SC State Sen. Posts Osama-Obama Photo
South Carolina State Senator Kevin Bryant has removed a classy photo from his website showing Osama Bin Laden next to Barack Obama with text claiming the difference between them is “just a little B.S.” Update: Interview with Bryant added below. The photo was highlighted by Wonkette and The Hill, among other sites, and when I […]
Islamic Mutual Fund Outperformed the Market
The funny thing about faith-based mutual funds is, well, that there’s anything called a faith-based mutual fund. For one thing, Scripture is full of exhortations against accumulating wealth. The New Testament, especially, repeatedly reminds followers of Christ that earthly wealth means nothing in heaven. “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye […]
DC: Lieberman to Speak to Hagee’s Group
Sen. Joe Lieberman will speak tonight at a conference hosted by the controversial pastor John Hagee. Hagee was spurned by presumed Republican presidential nominee John McCain for his claim that God sent Adolf Hitler to help Jews reach the promised land. A Lieberman spokesman on Monday confirmed that the independent Connecticut senator plans to speak […]
Presidential Candidates and Their ‘Irreverent Reverends’
John McCain’s pastors have gone to ground. It’s been a rough year for the Republican presidential candidate’s prominent evangelical supporters. The Rev. John Hagee got in hot water for suggesting that God was behind the Holocaust and that the Roman Catholic Church is a “great whore.” The Rev. Rod Parsley had some uncharitable thoughts on […]
Israel Fears Scathing U.S. Report on Its West Bank Policies
The United States security coordinator for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, retired general James Jones, is preparing an extremely critical report of Israel’s policies in the territories and its attitude toward the Palestinian Authority’s security services. A few copies of the report’s executive summary (or, according to some sources, a draft of it) have been given to […]
Video: CAIR Rep on McCain Campaigner’s Anti-Muslim Remarks
In a report on CNN’s “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer,” CAIR Legislative Director Corey Saylor comments on the controversial remarks about Muslims made recently by a top McCain supporter on a campaign conference call with reporters in Florida.Click here to watch the video.
NY: Muslim Voters Will Help Shape Political Future
In November, the lines at voting booths on Staten Island will have a new look, with record numbers of Muslims and other newly registered residents from diverse ethnic groups casting ballots in some of the most crucial local and national races in decades. In fact, the borough leads the city with a reported 43 percent […]
CAIR: Email Attacks on Obama Spark Debate on Racism
“The Muslims have said they plan on destroying the US from the inside out. What better way to start than at the highest level – through the president of the United States, one of their own.”So reads an email widely distributed in the US from unknown senders as part of a smear campaign, satirised with […]
Obama Just an American with a Muslim Middle Name
A year ago, Palestinian medical student Wessam al-Ghoul in the U.K. thought Barack Obama would break new ground in bringing Middle East peace. Today, he says the Democratic presidential candidate is merely “the lesser of two evils.” Al-Ghoul changed his mind after Obama toughened his rhetoric against Iran and said on June 4 that ”Jerusalem […]
CAIR: Need for Common Code of Ethics
As growing worldwide trends show an increase in immoral behaviors, it becomes increasingly urgent for leaders of faith communities to talk seriously about issues of morality and ethics. Ideally, these discussions will lead to the creation and adoption of a universal moral code to help curb these disturbing trends. Obviously differences in cultural, religious and […]