MA: Boston Muslims Condemn Terror
In the Name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. The members of the Islamic Center of Boston join their fellow Americans and all people of conscience every where in the world in unequivocally condemning the senseless acts of violence that were committed in London on July 7, 2005. No cause or excuse can […]
Statement BY Canadian Imams on Extremism
“We are Canadian Muslims. The first of us came to this country in the 1800’s. We have journeyed from six continents to make Canada our home. “Our life in Canada has been one of positive contribution and near seamless integration. It has not been a clash of cultures or of civilizations. “Canada has offered us […]
CAIR-CAN: Canadian Imams to Condemn Terrorism
In an unprecedented move, 120 Canadian imams and other Islamic religious leaders from across the country will release a statement today denouncing terrorism and vowing to confront religious extremism. The declaration, coordinated by the Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN), will be released at a news conference at a downtown Toronto mosque following noontime prayers. […]
NY: Muslims Offer Condolences to U.K. Consul-General
(NEW YORK, NY, 7/21/05) – The New York office of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) organized a meeting today between British Consul-General in New York Sir Philip Thomas and New York Muslim leaders. The Muslim leaders met with Sir Philip and signed the book of condolences for the recent terror attacks in London. […]
CAIR-CA: First Live Broadcast from U.S. Mosque
(ANAHEIM, CA – 7/21/05) – On Thursday, July 21, the Southern California office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) will help coordinate the first-ever live radio broadcast from an American mosque. Radio station KFI 640 AM will broadcast the “John and Ken Show” on location at the Orange County Islamic Foundation (OCIF) in Mission […]
City Can’t Ask Muslim Firefighter to Shave Beard
A Philadelphia firefighter who is a practicing Muslim should not have to shave his beard in order to stay on the job, a common pleas judge has ruled in a decision that is apparently the first to interpret Pennsylvania’s Religious Freedom Protection Act. In DeVeaux v. City of Philadelphia, Judge Joseph A. Dych argued that […]
Tancredo Won’t Back Down
Washington – Rep. Tom Tancredo refused Monday to back down from his statement Friday suggesting that the United States might respond to a radical Islamic terrorist attack by bombing Muslim holy sites. Muslim groups earlier Monday called on Tancredo to apologize and said they want to meet with the Colorado Republican. “I’m not suggesting we […]
The Border Mentality James Carroll
ONE TIME, a US Customs official sent a chill through me, and I feel it still. We were returning from a ski trip to Canada. At the border, the official was brusque as he interrogated me. To my horror, I realized that I had neglected to declare a purchase made at the ski resort, and […]
CAIR-MI: U.S. Muslims Don’t Pose Threat to America
[Dawud Walid is the Executive Director of the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Lathrup Village.] Since the London attack on July 7, condemnations and condolences from the international community have been extended to the victims of the London attack and the British population. And although Islamic scholars from across the globe […]
Turkish Official Condemns Tancredo’s Remarks
ISTANBUL, Turkey ”” Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul today condemned comments by Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., that the United States could “take out” Islamic holy sites if there were a nuclear attack on America by Muslim fundamentalists. Gul, whose nation is officially 99 percent Muslim, commented on the congressman’s remarks at a news conference with Irish […]