CAIR-MN: Law Enforcement on Watch for Hate Crimes at School
An Islamic advocacy group is asking local law enforcement authorities and the FBI to investigate reported threats against an Inver Grove Heights charter school.Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy says it began receiving harassing and threatening messages after recent public criticism of the school by a Star Tribune columnist. The columnist asserted that the kindergarten through eighth […]
CAIR: Talking Through Walls, an Interfaith Dialogue
Join us for the Dialogue Premiere of Talking Through Walls: How the struggle to build a mosque united a community. About the film: Talking Through Walls is a contemporary documentary about a rural town dealing with a growing Muslim community. Fear, mistrust and alarm are on the rise as divisions between citizens begin to grow […]
MN: Letter Writers Clarify Situation at Academy
Letters to the editor for Tuesday, April 15 High achievement I have worked at Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy (TIZA) for three years, and as a lead teacher I am responsible for helping to implement the teacher-pay incentive program and curriculum. I am writing to correct misconceptions created by a substitute teacher’s aide who worked at […]
CAIR-Chicago: Launch of Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium
“I walked in with curiosity and ambition and I walked out with confidence and a drive to reach my goals,” said Aqsa High School student, Noha Mohammed.About 100 high school students from across the Chicagoland area attended the first official Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium (MYLS) sponsored by CAIR-Chicago this April 5-6, 2008. During the two-day […]
NJ: U.S. Attorney Opens Dialogue with Muslim Community
Authorities say they want Muslims to be vigilant and vocal about extremists in their neighborhoods, and the Islamic community says it needs authorities to be protective of their civil rights. That dynamic played out Monday afternoon when U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie, visited the Interfaith Dialog Center in Newark, a Turkish Muslim organization. Levent Koc […]
DC: Jewish Liberals to Launch Counterpoint to AIPAC
Some of the country’s most prominent Jewish liberals are forming a political action committee and lobbying group aimed at dislodging what they consider the excessive hold of neoconservatives and evangelical Christians on U.S. policy toward Israel. The group is planning to channel political contributions to favored candidates in perhaps a half-dozen campaigns this fall, the […]
Canada: Muslim Women Thrive in Hijab
At age 12, Ramzah Khan made a bold decision to don a traditional Muslim head scarf. She was nervous, uncertain how her friends would react to her wearing a hijab. Five years later, the 17-year-old Calgary high school student says that decision defined who she is today — a vibrant, confident, outgoing young woman. “It […]
CAIR-MI Rep Speaks at Event Promoting Diversity
Dozens of community members attended a dinner promoting diversity. The Muslim Students’ Association of Michigan State University hosted the annual event. The lecture was by Dawud Walid, entitled “developing a Muslim American identity.”Dawud Walid, Executive Director, CAIR: “Through the difficulties this community has been going through since 9/11, we have a peak interest in trying […]
Move to Digitize Muslims’ Scientific Heritage
The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and the US Library of Congress started a joint project to digitize the records of Arab and Muslim scientific heritage with the aim of documenting them in the World Digital Library, according to a KAUST statement quoted by the Saudi Press Agency. An international consultative committee […]
OH: Muslim Congressman Encourages Political Involvement
Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., made history last year when he was sworn in as the first Muslim congressman. On Sunday, he urged local Muslims to make history of their own. “Since I’ve been in Congress, I’ve learned a few lessons. Perhaps the most important lesson I’ve learned is that the Muslim community in America really […]