CA: Documentary on American Muslim Comedian to Premiere
(NORTHRIDGE) – The idea for the film, “Ahmed, Say Something Funny,” was hatched about six years ago when Cal State Northridge cinema and television arts professor Thelma Vickroy caught a performance of comedian Ahmed Ahmed at the Comedy Store in Hollywood. Her friends, CSUN art alum Fred Beshid, a Los Angelesbased writer, artist and producer, […]
AZ: After 12 Years, Mosque Prepares to Open
When the holy month of Ramadan arrives Sept. 1, about 400 Muslim families in the south East Valley will finally have their own masjid, or mosque. They’ll gather there for their nightly prayer services and cultural activities, meals and events that traditionally make a mosque a center of Islamic community life. It’s been 12 years […]
Canada: Terror Suspicions Lead to Human Rights Award for Muslim Man
When Ghassan Asad immigrated to Canada from Saudi Arabia ten years ago, the 28-year-old biochemistry student was hoping for a new life free of the strict political constraints found in his home country. What he wasn’t hoping for was to be shunned by his peers, interrogated by police and suspected of being involved in the […]
Obama’s Pro-Israel Stance No Surprise to Arabs
Barack Obama has convinced Arabs and Iranians he will put Israel’s interests first if he becomes U.S. president, after a Middle East tour that ended on Thursday. When it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, many in the region believe, Obama would display the same bias in favor of the Jewish state that they now expect […]
DC: Ninth International Kashmir Conference
Association of Humanitarian Lawyers & Kashmiri American Council/Kashmir Center Announces the Ninth International Kashmir Conference – “Peace Process in South Asia: Resolving Kashmir Dispute” WHEN: Thursday, July 31st & Friday, August 1st 2008 Registration on Thursday begins at 8.00 a.m. WHERE: Capitol Hill, Rayburn House Office Building, Room # B 338 (Independence Ave & New […]
CAIR-NY Applauds Mayor, MTA Support for Muslim Free Speech Rights
(NEW YORK, NY, 7/23/08) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today applauded Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) for supporting the free speech rights of a Muslim group that plans to place educational advertisements about Islam in city subway cars.The ads, sponsored by the New York […]
KS: Iraqi U.S. Army Soldier Fights for Citizenship
His voice sounded flat, worn down as he talked on the phone from his Army barracks at Fort Riley, Kan. He is tired of waiting to become a U.S. citizen. Julian Polous was born in Mosul, Iraq, graduated from college and learned to speak four languages. But he fled Saddam Hussein’s army and found asylum […]
CAIR-IL: Ellison Urges Muslim Youth to Participate in Democracy
Twenty-five young men and women attended the second annual Young Muslim-American Leaders Summit-D.C., an event organized by the Muslim Public Affairs Council, or M-PAC. The private, Washington-based public service group has been working for the past quarter century to help American Muslims become active in their local communities and more involved in shaping national policies.Salam […]
Muslims Decry Laptop Searches at Border
Jawad Khaki, a corporate executive from Sammamish, was returning home from a business trip to Ireland and Germany last year when a customs agent at the airport asked him to turn on his cellphone. He already had told the agent in detail where he had traveled and why, so when the agent began looking over […]
CAIR-MI: Rep Fights Ban on Terms that Describe Terrorists
The Bush administration advises officials to avoid the use of certain words when describing terrorism, saying the terms are inappropriate and counter-productive. But four members of the Michigan congressional delegation want to ban federal funds for initiatives that prohibit the use of the words, like “jihadist” and “Islamist.”Muslims have long considered the words slurs. The […]