MI: Trading Firm COO Challenges Popular Image of Muslims
Muhammad Rasoul, chief operating officer of Global Forex Trading, has been in back-to-back meetings since 5:30 a.m., starting with a conference call to Japan and London. He hopes to be home in time to put his two younger kids to bed.But in this typical wire-to-wire day, Rasoul also will make time for something sacred: the […]
CAIR: Muslims Seeking Greater Influence
In a bid to get more Muslim Americans working in the Obama administration, a book with resumes of 45 of the nation’s most qualified—Ivy League grads, Fortune 500 executives and public servants, all carefully vetted—has been submitted to the White House. The effort, driven by community leaders and others, including Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), was […]
CAIR: Obama Speech in Turkey a Potential Bridge
After 10 weeks in office trying to save the U.S. economy, President Obama is ready to take on the world economy. Whether the world is ready for his remedy remains in doubt. Obama flies to London on Tuesday, then on to four other nations, for his first overseas trip since assuming office and with the […]
10 Terms Not to Use with Muslims
In the course of my travels – from the Middle East to Central Asia to Southeast Asia – it has been my great privilege to meet and become friends with many devout Muslims. These friendships are defined by frank respect as we listen to each other; understand and agree on the what, why, and how […]
CAIR-LA: Rift Develops Between Muslims, FBI over Mosque Surveillance
A coalition of Islamic organizations angered by reports of the government sending a paid informant to infiltrate Orange County mosques is threatening to cut ties with the FBI and accusing the agency of using “McCarthy-era tactics.”The announcement by the American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections comes on the heels of Irvine resident Craig […]
Mearsheimer: The Pro-Israel Lobby Falters
[. . .] One of the most remarkable aspects of the Freeman affair was that the mainstream media paid it little attention – the New York Times, for example, did not run a single story dealing with Freeman until the day after he stepped down – while a fierce battle over the appointment took place […]
CAIR-San Diego Rep Speaks on Islam, Social Justice
(SAN DIEGO, CA, 3/25/09) – A representative from the San Diego chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Diego) offered a presentation yesterday at the University of San Diego (USD) about “Islam, Social Justice, and Islamophobia” for an ethnic studies class.“Social justice is part of the core of Islam’s teachings,” said CAIR-San Diego Public […]
N. Calif. Muslim Restaurant Workers File Bias Suit
(SUNNYVALE, CA, 3/25/09) – The San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) today announced the filing of a lawsuit against Vaigai Restaurant in Sunnyvale, Calif., for routinely harassing its Muslim employees on the basis of their faith and allegedly forcing them to participate in religious rituals. According to the complaint, […]
FBI Tactics Hurt Law-Abiding Muslims
I commend the Orange County Register for an outstanding editorial, “FBI creates climate of fear,” that clearly brought to the fore the unbalanced relationship between the American Muslim community and the FBI [Opinion, March 22]. American Muslims are law-abiding citizens who positively contribute to the fabric of American society. They have sacrificed time, money and […]
CAIR: FBI and American Muslims at Odds
Law enforcement efforts to root out home-grown terrorists are jeopardized by deteriorating relations between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Muslim and Arab-American communities. The situation began last fall when the FBI quietly withdrew formal relations with all local chapters of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), one of the largest Muslim American civil […]