Chinese Muslims Visit CAIR’s Capitol Hill Office
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/5/08) – CAIR was honored yesterday to host a delegation of Muslims from the People’s Republic of China currently touring the United States to learn about the American Muslim experience and the role of religion in our society. The Chinese delegation, which met with CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad, included researchers, religious leaders […]
CAIR: Harvard Gym Accommodates Muslim Women
Harvard University has banned men from one of its gyms for a few hours a week, a move to accomodate Muslim women who, for religious and cultural reasons, cannot exercise comfortably in their presence.The policy is already unpopular with many on campus, however, including some women who consider it sexist.“I think that it’s incorrect in […]
CAIR-OK Co-Sponsors ‘Prince Among Slaves’ Screening
The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Muslim Student Association of the University of Oklahoma will hold a screening of the documentary film “Prince Among Slaves” from 7 to 8:30 tonight in Dale Hall, Room 200, 433 Lindsey.The free screening will kick off a new “Film of the Month” series sponsored […]
A Beginner’s Guide to Muslim Bioethics
When Sunni and Shiite scholars disagreed over the ethics of cloning animals, I wondered whether there were other bioethical conflicts in the Muslim world. Are Muslims split over stem cell research and genetically engineered crops? Generally speaking, do they approach biotechnologies in the same way — or variety of ways — as Western cultures? I […]
Film: Being Arab in Post 9/11 America
After the Sept. 11 attacks, actor Sayed Badreya and director Hesham Isaawi, Egyptian-born Muslims living and working in the United States, were inspired to make a film to help to illuminate their culture to their fellow American citizens and help curb prejudices that were intensifying during that time. The result, AmericanEast, is a comic drama […]
NJ: Supporters Raise $100K for Imam in Deportation Fight
Followers of a prominent imam have raised nearly $100,000 to help him fight deportation, according to a published report. Mohammad Qatanani has been refused a green card by immigration authorities who said he did not disclose on a previous application that he was arrested in Israel in 1993 and convicted of assisting Hamas militants. Most […]
Obama’s Middle Name — My Last Name — is ‘Hussein.’ So?
Who says someone named “Hussein” can’t be president of the United States? I was. Granted, it was only a school play, and I spell my name “Hussain.” But I thought I did a pretty good job as the commander in chief, even if my wardrobe consisted of an old tweed jacket from Sears. As a […]
CAIR-MI: Muslim Sues for Religious Harassment
A fired Muslim employee has filed a lawsuit against the Detroit Medical Center alleging religious and ethnic harassment before being unlawfully terminated.The announcement was made this morning at the Michigan office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Southfield this morning.According to the suit, Yasser Sharif, 36, of Macomb Township was employed as a specialist […]
McCain Faces Firestorm on Anti-Catholic Preacher’s Endorsement
Many conservatives, not to mention Clinton supporters, were smiling wide last week during the Democratic debate in Ohio when MSNBC’s Tim Russert asked Barack Obama about being praised by Louis Farrakhan. But the controversy faded almost before it started after Obama denounced the Nation of Islam leader’s anti-Jewish remarks and, with a little prodding from […]
Bush Administration Backed Palestinian Strongman
After failing to anticipate Hamas’s victory over Fatah in the 2006 Palestinian election, the White House cooked up yet another scandalously covert and self-defeating Middle East debacle: part Iran-contra, part Bay of Pigs. With confidential documents, corroborated by outraged former and current U.S. officials, David Rose reveals how President Bush, Condoleezza Rice, and Deputy National-Security […]