More Groups Sign AMT Statement on Relations with FBI
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/20/2009) – A number of Islamic, minority and interfaith organizations have signed on to a statement by the American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections (AMT), a coalition of major national Islamic organizations, stating that it is considering suspending outreach relations with the FBI over recent incidents in which American mosques and […]
CAIR: FBI Planting Spies in U.S. Mosques
(CNN) — Ten U.S. Muslim organizations threatened this week to cease working with the FBI, citing “McCarthy-era tactics” by the agency, including efforts to covertly infiltrate California mosques. The groups claim the FBI has sent undercover agents posing as worshippers into mosques, pressured Muslims to become informants, labeled civil rights advocates as criminals and spread […]
IN: Muslim Inmates Segregated, Mistreated in Federal Prison
In February 2007, it was learned that Washington had a secret new facility for so-called “high-security risk” Muslim and Middle Eastern prisoners in violation of federal law that prohibits severely limiting or cutting them off entirely from other inmates as well as outside contacts and communications. Segregating prisoners by race, national origin, or language violates […]
U.S. Is Urged to Lift Ban on Foreign Scholars
Tariq Ramadan, a respected Swiss academic and Muslim scholar, had a job all lined up at the University of Notre Dame in 2004, but the Bush administration prevented him from entering the country. Government officials said he had contributed to a charity believed to have connections to terrorism. A federal judge supported the government’s position […]
Muslim Groups Consider Breaking FBI Ties
Citing the highly publicized case involving an undercover informant who spied on an Irvine mosque, a coalition of U.S. Muslim organizations has announced it may suspend relations with the FBI. “Muslim communities throughout the United States have made significant advances in promoting and contributing to a fair, free and pluralistic society,” reads the statement from […]
CAIR-LA: Islamophobia Is a Lucrative Business
In a post-Sept. 11 America, inciting Islamophobia and attempting to marginalize Muslims is a lucrative business. Extremists like Steven Emerson seek to polarize our nation and world to continue profiting from the industry of fear. Emerson uses methods of distortion, exaggeration and outright falsehood to demonize Muslims and urge fellow Americans to fear Islam.He borrows […]
U.S. Muslim Coalition Considers Suspending Relations with FBI
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/17/2009) – A coalition* of major national Islamic organizations today announced that it is considering suspending outreach relations with the FBI, citing recent incidents in which American mosques and Muslim groups have been targeted.In a statement, the American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections (AMT), said: Muslim communities throughout the United States […]
Credit Union Suspends No-Hat Policy
Navy Federal Credit Union has told employees to stop enforcing its “no hats, hoods or sunglasses” security policy while officials decide how it can be applied fairly, according to an internal memo obtained by The Washington Post.The memo tells employees not to approach anyone wearing a hat, hood or sunglasses, but also not to take […]
NC Paper Profiles New CAIR Chairman
State Sen. Larry Shaw takes pride in keeping a low profile.“I fly beneath the radar,” he says. “That suits my style.”It’s an odd claim for a man who until three years ago was the highest-ranking Muslim elected official in the United States. (U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota snagged that distinction in 2006.)At 59, Shaw […]
CA: Islamic School Thrives with Rigorous Academics
It is 7:45 Thursday morning when the students at Al Arqam Islamic School line up for an assembly before school. As always, boys in their lines, girls in another. The morning scripture reading can be heard throughout the south Sacramento campus. A kindergartner adjusts her hijab, or head scarf. A teenage girl whispers to her […]