NJ: City Reinstates Islamic, Jewish Holidays to School Calendar
The school year just got a little longer for city students. The Board of Education voted to reinstate two Islamic holidays as days off for students Wednesday night, after members of the Muslim community pushed for the change. The calendar originally left off one Jewish holiday – the second day of Rosh Hashanah – and […]
MA: Man Charged for Threats Against Muslim Woman
The threatening letters arrived throughout 2006 and 2007 at two of Beacon Hill’s most popular restaurants. They came with photos of gun-toting men and taunting messages for the owner of both eateries, a successful businesswoman who was born in Iran, came to the United States decades ago, and is an American citizen. A photograph of […]
AL: Islam Critic and Evangelist Author Charged with Arson
Anis Shorrosh, a Palestinian Arab and author of Christian evangelist books critical of Islam, was arrested early Wednesday morning and accused of attempting to set fire to a plastic recycling bin at the Loma Alta Towers where he lives. The condo’s residents were evacuated when smoke from the smoldering blue plastic container set off alarms […]
Daniel Pipes v. Religious Tolerance
In recent years, conservative researcher and commentator Daniel Pipes has become a spokesman for fear of Islam. One of his most damaging efforts is chronicled in Andrea Elliott’s recent New York Times article, “Critics Cost Muslim Educator Her Dream School.” The piece describes the campaign that prevented Arab-American educator Debbie Almontaser from realizing her vision […]
‘Hatemonger’ Daniel Pipes: Forget Rev. Wright, Obama is a Muslim!
I guess the Wright story is passe. Daniel Pipes, the one-time academic and now full-time race warrior, is back to proving that Barack Obama is a Muslim. If only Barack had just said so. If he’s a Muslim, he obviously has no serious involvement with a Christian cleric who is, like so many Christians, really […]
CAIR-CT: Muslims, Jews Challenge Hate Crimes
Hate crimes do not just affect victims. They are message crimes, designed to intimidate a community of people.That is evidenced by the rate of hospitalization, said Robert Trestan, which is four times greater in a hate crime compared to other crimes.Trestan, Eastern States Civil Rights counsel with the Anti-Defamation League, came to the Groton Senior […]
Video: CAIR-LA Rep Speaks at Manzanar Pilgrimage Event
The California chapters of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) brought some 100 Muslim leaders and activists to last weekend’s 39th annual “Pilgrimage to Manzanar,” an internment camp that held Japanese-American, without due process of law, during World War II. The CAIR chapters for Sacramento (CAIR-Sacramento) and the Greater Los Angeles Area (CAIR-LA) co-sponsored Muslim […]
CAIR-LA: Muslims Join Japanese-Americans to Remember Manzanar
For 120,000 Japanese-Americans forced to leave their homes, their businesses and their lives in the wake of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor and America’s entry into World War II, it is evident there are some painful memories which linger to this day.That said, it was also very clear from comments related during this past weekend’s […]
CAIR: Prayer Day Spurs Complaints of Evangelical Co-Option
Christian overtones will define public prayer events today in Buffalo and other local communities observing the National Day of Prayer — despite concerns from some groups that evangelicals have co-opted the day to the exclusion of other faiths.Jews on First and the Council on American-Islamic Relations are among the groups urging a more inclusive prayer […]
CAIR: Critics Say Day of Prayer ‘Hijacked’
Across America today, millions of people at thousands of venues, from churches to municipal buildings, will bow their heads in honor of the National Day of Prayer, billed since its inception 57 years ago as a spiritual gathering for people of all faiths.This year, however, the day of prayer dawns amid controversy over just how […]