An Everest First For Muslim Women
TWO Iranians yesterday became the first Muslim women to conquer Mount Everest as the early season expedition took advantage of a rare weather window to reach the world’s highest summit. Farkhondeh Sadegh, 36, a graphic designer, and Loleh Keshavarz, 26, a dentist, hoisted their country’s tricoloured flag on the summit together with six Iranian men […]
AIPAC Scandal: Staffer Admits Disclosing Classified Info
WASHINGTON – Pentagon official Larry Franklin has admitted that he may have disclosed classified information to a foreign official who was not authorized to receive it. The admission appeared in an FBI affidavit submitted to a U.S. District Court last week. A Virginia grand jury is expected to indict Franklin for giving classified information to […]
‘Tank Girl’ Army Accused of Torture
A bizarre revolutionary army supported by British politicians who want more “regime change” in the Middle East, has been accused of torture and brainwashing. Evidence obtained by the Guardian backs a report by Human Rights Watch. This makes detailed accusations of abuse, including deaths under interrogation, against the “People’s Mujahideen” of Iran (MKO). The Mujahideen […]
CA: KPFA Radio Apprenticeships
The KPFA First Voice Apprenticeship is an intensive 18-month Affirmative Action training program that brings primarily women and people of color into the field of radio. The program is intended to remedy discrimination and create equality for those who have been underrepresented in media. Since 1985, this program has taught radio production and engineering to […]
CA: Institute to Teach Understanding of Islam Ascribe
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., May 31 — A unique program designed to teach Bay Area K-12 educators how to foster a classroom environment that is accepting and understanding of Muslim students and Islamic culture is being offered this summer at Dominican University of California. “Today classrooms are increasingly populated with students of Islamic origins, but many […]
NC: CIA Charter Flights for Terror Suspects
SMITHFIELD, N.C. – The airplanes of Aero Contractors Ltd. take off from Johnston County Airport here, then disappear over the scrub pines and fields of tobacco and sweet potatoes. Nothing about the sleepy Southern setting hints of foreign intrigue. Nothing gives away the fact that Aero’s pilots are the discreet bus drivers of the battle […]
U.S. News: ‘Secrets of Islam’
Islam, the youngest of the world’s major religions, is today its fastest-growing faith – over 1.2 billion people follow the teachings of the Koran. But many Americans know little about this religion and its followers. Islam shares much in common with the other great Western faiths. Muslims believe in the same God as Christians and […]
CAIR-LA to Host Annual Banquet on 9/17/05
WHAT: Join the Muslim community, interfaith leaders, and elected officials at the largest banquet for California Muslims. Speakers include: Professor Cherif Bassiouni, Law Professor, DePaul University; Ridwan Saleh, President of the Islamic Society of Greater Houston; and Omar Ahmad, Founder and Past Chairman of CAIR. WHEN: Saturday, September 17, 2005 WHERE: Anaheim Convention Center Ballroom […]
MIAMI Islamic Center Vandalized For Second Time
(MIAMI, FL, 5/29/05) – The Florida office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-FL) today called on the FBI to investigate an act of vandalism at a Miami Islamic center as a possible hate crime. Officials of the Islamic School of Miami (ISM), told CAIR-FL that vandals threw a large rock through a glass door […]
Canada Asked To Extradite Con Artist Who Targeted Muslims
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/29/05) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on Canadian authorities to apprehend and extradite two alleged con artists who targeted Muslims in the United States. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said the two men, Mohammed Agbareia and Zouhair Hissy, both live in Canada and were recently […]