Torture is Inhumane, Damages US Image
The most famous journalist you may never have heard of is Sami al-Hajj, an Al Jazeera cameraman who is on a hunger strike to protest abuse during more than six years in a Kafkaesque prison system. Mr. Hajj’s fortitude has turned him into a household name in the Arab world, and his story is sowing […]
PA: Imam Faces Questions, Suspicion
In the 18 years Dr. Moniem El-Ganayni has held a security clearance at Bettis Laboratory in West Mifflin, his superiors have never questioned his work ethic or his loyalty to this nation. The 57-year-old Egyptian-born nuclear scientist is a devout Muslim and co-founder of the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh in Oakland. He was also the […]
CAIR-FL: Groups Satisfied with AG’s Response to Film
The government-affairs chief of a Muslim group and a civil-liberties attorney said Wednesday they were satisfied that Attorney General Bill McCollum is not spreading religious bias by showing state employees a film about terrorism.McCollum met Tuesday with a group of citizens concerned about the film “Obsession,” which was shown to employees in his department last […]
TN: Mosque Arsonists Part of ‘Christian Identity’ Movement
Three men have been charged in the firebombing of a small mosque over the weekend, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Authorities said Eric Ian Baker, 32, Michael Corey Golden, 23, and Jonathan Edward Stone, 19, had planned for a week to burn down the Islamic Center of Columbia, about 40 miles southwest of Nashville, First Assistant […]
TN: Mosque Official Vows to Rebuild After Hate Crime
Three men have been arrested in connection with a fire that destroyed a mosque in the southern state of Tennessee, press reports said. The suspects – aged 19, 23 and 32 – appeared in court Monday in connection with a fire that broke out early Saturday morning at the Islamic Center of Columbia. An official […]
CAIR-FL: AG to Offer Educational Programs on Islam
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum refused to “disassociate” from the controversial film Obsession during a meeting Tuesday but said he would create a Muslim advisory group and offer educational programs about peaceful Muslims to his 500 employees.At the 70-minute meeting in McCollum’s Tallahassee office, Muslim leaders and a rabbi called the film an “anti-Muslim propaganda […]
FL: Muslims, AG Have ‘Positive’ Meeting
Attorney General Bill McCollum met behind closed doors Tuesday with leaders from the Muslim Public Affairs Council in Los Angeles angry over his having shown a film to employees during office hours that the council’s leaders call “anti-Muslim propaganda.” Both sides emerged saying the meeting was “positive.” McCollum also has agreed to form a new […]
CAIR-CAN: Rushing Injustice Through the Senate
With the support of the Liberals, the Harper government is trying to rush a bill through the Senate that would put security certificates back into Canada’s anti-terror lexicon as a legitimate means of apprehending and deporting people suspected of being threats to national security.The security certificate is a citizenship and immigration process that was deemed […]
IN: College Students Keep Faith in Islam
On 1319 S. Sixth St. stands the Islamic Center of Terre Haute, a haven for Muslim students around campus finding faith farther from home. “All throughout high school I had plenty of good friends that were followers of Islam,” said Brian Morrow, a freshman open preference major. “I truly believe that it is the correct […]
CAIR: Muslim Running for Congress Combats Ignorance
A convert to Islam stands an election victory away from becoming the second Muslim elected to Congress and a role model for a faith community seeking to make its mark in national politics.Political newcomer Andre Carson is the Democratic nominee in a March 11 special election to succeed his late grandmother, Julia Carson, representing Indiana’s […]