FL: Al-Arian Seeks Change of Venue
TAMPA – Attorneys for Sami Al-Arian, the former University of South Florida professor accused of raising money for a Palestinian terrorist group, have asked a federal judge to move the upcoming trial out of Florida. Citing the constant barrage of news coverage, the recent U.S. Senate campaign in which Al-Arian became a central topic of […]
WA: Home Buyers Juggle Faith, Finance
SEATTLE – When he bought his car two years ago, Javed Ahmed saved up enough money so he could pay for it with cash. And every month, the senior analyst at Voyager Capital, a venture firm in Seattle, pays off his credit-card balance so he doesn’t have to pay interest. Now, at 29, Ahmed wants […]
ISLAM-OPED: ‘Kingdom of Heaven’ May Aid Interfaith Dialogue
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CAIR-OH 2005 Leadership Conference A Success
(Columbus, 5/2/05) – The Ohio Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) held its 2005 Leadership Conference on Saturday, April 30. The conference, held at Sunrise Academy in Columbus, drew approximately 60 attendees from various cities across the state of Ohio. The event featured distinguished speakers such as Daniel Tokaji, Ohio State University Professor […]
DC: A Taste for Halal Meat
For three hours, Imad Rababe helped slit the throats of more than 100 goats and lambs at his white cinderblock slaughterhouse near Hagerstown, murmuring a quick blessing to Allah with each flick of his sharpened knife then immediately hoisting the animals by their feet on hooks to drain the blood. It’s a tough business, Rababe […]
MI: Some Muslims Worry about New Pope
When Pope Benedict XVI gave his inaugural homily last Sunday, some Metro Detroit Muslims felt slighted that he made reference to Jews as brothers and sisters, but he failed to mention Muslims. It was the first signal to one of the world’s largest faiths how Benedict, elected to the papacy last month, might continue the […]
OR: Bridging a Cultural Divide
ASHLAND ”” Wearing a veil and Islamic dress in the age of 9/11 may not seem the best way to win friends on U.S. soil, but one local woman says it’s helping her get across a message of peace and interfaith understanding. Saying she’s “appalled” at how the media paints mainstream Muslims with the same […]
Inquiry Finds Abuses at Guantánamo Bay
WASHINGTON- A high-level military investigation into accusations of detainee abuse at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has concluded that several prisoners were mistreated or humiliated, perhaps illegally, as a result of efforts to devise innovative methods to gain information, senior military and Pentagon officials say. The report on the investigation, which is still a few weeks from […]
Boot Camp, Guns – And Farsi Lessons?
MONTEREY, CALIF. – The Defense Language Institute is at the forefront of the Pentagon’s growing emphasis on linguistic and cultural skills. The Pentagon makes no secret of the fact that Staff Sgt. Aaron Jarvis will soon be one of its most valuable assets in the war on terror. Yet the most important part of his […]
CAIR Calls on Leaders to Repudiate Evangelist’s Remarks
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/2/05) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on mainstream political and religious leaders to repudiate “hate-filled” remarks by evangelist Pat Robertson who said on Sunday that Muslims should not serve in the Cabinet or judiciary. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said Pat Robertson told “This […]