DC: Imax Re-Creates Epic Pilgrimage to Mecca
I’d never heard of Ibn Battuta, the famed 14th-century Moroccan lawyer who at the age of 21 wanted to perform the hajj. Instead of a ride in an air-conditioned jet to Saudi Arabia, the trip in 1325 was a hazardous overland trek of 3,000 miles from Tangier to Mecca. Ibn Battuta had to detour via […]
CAIR-Chicago: Bias May be Factor in Rejection of Mosque
A proposal to allow a place of worship near Naperville for about 30 Muslim families from the western suburbs was rejected Tuesday by the DuPage County Board.But it appears the controversy over the proposed Islamic center isn’t over.With little comment, County Board members voted 10-7 to deny a conditional-use permit requested for the Irshad Learning […]
Muslims Who Washed Body Saw Things ‘That Seemed Odd’
Local Muslims are asking for a state investigation into the death of a 22-year-old murder suspect in custody at the Macomb County Jail, calling into question authorities’ ruling that the death was a suicide.Authorities say that Mohammed Abul-Fazal Chowdhury killed himself inside a jail cell on Friday with a razor he got from the commissary.But […]
CAIR-MI: Muslim Groups Demand Answers on Inmate’s Death
Local Muslim advocacy groups today said they are concerned that an apparent suicide Friday of a Macomb County Jail inmate may have been a homicide, and they want more answers.Mohammed Abdul-Fazal Chowdhury, 22, who was awaiting trial in the stabbing death of his wife, was discovered with his throat slashed around 4 p.m. Friday in […]
NY: Muslim Cabbie Returns $21K Left in Taxi
A Bangladeshi taxi driver in New York City has gone out of his way to track down the person who left thousands of dollars in cash in the back of his cab. Mukul Asadujjaman, a medical student, drove nearly 80kms (50 miles) to an address he found with the money. He left his phone number […]
U.S. Muslim Charity to Fly $1 Million in Relief Supplies to Haiti
(Alexandria, VA, January 13, 2010) — Islamic Relief USA, America’s largest Muslim relief organization, announced today that it will immediately fly a $1 million shipment of aid to those impacted by yesterday’s earthquake in Haiti. That relief aid will be sent in coordination with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Those wishing to […]
CAIR Asks Muslims to Help Repair Malaysian Churches
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/12/2010) – A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today called on American Muslims and other people of conscience to help fund repairs to Malaysian churches damaged by vandals. The attacks on the churches came following a court ruling that overturned a ban on the use of the Arabic word for […]
CAIR-OK to Host Town Hall on Profiling of Muslims at Airports
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 1/12/10) — On January 15, the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) will hold a town hall meeting at the Melody Banquet Hall in Moore to discuss issues of concern to the Muslim community such as airport profiling, youth empowerment and civic engagement. WHAT: CAIR-Oklahoma Town Hall MeetingWHEN: Friday, […]
CAIR-LA: Calif. Mosque Holds Town Hall in Response to Anti-Muslim Hate
(ANAHEIM, CA, 1/8/10) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) announced today that a town hall meeting will be held at the Orange County Islamic Foundation tonight in response to the recent anti-Muslim hate incidents in Mission Viejo and Costa Mesa. WHAT: Orange County Islamic Foundation Town Hall […]
CAIR-MI: U.S. Muslims Rally Against Terror (Free Press)
Chanting “No more terrorism,” about 150 Muslim and Nigerian protesters waved U.S. flags as they rallied in the cold outside the federal courthouse during a hearing for the suspect accused of trying to bomb a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas Day.“Muslims here to tell you: Go to hell,” read a sign held by Majed Rizki, 48, […]