CAIR-GA Hosts Panel Discussion On Modi Visit What:
On March 17, the Georgia office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-GA), along with members of the Atlanta India and Pakistani communities, will host a public forum on the planned visit to the United States by Narendra Modi. (See news release below for background.) Participants will hear the latest updates on the controversy from […]
MSA Lecture On Humanistic Traditions In Islam And The West
Georgetown University’s Campus Ministry, Muslim Students Association, Theology Department, and the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies cordially invite you to a lecture titled, “Civilizational Synergies: The Humanistic Tradition in Islam and the West” by Dr. Umar Faruq Abd-Allah. Dr. Abd-Allah is a nationally renowned scholar who has spoken all across the country and at numerous […]
U.S. Soldiers Urinated On Bahraini Detainee – Lawyers
A Bahraini detainee said that he was tortured by U.S. guards during his detention in Afghanistan. The lawyers of a Bahraini detainee at Guantanamo Bay said that he was tortured and abused by U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. Abdulla Majid Al Nuaimi was arrested in Pakistan in 2001 and transferred to Kandahar in Afghanistan and then […]
Muslim American: A New Identity?
Islam is the fastest growing religion in the US, yet one in four Americans regard Muslims living among them with suspicion. What does it mean to be both Muslim and American?… There is a stirring in Muslim communities. A new breed of activists driven by anger and injustice against Muslims, both at home and abroad, […]
U.S. Unaware Of Realities Of Iraq War, Vet Says
Critical of the U.S. media and Bush administration, a veteran of the war in Iraq spoke Thursday night about the realities of the conflict, saying that U.S. soldiers there were ill-equipped, poorly trained and largely unsupportive of the war”¦
Dallas Billboard Asks: Why Islam?
The way to religious tolerance is through a billboard – or at least that’s the idea behind a display for tens of thousands of commuters in North Dallas each day. It’s not a question a lot of people ask themselves on the way to work. But there it is, hanging above westbound LBJ Freeway near […]
21 Dell Employees Retain CAIR As Legal Counsel
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/15/05) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today announced that it has been retained as legal counsel by 21 of the 30 Muslim employees recently forced from their jobs at a Dell Inc. plant in Nashville, Tenn., for seeking to perform religiously-mandated prayers in the workplace. The Council on […]
Master Of Arts In Social Studies: Islamic Studies
The Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences in Ashburn, Virginia is accepting applications for the second year of its new intensive graduate degree in Social Studies: Islamic Studies. The program offers the opportunity for students to complete a 36 credit hour MA degree program in ten months of full-time study, beginning in September of […]
Bush Taps Egyptian American Woman For Top State Job
WASHINGTON – Dina Powell, an American of Egyptian descent who speaks fluent Arabic, will be named to a top State Department public diplomacy job on Monday as the White House seeks to improve its image in the Arab world, U.S. officials said. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will announce the choice of Powell, head of […]
U.S. Muslims Wary About Public Display Of Commandments
PEOPLE OF FAITH have mixed feelings about the posting of the Ten Commandments in government facilities, and American Muslims are no exception. The opening clause of the First Amendment has been debated throughout American history. Does it mean that government cannot prefer religion over secularism? Does it mean that government cannot prefer one religion over […]