‘Allah Made Me Funny’ Pokes Fun at Stereotypes (NPR)
Muslim comedians Azhar Usman, Mo Amer and Preacher Moss are from different cultural backgrounds, but unite to form Allah Made Me Funny, a stand-up comedy routine that entertains audiences around the world. The trio is now hoping for the success of a new film, named for the routine. Click here to listen to an interview […]
MI: Candidates Vie for Arab-American Support
Ali Dagher and Belal Abdallah came to Dearborn as children, brought by parents looking for the opportunities that abounded in the 1970s. Dagher and Abdallah, Muslims whose families are from Lebanon, became fast friends in the city that boasts the nation’s largest concentration of Arab Americans. Dagher became a lawyer and Abdallah a doctor of […]
Fox ’24’ Producer Pulls Endorsement of Anti-Muslim Film
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/5/08) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group announced today that Howard Gordon, the executive producer of Fox’s television drama “24,” has withdrawn his endorsement of the anti-Muslim film “Obsession,” which is currently being distributed to some 28 million households in presidential election swing states by a shadowy non-profit organization […]
North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty and Is Sentenced for Federal Hate Crimes
WASHINGTON – A North Carolina man pleaded guilty today to federal civil rights charges for threatening employees of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) and the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) because of their race and national origin, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Grace Chung Becker and U.S. Attorney […]
NC Man Sentenced for Threatening CAIR
A Raleigh man who made graphic threats against national Hispanic and Islamic advocacy organizations will serve 45 days in federal prison.Christopher Michael Szaz, 42, also must perform 100 hours of community service with an Islamic or Hispanic group, receive treatment for alcohol addiction and remain under supervision for a year, according to the sentence imposed […]
CAIR-LA: Muslims Launch Nationwide Voter Drive
Hanna Shafik has been a U.S. citizen for 13 years. The Egyptian-born woman always meant to register to vote but didn’t do so until Wednesday, when she spotted a voter-registration table at the Ontario Convention Center after leaving prayers for Eid ul-Fitr, which celebrates the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. “People need […]
U.S. Muslims to Mark End of Ramadan with Communal Prayers
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/29/08) – On Wednesday, October 1* (date may vary, consult local mosques), the Muslim community in America will celebrate the end of the month-long fast of Ramadan with communal prayers around the country. (Ramadan is the month on the Islamic lunar calendar during which Muslims abstain from food, drink and other sensual pleasures […]
OR: Protesters Denounce Distribution of ‘Obsession’
Dozens of protestors gathered in front of The Oregonian building Monday morning to denounce the inclusion of a DVD they perceive as anti-Islam propaganda in the Sunday edition of the newspaper. The DVD, “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West,” was produced by a New York nonprofit called the Clarion Fund and was distributed as […]
CAIR: ‘Obsession’ Distributor Seeks to Influence Election (LA Times)
Newspaper subscribers are accustomed to the sample-size boxes of laundry detergent or aspirin bottles that sometimes arrive packaged with their morning paper, courtesy of advertisers. But readers in battleground states are getting a different kind of freebie: the DVD of a controversial documentary on Islam.Millions of copies of “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West” […]
TX: Muslim Docs Allege Racial, Religious Bias (Houston Chron)
Two Iraqi doctors who fled to the United States to avoid persecution have filed a lawsuit against Texas A&M, saying they were regularly debased and that co-workers threw animal feces and urine on their prayer rug. In a discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed in Houston federal court, two married doctors, Mundhir Ridha and Saeeda Ali […]