet them is very different because of my culture and religion. The way I choose to live my life […]