Muslim Funds Are Rewarded for Their Faith
Islamic law prohibits the collection and payment of interest. That means mutual funds aimed at Muslim investors must avoid financial services stocks. This proved to be a winning formula in 2007, when Wall Street finally paid the price for several years’ worth of predatory lending to financially strapped homeowners. During the long housing boom, mortgage […]
OR: Religions Share High Standards for Conduct
The holiday season is a time of celebration, reflection and personal pilgrimages throughout the world. During this time of year, I am always struck by how much conflict seems prodded by religious differences when the religions of the world share so much in common. The major religions all have some form of dictates or principles […]
NJ Muslims Team Up to Fight Hunger
Last Thursday I tore myself away from my desk – the piles of notes and contracts for a film festival I’m producing, the rewrites of a short film series already overdue, the fundraising letter for a major documentary project – and did something REAL. I volunteered in a soup kitchen. With a dozen other Muslims […]
CAIR-FL: Report – Deputies Made Racial Remarks
They are disturbing allegations that could derail the government’s case against two University of South Florida students charged with transporting explosives.Documents filed in federal court reveal that during the arrest of Youssef Megahed and Ahmed Mohamed, two South Carolina sheriff’s deputies called them “graduates of suicide bomber school” and then went on to label them […]
Muslims Respect Christmas
Christmas is an annual Christian religious holiday commemorating the birth of Prophet Jesus, peace be upon him. For many Muslims who even do not celebrate the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, it becomes an issue of what stand they should take. There have been a number of legitimate criticisms of the […]
FL: A Muslim Embraces Christmas
Every year I hear the same questions: How politically correct is it to celebrate Christmas or have Christmas tree in public? Is it OK to send a Christmas greetings to your coworkers and colleagues? As an American Muslim, I’ve always made it clear to everyone: Go ahead, celebrate Christmas, decorate the place as you like, […]
U.S. Jews, Muslims Seek Paths to Harmony
Muslims and Jews, a tiny slice of the U.S. population, are looking for new ways to get along that could set a worldwide example for two ancient but often alienated faiths, religious leaders and experts say. “I’ve encountered (among Muslims) a more centrist, a more moderate voice that is looking to the Jewish community to […]
CT: Muslim Community Growing, Expanding Mosque
Drivers traveling west on I-84 are invited to turn east — toward Mecca. A billboard promoting Islam near the Cheshire exit, and only a short distance from the construction of what will be the largest mosque in the state, encourages drivers to call a toll-free number to learn about the world’s second largest religion. The […]
Letter: God Created Man, Not Jews, Christians, Muslims
I watched Bill Moyer’s program on PBS recently. He was talking about the Christian Zionists and Christians for Jews, and presented information from some of them. I really have a problem with their interpretation of the Bible. They believe that the land of Israel and the land around it belongs to the Jews, and the […]
CAIR-CAN: Panel on Immigrant Relations
Viewed separately, the incidents seemed relatively insignificant. Members of a Hasidic synagogue here wanted a neighboring Y.M.C.A. to block or tint the windows of an exercise room used by women. A Muslim girl was barred from playing soccer for wearing a hijab on the field. And, in Quebec, some Muslims and Orthodox Jews refused to […]