Fla. Islamic Centers, Archdiocese to Aid Cyclone Victims
(MIAMI, FL, 05/14/08) – On Wednesday, May 14, representatives of several South Florida Islamic organizations and the Archdiocese of Miami will hold a news conference at a mosque in that city to appeal for funds to aid the victims of the recent cyclone disaster in Myanmar.Those present will include representatives from the South Florida chapter […]
Why Candidates Won’t Talk about Israel
Israel, celebrating its 60th birthday last week, has proved to be an expensive ally for the United States. Since its birth, Israel has received at least $114 billion from the US in direct foreign economic and military aid, says Shirl McArthur, a retired US diplomat who periodically updates his Israel cost estimates for the Washington […]
McCain’s War on ‘Islamic Terror’ and the Chicago Iran Hearings
With Senator Obama the presumptive Democratic nominee, the question facing America, increasingly, boils down to this: intensify the “clash of civilizations,” at the continued expense of domestic needs, or turn to diplomacy to resolve international conflict, so we can re-orient our national priorities to health care, education, economic recovery, and protecting the environment. With President […]
NJ: Influential Muslim Cleric Fights Deportation
An influential Muslim cleric, instrumental in reaching out to law enforcement after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, arrived at a federal immigration courthouse in Newark, N.J., Thursday to fight deportation. Imam Mohammad Qatanani, accompanied by his wife and six children, had little to say as he walked past several hundred supporters holding signs and American […]
Rabbi Testifies in Deportation Trial of Muslim Cleric
A voluntary disclosure from a respected Muslim religious leader is being used by immigration authorities seeking to deport him, according to testimony at his deportation trial Friday from a federal agent. Mohammad Qatanani is the imam of a Paterson mosque, the Islamic Center of Passaic County. Immigration officials assert he should be deported, claiming he […]
Ohio’s Largest Mosque Names New Imam
Ohio’s largest mosque has named an Egyptian-born cleric from Michigan as its new imam, filling a position mostly vacant for more than a year after one imam was deported and another resigned amid accusations of anti-Semitism. Sayed Abouabdalla, 43, was announced to the congregation during Friday prayers at the 350-member Islamic Center of Cleveland in […]
PA: Mosque’s Burial Refusal Stirs Global Controversy
Turning down a request last week to bury alleged cop-killer Howard Cain at the Germantown Masjid has sparked an international controversy about the burial of Muslims. And locally, during Jumah, or Friday prayer services, several imams denounced the May 4 killing of Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski and the bank robbery by a trio, two of whom […]
MN Rep Calls Islamophobic Columnist a ‘Thug’
When Minnesota Rep. Mindy Greiling, a Roseville DFLer who chairs the House K-12 Finance Division, recently went to Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy (TIZA), the majority-Muslim elementary school in Inver Grove Heights made infamous by a March Star Tribune column, what she discovered was entirely different from what writer Katherine Kersten had reported. In fact, what […]
MN Rep Lauds Charter School’s ‘High Standards’
In response to questions prompted by Katherine Kersen’s recent columns on Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy (TIZA), I decided to visit the school myself. What I learned during a tour late last month is that none of Kersten’s concerns that the charter school is promoting religion in violation of a state law that prohibits public schools […]
MO: Mother’s Day, Parents in Islam
[Khaled Hamid, 48, is an American Muslim. He was born in Egypt but has lived in Canada and the United States for nearly 20 years. Since 2000 he has worked as a physician in St. Louis where he lives with his wife and two sons. He is especially interested in civil rights issues and inter-faith […]