MA: Muslim Community Center Nears Completion *
WORCESTER – With their own hands, members of the Islamic community poured concrete and put up walls, forging the foundation of the new 41,000-square-foot building that will house a school, gymnasium and prayer hall. “We would arrive at four in the morning on Saturdays to work,” said Tahir Ali, media director for the Islamic Society […]
MA: Muslim Community Center Nears Completion
WORCESTER – With their own hands, members of the Islamic community poured concrete and put up walls, forging the foundation of the new 41,000-square-foot building that will house a school, gymnasium and prayer hall. “We would arrive at four in the morning on Saturdays to work,” said Tahir Ali, media director for the Islamic Society […]
Libraries Say Officials Do Quiz Them About Users
WASHINGTON, June 19 – Law enforcement officials have made at least 200 formal and informal inquiries to libraries for information on reading material and other internal matters since October 2001, according to a new study that adds grist to the growing debate in Congress over the government’s counterterrorism powers. In some cases, agents used subpoenas […]
Muslim World Isn’t Big With U.S. Students
WASHINGTON ”” Despite an expansion of federal efforts to promote learning Arabic and other languages of the Islamic world, there has been no dramatic increase in Americans studying in countries where such languages are spoken, according to the latest statistics on overseas study. That’s the case even though the number of Americans studying abroad has […]
Group: Abuse Common in Iraq Prisons
BAGHDAD, Iraq – The public war on the Iraqi insurgency has led to an atmosphere of hidden brutalities, including abuse and torture, carried out against detainees by the nation’s special security forces, according to defense lawyers, international organizations and Iraq’s federal Human Rights Ministry. Up to 60 percent of the estimated 12,000 detainees in the […]
Fellowship: Covering Islam and Muslims in America
Covering Islam and Muslims in America November 6-10, 2005 Los Angeles, CA The Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism and the USC Annenberg Knight Chair in Media and Religion, in partnership with the Social Science Research Council and the New York Times Company Foundation, present an expenses-paid seminar that will explore in-depth the practice of […]
IN: Summer School for Imams
PLAINFIELD, Ind. — The lectures so far have covered topics you might expect in any business seminar or college management course — developing a vision statement, improving communication skills and resolving conflicts. But next week, this unusual leadership program will take on issues that reveal its distinctive flavor: application of Islamic law in America and […]
Evangelicals Building a Base in Iraq
BAGHDAD — With arms outstretched, the congregation at National Evangelical Baptist Church belted out a praise hymn backed up by drums, electric guitar and keyboard. In the corner, slide images of Jesus filled a large screen. A simple white cross of wood adorned the stage, and worshipers sprinkled the pastor’s Bible-based sermon with approving shouts […]
MI: Hype Schemes in War on Terror
Mohamed Abdulla saw a pack of journalists gathering outside his Dearborn business on the morning of Dec. 18, 2002, and thought it a good sign. A month earlier the Dix Avenue shop where Abdulla and his family peddle cell phones, rent post office boxes, transfer money and make shipments overseas had been robbed and an […]
Bush’s Claims About Patriot Act Are Hot Air
“How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four; calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.” — Abraham Lincoln President Bush should have reviewed these words from the 16th president before venturing out on a recent “charm offensive” in support of the USA Patriot Act. Speaking […]