CAIR-LA: Hundreds Honor Manzanar Internees
Blustery winds, blowing dust and winter-like temperatures did little to stop nearly 1,500 people from attending the 40th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage on Saturday. In fact, more than one speaker described the humility pilgrims should feel for the internees who spent day after day, for years, in conditions like those experience this weekend… The keynote speaker […]
CAIR: US Mosques Lead Swine Flu Campaign
American Muslims are leaving no stone unturned in increasing their community’s awareness about the swine flu virus that has been registered in several America states and is spreading globally. “I think when we are facing challenges such as the health challenge of a pandemic, swine flu, that can become a very serious problem, we need […]
CAIR: Congregations Confront Swine Flu
It’s called, alternately, the Kiss of Peace, the Holy Kiss, the Passing of the Peace, the Sign of Peace and even the Holy Howdy. A variety of churches feature some form of the practice within their liturgies, and its roots can be traced back to the earliest days of Christianity. But the kiss of peace […]
Video: U.S. Soldiers Urged to Evangelize in Afghanistan
A new report by Al Jazeera shows U.S. troops being told to “hunt people for Jesus … so we get them into the kingdom.” Click here to watch the video from Al Jazeera English. New video evidence has surfaced showing that U.S. military forces in Afghanistan have been instructed by the military’s top chaplain in […]
U.S. Denies Letting Troops Convert Afghans
KABUL (Reuters) – The U.S. military denied Monday it has allowed soldiers to try to convert Afghans to Christianity, after a television network showed pictures of soldiers with bibles translated into local languages. General Order Number 1 from the U.S. military’s Central Command forbids active duty troops — including all those serving in Iraq and […]
Obama Approval High Among U.S. Muslims
PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Poll Daily tracking during President Obama’s first 100 days in office finds broad support for him among Americans affiliated with most major U.S. religions. U.S. Muslims and Jews give Obama his highest job approval ratings, at 85% and 79%, respectively. He also receives solid majority support from Roman Catholics (67%) and […]
CAIR: The FBI, the Mosque and the Informant: Who Was Conning Whom?
If there’s a precise moment when the FBI first began to have a sinking feeling about Craig Monteilh, it likely occurred sometime in the spring of 2007, when his handlers read a small detail buried in one of his surveillance reports. Monteilh had been spying on the Islamic Center of Irvine and other mosques for […]
CAIR: Worship Sites Seek to Keep the Faithful Flu-Free
[…] The communal Friday noon prayer for Muslims also could be affected if the flu worsens, said Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Islamic scholars consulted by CAIR said that the prayer time, when worshippers are often packed shoulder to shoulder, toe to toe, can be canceled, and done privately, in regions where […]
CAIR-LA: History Connects Muslims, Japanese-Americans
MANZANAR, Calif. — For 14-year-old Sarah Rafiqi, a freshman at Valencia High School in Placentia, Calif., taking part in the Bridging Communities program was a way to learn about others in neighboring communities. “I wanted to join because I think it is a good idea for kids of different ethnicities and races to come together […]
Michael Wolfe: New Media Give New Voice to Muslims
Editor’s note: Michael Wolfe is co-founder of Unity Productions Foundation, a nonprofit organization that has produced six documentary films for national broadcast. He edited the Wilbur-award-winning book “Taking Back Islam: American Muslims Reclaim their Faith,” and his television work has been nominated for Peabody and Emmy awards. (CNN) — “The media is dying.” It’s the […]