CAIR: Right-Wing Group Launches ‘Anti-Islamic’ Bus Ads
Self-described “anti-jihadist” and conservative blogger Pamela Geller — the executive director of Stop Islamization of America (SIOA) — has joined the chorus of right-wing paranoia. Earlier this month on MSNBC, Geller suggested the Islamic center is a “triumphal mosque” on “conquered lands.” Now her organization has recently launched a series of bus ads reading, “Fatwa […]
Evangelical Group Urges Cancellation of Fla. Quran Burning
For Immediate Release: July 29, 2010 Contact: Sarah Kropp, 202-789-1011 The plans recently announced by a Florida group to burn copies of the Qu’ran on September 11 show disrespect for our Muslim neighbors and would exacerbate tensions between Christians and Muslims throughout the world. The NAE urges the cancellation of the burning. NAE President Leith […]
NY Gubernatorial Candidate: Muslims Should be Watched
In an interview last night with NY1 (partially obscured by Paladino’s statement that he will not run for governor on just a third-party line) and speaking this morning with Susan Arbetter on The Capitol Pressroom, Paladino equated those building or using the proposed Cordoba Mosque with Muslim terrorists who attacked the United States on September […]
Tea Partiers Freak Over Six Flags ‘Muslim Day’
But the latest flap is more political. Tea partiers and other anti-Islam activists are freaking out about a Muslim Family Day planned for several Six Flags parks around the country on Sept. 12, the day after the World Trade Center attacks. The event, sponsored by the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), offers Muslim families […]
ADL: Mosque Opponents Are Bigots, They Should Win
As you have probably heard, the Anti-Defamation League came out against the Ground Zero mosque today. I wanted to highlight this extraordinary bit from their statement: Proponents of the Islamic Center may have every right to build at this site, and may even have chosen the site to send a positive message about Islam. The […]
CAIR-IL: A New Look at Faith Group Zoning Rules
A measure that could streamline the process of establishing places of worship and other forms of assembly in unincorporated DuPage County is heading to the zoning panel that recently has taken up two zoning proposals from Islamic groups. … The matter has come up before. The ZBA earlier this month held a public hearing on […]
Video: Tenn. Muslim’s Burial Targeted by Mosque Opponents
The grandson of a Muslim man buried at the site of a proposed new Islamic Center in Rutherford County said the family did not break any law. “Me and my uncle and dad buried by grandpa,” said Naim Abulaban. The unmarked grave on the property is at the center of a growing controversy. Critics of […]
CAIR-NY: How One Muslim American Uses Hip-Hop to Heal Wounds
Aspiring rapper Cyrus McGoldrick is working to change the dialog around anti-Muslim sentiment in America. When Cyrus McGoldrick takes the stage, he’s not himself. McGoldrick raps as The Raskol Khan, often with the Freddy Fuego Sextet, an evolving group of musicians based in Harlem. The name Raskol is based on the main character in Dostoyevsky’s […]
Legal Group, ACLU Accuse FBI of Targeting Muslims
On the eve of scheduled Congressional testimony by FBI Director Robert Mueller, a Muslim legal group said the agency appears to be using anti-terrorism laws to “pry into the private lives” of ordinary citizens. Muslim Advocates, a San Francisco based group of lawyers, law professors and students, contends the agency is using “discriminatory techniques” to […]
CAIR-CA Welcomes Court Ruling on Arizona’s Anti-Immigrant Law
(ANAHEIM, CA, 7/28/10) — Today in Phoenix, a federal district court blocked from implementation several key provisions of the problematic racial profiling law, SB 1070, that is scheduled to go into effect on Thursday, July 29th. Judge Susan Bolton granted a preliminary injunction that prevents police from questioning people about their immigration status. The preliminary […]