Trials of Muslim Charities Likened to a Witch-Hunt
The U.S. government’s anti-terrorist financing programmes are based on the “guilt by association” tactics of the McCarthy era and have had a widespread negative impact on U.S. charities, critics say. That is the view of Kay Guinane, director of the Nonprofit Speech Rights Programme for OMB (Office of Management and Budget) Watch, an independent not-for-profit […]
CAIR-PA Offers 10-week Course on Islam at Church
The Philadelphia office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Pennsylvania chapter (CAIR-PA) completed a 10-week course on “Understanding Islam and Muslims” at the Grove Methodist United Church in West Chester, Pa. Some 25 members participated in the course, which was conducted by CAIR-PA Chair Iftekhar Hussain. “The course taught me a framework and a vocabulary […]
CAIR: Muslim Team to Take Part in D.C. ‘Race for the Cure’
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/22/2008) – On Saturday, June 7, a team of Muslims sponsored by a prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group will help raise breast cancer awareness by taking part in the Susan G. Komen National Race for the Cure. The Muslim team, sponsored by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, will carry its […]
TX: FBI Meets with Local Muslims
Local FBI officials met with the Rio Grande Valley’s Islamic community Saturday night to assuage their fears about the agency’s investigations into the community and to discuss how the two groups can better work together. While an FBI official explained the agency’s work and how it changed after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, local Muslims asked […]
FL: Few Clear Wins in U.S. Anti-Terror Cases
When seven ragtag men in a Miami religious sect were indicted in 2006 for their role in a bizarre plot to blow up the FBI Miami office and Chicago’s Sears Tower, then- Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales said the case represented “a new brand of terrorism” among homegrown gangs that “may prove to be as […]
CA: Muslim Leader Urges Shift from Black Theology
Bay Area residents had a rare opportunity Sunday to hear a man who may be the single most influential Muslim in America. But the limits of his reach were also on display. When Imam W. Deen Mohammed stepped to the podium at the Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco, there were perhaps 300 people in the […]
NJ: Long-Awaited Mosque Opens for County’s Muslims
Hasham Shamid came here with his family from Pakistan about eight years ago, seeking a better life. “If I were in Pakistan, I would be a grocery man selling fruit in the street,” Shamid said. In the United States, the 20-year-old high school graduate has a job he loves and he is studying at Ocean […]
AR: Scholars Address Islam and Democracy
Islam is more than a religion – it’s a way of life, adherents believe. A cornerstone of the faith is shariah, or Quranic law. It’s seen as the ultimate frame of reference, governing everything from permissible food to marriage and divorce. Most of the world’s Muslim nations are ruled by military strongmen or kings. A […]
CAIR-FL: Growing Anti-Islam Bias in U.S.
Unfortunately, bigotry and suspicion against Muslims is rising in the United States. The biased comments expressed in the April 7 letter, “Perfect storm?” are but one example of that trend. The letter writer incorrectly asserts that Muslims are pushing for Sharia law in the United Kingdom. In fact, it was Rowan Williams, the archbishop of […]
TX: Islam Teaches Respect for Women
In the fourth installment of a six-week lecture series on Christianity and Islam, a three-woman panel put together by the United Methodist Student Movement Ministry Team spoke about women in the Muslim culture. Often perceived by the Western world to have an oppressive attitude toward their women, Muslims often have been subjected to scorn and […]