MN: Muslim Marine Meets Prejudice at Home
It all began with a column in the Star Tribune. Katherine Kersten started by asking whether taxpayers were paying for a religious public school, and, in a later column, concluded that they were. The press coverage resulted in school officials receiving threatening calls and emails with death threats. Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy was founded, according […]
CAIR-MN: Lack of Knowledge Led to Threats, Hate Incidents
The Council on American-Islamic Relations answered questions from TC Daily Planet writer Julia Opoti:Since the Star Tribune and television segments on TIZA have you noticed/or have records of increased anti-Muslim sentiments?After the article appeared in the Star Tribune accusing the public charter school of being an Islamic school, the school started receiving harassing phone calls […]
CAIR: 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing Shaped Muslim Organization
The Council on American-Islamic Relations was a fledgling organization less than a year old when its co-founder, Nihad Awad, received an urgent telephone call from Oklahoma City in April 1995.It was just days after a truck bomb blew apart the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.The Oklahoma City bombing forever changed the organization created to foster […]
CAIR: Discussion on Civil Rights, Peace Building
The Al-Hewar Center holds a discussion on “Expanding the Vision for American Muslims: From Civil Rights to Peace Building” with Nihad Awad, founding executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.WHEN: May 7, 2008, 8 p.m.WHERE: Al-Hewar Center, 124 Park Street SE, Vienna, Va.CONTACT: 703-281-6277, alhewar@alhewar.com
CAIR Panel on ‘Separating Religion from Terror’
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) holds a discussion on “Separating Religion from Terror: Implications for U.S. Policy.”WHEN: Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 9 – 11 a.m.WHERE: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Zenger Room, Washington, D.C. PARTICIPANTS: Frank Cilluffo of the Homeland Security Policy Institute; Douglas Johnston of the International Center for Religion […]
CO: Muslim Candidate Seeks Detente with Own Party
I am going to break a personal rule today and write about someone running for local or statewide office. My rule: Let ’em take out an ad. But Rima Barakat Sinclair is a worthy exception. That’s because few would envy her candidacy. The reasons are, in no particular order, that she is a registered Republican […]
PA: County Mosque to Reopen Today
The Schuylkill County Islamic Society mosque, closed since an April 11, 2007, fire caused major interior damage, will reopen today, according to Society President Dr. Mohamed M. Meeran. A prayer service will begin at 1:30 p.m. at the 1043 E. Norwegian St. mosque, Meeran said. The society does not have a new religious leader, since […]
MA: Harvard Study Shows Positive Impacts of Muslim Hajj
A study on the longer-term effect of participating in the Islamic pilgrimage found that Muslims communities have become more open in many ways after the Hajj experience. The study, published by Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, says that hajj – Muslim pilgrimage – urges equality and harmony. “It increases belief in equality and harmony among […]
Film: ‘On a Wing and a Prayer: An American Muslim Learns to Fly’
(March 13, 2008 – Los Angeles, CA): Whether we want to or not, many American’s knee jerk reaction when they hear about Muslims and flying is September 11, 2001. So knowing the risks and reactions – what would make a Muslim-American man want to learn how to fly post-9/11? In the moving film, On a […]
CAIR-SFBA: Exhibit Highlights Human Cost of Iraq War
The traveling American Friends Service Committee’s exhibit called “Eyes Wide Open,” showing the human cost of the Iraq war, is coming to Palo Alto this weekend.In conjunction with the exhibit, community organizations are planning peace-oriented ceremonies through Sunday.The free exhibit depicts the history, cost and consequences of war. That includes a display of 427 pairs […]