CAIR-MI/OH: Battle Against Hunger Unites Faiths (Toledo Blade)
On the seventh anniversary of a terrorist attack by religious extremists, a multifaith group assembled in a Toledo church last night to express unity in alleviating hunger and poverty.Representatives of Christian, Muslim, Jewish, and Hindu faiths participated in the third annual Interfaith Hunger Awareness Service, attended by about 100 people at Epiphany Lutheran Church in […]
CAIR-TX: HLF Charities Still Funded by U.S. (KERA)
Federal Prosecutors try once again to convict Holy Land Foundation members of sending money to the outlawed Middle East group, Hamas. Last year’s lengthy case ended in a mistrial. KERA’s Bill Zeeble reports: While some charges have been reduced, in some cases drastically, this complex case is still expected to last weeks, and be tough […]
CAIR: Boston Mosque Opens as Controversy Fades (Boston Globe)
Sixteen years after 2 acres near Roxbury Crossing were designated for use as a mosque, the area’s growing Muslim community has quietly begun using the building for regular worship…The mosque has been controversial for years. A conservative Israel-advocacy organization called the David Project asserted that some of the mosque’s founding leaders had links to terrorism. […]
CAIR-MN Video: Inside Look at Ramadan (FOX9)
Millions of Muslims are observing the holy month of Ramadan. Kashif Saroya of Council of Islamic-American Relations gives a deeper look at what Ramadan entails, and how you can get involved.Please click here to view the video
PA: Anti-Islam DVD Offends Recipient (Patriot-News)
Sally Lopez said she opened the mailbox at her Lemoyne home on Monday and found a DVD entitled “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West.” The independently released documentary showed scenes from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and other attacks in London, Madrid, Spain and Beslan, Russia. Lopez said she was offended by the […]
CAIR-FL: Muslim Students Remember Victims of 9/11
(MIAMI, FL, 09/10/08) – The Nur Ul Islam Academy today held a solemn ceremony to remember those who lost their lives in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Altaf Ali, executive director of the South Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFL), was the keynote speaker at the event in Cooper City, Fla.In 2005, CAIR […]
CAIR-Chicago: Muslim America’s Rebellious Son (Chicago Trib)
Imam W. Deen Mohammed, the rebellious son of the late Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad who broke from black nationalism and moved thousands of African-Americans to mainstream Islam, died Tuesday, according to family members.“Brother Imam,” as he was known by his followers, was pronounced dead at his home in Markham, said a spokesman for […]
CAIR-MI: Former Nation of Islam Leader W. D. Mohammed Dies (AP)
Imam W.D. Mohammed, who succeeded his father as leader of the Nation of Islam but abandoned its teachings of black supremacy and moved thousands of its followers into mainstream Islam, died Tuesday. He was 74.Mohammed died at his home in Markham, Ill., according to a family statement issued late Tuesday by his nephew, Sultan Muhammad. […]
CAIR: W. Deen Mohammed, 74, Top U.S. Imam, Dies (NY Times)
Imam W. Deen Mohammed, one of the country’s most prominent African-American Islamic leaders and the man who led millions of black Muslims away from the militant politics of the Nation of Islam and toward a more orthodox form of Islam, has died. He was 74.Mohammed, a son of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, was […]
CAIR-MI: Muslim American Icon Imam Mohammed Dies (NPR)
Click here to listen to the segment.Imam W. Deen Mohammed, the son of the founder of the Nation of Islam, died yesterday in Illinois at the age of 74. The cause of his death was not immediately released.Mohammed’s relationship with his father and the Nation of Islam were headline news more than 30 years ago. […]