CAIR-MN: Muslims Claim Bias in Company Dress Code
A group of Muslim workers allege they were fired by a New Brighton tortilla factory for refusing to wear uniforms that they say were immodest by Islamic standards.Six Somali women claim they were ordered by a manager to wear pants and shirts to work instead of their traditional Islamic clothing of loose-fitting skirts and scarves, […]
CAIR-OH: Poetry Gives Look at Guantanamo Prisoners’ Lives
Local human rights activists will come together Wednesday for a reading of “Poems From Guantanamo: The Detainees Speak” at the Whetstone branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library.The book contains the writings of 17 prisoners currently being held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facilities in Cuba.“These are poems from real people, sharing their frustrations, grief and […]
AJC Won’t Touch Hagee on Holocaust
In an interview today, an official from the American Jewish Committee would not criticize Pastor John Hagee for his explication, in a recently resurfaced sermon, of Hitler as a “hunter” sent by God to drive European Jews to Palestine. Rabbi Gary Greenebaum, AJC’s US Director of Interreligious Affairs, told me that he accepted Hagee’s “clarification” […]
ADL Head to Pull Support from Hagee’s CUFI
Foxman Calls for ‘Hold’ on Hagee Ties As Sen. John McCain was cutting ties to Pastor John Hagee, the controversial Christian Zionist leader whose endorsement he sought, a top Jewish leader also changed course and called for ties to Hagee’s pro-Israel group to be put on “hold,” the Jewish Week has learned. “It’s now necessary […]
Obama Supporter Accuses Jewish Lobby of McCarthyism
A foreign policy expert consulted by Senator Barack Obama, the leading contender for the Democratic presidential nomination, has accused members of the American Jewish establishment of “McCarthyism” in its attitude towards critics of Israel. Zbigniew Brzezinski, a former national security adviser, said that the pro-Israel lobby in the US was too powerful, while the slur […]
CAIR: Juan Cole: McCain’s Arab-American Problem
Not long ago, the John McCain campaign dropped a prominent Arab-American businessman from its Michigan state finance committee because of allegations that the man was an “agent” of Hezbollah. The charges, made by a right-wing blogger, were unsubstantiated, but fears of being associated with Arab terror caused Republican knees to jerk, and cost Ali Jawad […]
Congress Asked to Probe Surveillance of Calif. Muslims
(LOS ANGELES, CA, 5/28/08) – A coalition of Muslim and civil liberties organizations today called on Congress to conduct a full and impartial investigation of reports that surveillance records on Muslim communities and mosques in California were illegally obtained and disseminated by a group operating out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.News reports have indicated […]
AR: National Guard Seeks Civilians to Act Roles of Afghans
Uncle Sam wants you to play a part in the war in Afghanistan. The National Guard is recruiting 200 civilian “extras” to animate mock Afghan villages under construction at Fort Chaffee. Dressed as native villagers, the role-players will act out scenarios amid movie-style pyrotechnics to train U. S. soldiers to interact with real Afghan civilians […]
TN: Trial for Alleged Mosque Arsonists Set for Fall
The trial for three Columbia men accused of burning down a small Tennessee mosque is expected to begin in September. Federal Judge Robert L. Echols in Nashville granted continuances on Monday to Eric Ian Baker, Michael Golden and Jonathan Stone to allow more time to prepare a defense. The three are charged with conspiring to […]
CAIR: Put an End to Bigotry, by God
One good theory among language experts is that the word bigot comes from a Middle English phrase, “bi god,” which essentially is this exclamation of intolerant certitude, “By God!”So people of faith who oppose bigotry are standing against prejudice that is offered as divinely verified fact.No doubt that’s one reason Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes described […]