NY: Muslim Who Helped Stop Attack Gets Award
NEW YORK A 19-year-old charged in an attack on a group of Jewish subway riders who were wishing other riders “Happy Hanukkah” has been jailed in a separate hate crime. Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun says Joseph Jirovec breached a plea deal by getting arrested for the attack on the Q train in Brooklyn. That […]
NY: Subway Attacker Jailed on Hate Charge
The hate crime hoodlum charged with beating a group of Jewish subway riders returning from a Chanukah party was jailed Wednesday. Joseph Jirovec, 19, appeared before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun expecting to be sentenced on a prior hate crime charge in which he robbed four black teens. Prosecutor Richard Farrell told the judge […]
MO: Holocaust Museum Gives Voice to Muslim Victims of Genocide
Fear? I get it. I’ve been afraid for my physical safety and my psychological well-being and for that of people close to me. I know that fear can warp people’s judgment and lead them to do stupid, even terrible, things. But closely aligned with fear, yet actually its opposite, is something I do not get […]
NC: City Reaches Out to Islamic Community
Mousa Shehadeh is a good-natured fellow. But in recent years, world events have hit home in his daily life in Rocky Mount. Terrorist attacks, war in the Middle East and suicide bombing abroad has left him feeling stereotyped locally. “I am a human just like you,” Shehadeh said. “When we die, we both go underground […]
AM Radio Promoting Hatred, Narrowing Discourse
During the Rwandan genocide in 1994, the Hutu-power genocidaires were mobilized by radio extremists. One station in particular had a long history of hate-mongering, and its on-air personalities had previously organized outbreaks of mass murder against Tutsis. But educated Tutsis generally paid little attention to them. They were so gauche, so lacking in subtlety, so […]
AL: Church Hosts Sessions on Islam
TUSCALOOSA | A Methodist church isn’t typically the place to learn about Hinduism or Islam, but Forest Lake United Methodist is opening its doors and taking a chance on faith. Every Tuesday night, church members and people of varying beliefs meet to take part in a religious studies series on some of the world’s great […]
W.H.O. Says Iraq Civilian Death Toll Higher than Cited
The World Health Organization on Wednesday waded into the controversial subject of Iraqi civilian deaths, publishing a study that estimated that the number of deaths from the start of the war through June 2006 was at least twice as high as the oft-cited Iraq Body Count. The study is the latest in a long series […]
CAIR-CA: Probe Clears Muslim Group and UCI of Anti-Semitism
The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a report early December exonerating UC Irvine and a campus Muslim student group of anti-Semitism charges. The investigation was launched in 2004 following complaints from the Zionist Organization of America and other pro-Israel right wing groups who repeatedly accused UCI officials of failing to […]
CAIR-CA: Muslim Woman Sues for Being Forced to Remove Headscarf
A Muslim woman arrested for riding a commuter train without a valid ticket has filed a federal lawsuit in the United States, claiming her religious freedom was violated when she was forced to remove her headscarf when she was taken to jail. The suit, filed Dec. 5 in U.S. District Court by the American Civil […]
CAIR-PA Gives Workshop on Islam at Retirement Community
(PHILADELPHIA, PA, 1/10/2007) – Some 50 people turned out yesterday for a workshop offered by the Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-PA) on the Quranic view of people of other faiths.The workshop, titled “Islam and the View of the Other in the Quran,” was conducted by CAIR-PA Board Chairman Iftekhar Hussain at […]