IA: Islam Growing in Central Iowa
Des Moines – Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the United States.Here in Iowa, it seems to be no different, and there are few reasons why so many Iowans are connecting with this faith. The Islamic Center of Des Moines is one of three Muslim mosques in the metro, so it may suprise you that […]
CA: Muslim to Press Civil Rights Suit
HAYWARD ”” City attorneys were unable to settle a civil rights lawsuit on Wednesday involving a Muslim businessman who says Hayward police officers made derogatory remarks about his religion. Easa Begzad, 49, a longtime Hayward candy manufacturer, traveled to U.S. District Court in San Francisco on Wednesday in an effort to reach a settlement with […]
CAIR-CAN Dinner a Huge Success
(OTTAWA, CANADA 05/6/05) Alhamdulillah (all praise is due to God), CAIR-CAN’s Third Annual Fundraising Dinner in Toronto this past weekend was a huge success. A sold-out crowd of over 700 people came to honor the past five years of CAIR-CAN’s human rights, media and political advocacy work, and donated $140,000 to continue supporting […]
Rep. Conyers Opposes Anti-Immigrant Legislation
(Washington, DC)- Congressman John Conyers, Jr. issued the following statement today in opposition to the inclusion of the controversial Real ID Act in the Emergency Supplemental Bill: “I rise in strong opposition to this supplemental appropriations bill and the anti-immigrant legislation it contains. If we truly believe all the rhetoric we hear about the importance […]
MI: Faith Matters for Metro Arabs Many of them define selves more by religion than ethnicity
Inside a Detroit mosque Friday night, gaggles of teens shuffled into the main hall for soda and cake to celebrate the birthday of the prophet Muhammad. Most were U.S.-raised and of Arab descent; the Islamic headscarves on some women meshed comfortably with baggy football jerseys. They are, in many ways, the future of Arab America. […]
Charges Filed in AIPAC Scandal
WASHINGTON, May 4 – Federal agents arrested a Pentagon analyst on Wednesday, accusing him of illegally disclosing highly classified information about possible attacks on American forces in Iraq to two employees of a pro-Israel lobbying group. The analyst, Lawrence A. Franklin, turned himself in to the authorities on Wednesday morning in a case that has […]
Religious Leaders Denounce Robertson Comments
Religious leaders, left-leaning political activists and victims of the Sept. 11 attacks in New York joined Wednesday (May 4) to denounce recent comments Pat Robertson made about the escalating battle over the federal judiciary. MoveOnPAC, a progressive group that provides financial backing to congressional candidates, said it’s launching a TV ad campaign repudiating the religious […]
IL: Man Accuses Former Employer of Discrimination
CHICAGO – Federal officials have filed a discrimination lawsuit on behalf of a Muslim man who claims his former employer harassed him about his religious observance and eventually fired him. Amer Mirza, 25, of Aurora accuses his bosses at Specialty Publishing Co. in Carol Stream of violating his civil rights by discriminating against his national […]
Shackled In the Land of the Free
Being a bit of a drama queen and a kugel too, I burst into tears when the young black United States Customs and Immigration man at JFK airport held my hand in a tight grip and rolled my fingers round and round, every one, to allow the computer to take accurate fingerprints. Right then, the […]
Arar Was a Victim, Federal Lawyer Admits
OTTAWA – A government lawyer has admitted that Maher Arar was a victim when he was deported on terrorism accusations and detained in Syria – but she did not declare his innocence. Barbara McIsaac, a lawyer for the federal attorney general, made the comment Tuesday as the Arar inquiry met in public for the first […]