Groups Want Names Cleared in Holy Land Case
Two major Muslim organizations, the North American Islamic Trust and the Islamic Society of North America, are asking a federal judge to rebuke prosecutors for publicly naming the groups as unindicted co-conspirators in a federal criminal case against officers of an alleged Hamas front, the Holy Land Foundation of Richardson, Texas. In a motion filed […]
Groups Decry ‘Unindicted Co-Conspirator’ Label
It happened, most recently, in Connecticut in the Gen Re/AIG prosecution. The feds named former AIG CEO Hank Greenberg an unindicted co-conspirator. After the Gen Re trial, the judge issued a decision saying the government had presented “sufficient evidence” for a jury to conclude that the conspiracy started with a phone call from Greenberg. Then […]
CAIR-CAN: Thoughts on Islamophobia Strike a Chord with Readers
Raheel Raza’s commentary misses the point. Of course Islam will remain unaffected as a practised religion by the politics of suspicion and fear. However, those who practise the faith will be affected by such politics of division.When a widely read Canadian news magazine publishes a series of one-sided articles about Muslims, including one saying Muslims […]
DC: Hamza Yusuf, Zaid Shakir to Speak in DC
Zaytuna Institute cordially invites you to a fundraising luncheon with Imam Zaid Shakir and Shaykh Hamza Yusuf. At the event, they will present their vision of ensuring a vibrant and pluralistic American society where Muslim citizens can actively engage in the ongoing public discourse about religion and contemporary issues. We will also present how Zaytuna […]
CAIR Welcomes ACLU Challenge to Stigmatizing of Muslim Groups
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/18/08) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today welcomed the filing of an ACLU legal challenge to the government’s labeling of two mainstream Muslim organizations as “unindicted co-conspirators” in a terror-related case.SEE: ACLU Challenges Government’s Stigmatizing of Mainstream Muslim Groups in Holy Land Case To view the entire ACLU […]
CAIR Urges Obama to Include Muslim Women in Upcoming Events
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/18/2008) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today urged Sen. Barack Obama to invite two Muslim women, who were barred from sitting behind the podium at a Michigan rally, to an upcoming campaign event.Media reports indicate the women were kept from the podium area because campaign volunteers did not want the candidate […]
Video – CAIR-NV: Profane Graffiti Targets Islam
Graffiti is an eyesore in the Valley. But some human rights groups are calling the latest vandalism a hate crime.The offensive graffiti can be seen from Las Vegas Boulevard near St. Rose Parkway. It says, “Bomb Islam.”Signs and billboards are a common site along Las Vegas Boulevard.They can be there to grab motorists’ attention.But along […]
Latino, Muslim Leaders Warn about Immigration Laws
A Latino pastor and a local Muslim leader presented together a workshop about the consequences the enforcement of current immigration laws are having on American citizens and legal residents of the two communities these two leaders represent. During an inter-faith service organized by We Believe COLORADO on Thursday, June 12, 2008, Pastor Fidel “Butch” Montoya, […]
CAIR-OH: Race Relations Event on Juneteenth Day
Community activists will show and discuss the film “Prince Among Slaves” beginning at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Tower City Cinemas, 230 West Huron Road in Cleveland.Tickets are $6. Peace In the Hood, First Cleveland Mosque, the Cleveland Chapter of Intra City Muslim Action Network and the Cleveland Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations are […]
Historic Mosque Loses Prized Artifacts in Flood
Cedar Rapids, Ia. — Imam Taha Tawil slipped off his muddy shoes and padded across the cream-colored carpet marred by someone else’s muddy footprints. He turned to the northeast and began to pray. Below him, in the basement of the Mother Mosque of America, are the soggy heirlooms of the oldest mosque in America, which […]