PA: Judge Frees Imam to Fight Deportation
An immigration judge here released an Islamic leader from Pittsburgh on $5,000 bond on Wednesday while he fights an effort to deport him to Turkey after having lived in the United States for 19 years. The case of the imam, Kadir Gunduz, 48, has upset not only Muslim leaders, but also people of other faiths […]
Canada: ‘It’s Hard to Hate Somebody When They Make You Laugh’
Osama, yo’ mama. A trio of Muslim-American comedians are coming back to the GTA to prove once again that followers of Islam can give and take a laugh as well as anyone. The Allah Made Me Funny comedy tour show features co-founders Preacher Moss and Azhar Usman and new member Mohammed (Mo) Amer, appearing at […]
NY: City Honors Muslim ‘Good Samaritan’
A Muslim Bangladeshi student is to be honoured by the mayor of New York on Wednesday for helping three Jewish people who were being beaten up. Hassan Askari has been described as a “latter-day Good Samaritan” for coming to the aid of the three, who were attacked earlier this month. A gang yelling anti-Semitic slogans […]
MI: Kids Learn Hajj by Doing
Dressed in white flowing robes, hundreds of young Muslims praised God as they walked through a Dearborn mosque in a simulation of the Islamic pilgrimage under way in Saudi Arabia. “It makes you want to cry,” Tamara Fiema of Dearborn said Tuesday after her 7-year-old daughter encircled a replication of the Kaaba — the black […]
CAIR: Advertisers Quickly Pulling Out of Michael Savage’s Show
Though Michael Savage didn’t suffer the same remarks as Don Imus when he made his ill-fated remark about the Rutgers girl’s basketball team, he is facing a large enough challenge in light of his unfortunate…slip of tongue.Over the summer, Savage made a comment about the San Francisco college student who had been protesting by fasting […]
CAIR-MI: Prayer Is a Key Player for Pro Athletes
Nazr Mohammed, traded from the Pistons to the Bobcats last week, is a practicing Muslim, something that causes an interesting situation during Ramadan — mid-September through mid-October.Per Islamic law, Mohammed fasts during daylight hours of the entire ninth month of the religious calendar. The purpose is to help attain taqwa, or a heightened consciousness of […]
MI: More Muslim Girls Wear Scarf in Games
Dewnya Bakri loves her faith — and the feeling of sinking a three-pointer. For much of her life, the 20-year-old Muslim has found a way to balance practicing Islam and playing basketball, including wearing a head scarf and long pants on the hardcourt, even if it’s meant taunts as she blazed trails on her middle […]
IL: Last Teen Sentenced in Mosque Break-In
The final of four teens was sentenced Monday for burglarizing the Islamic Center of Naperville. Mark Domingo was sentenced to serve 21 days in DuPage County jail and three years’ probation, similar to his three co-defendants, for felony burglary. The 19-year-old Naperville man also agreed to pay $2,000 in restitution. Police installed a surveillance camera […]
CA Muslims Embark on Odyssey of Faith, Peril
The students stared at the overhead screen and read the words in unison: Labbaik. Allah humma labbaik. The Southern California Muslims repeated those words — “Here I am, Lord. I am here to serve you” — as they donned pilgrims’ robes last week in the Saudi Arabian city of Medina, a key step on their […]
American Muslims to Mark End of Hajj with Communal Prayers
(WASHINGTON D.C., 12/18/07) – On Wednesday, Dec. 19*, American Muslims will mark the end of the yearly pilgrimage to Mecca, or Hajj, with communal prayers and celebrations at locations around the country.The prayers, and the holiday that follows, are called Eid ul-Adha (EED-al-ODD-ha), or “festival of the sacrifice.” Eid ul-Adha commemorates the Prophet Abraham’s willingness […]