Canada: 20 Muslim Groups Urge ‘Zero Tolerance’ for Domestic Violence
(Ottawa, Canada – December 11, 2007) – The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN), the Islamic Social Services Association (ISSA) and the Islamic Society of Toronto, along with 17 other national and regional organizations (see endorsers below), today urged “zero tolerance” for violence against women and domestic abuse. The Muslim groups are calling on Canadians […]
NJ: Muslims Fight Hunger on Eid-ul-Adha
Bridgewater-based Muslims Against Hunger has organized Muslims Serve Day 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Dec. 20 at Morristown Interfaith Community Soup Kitchen, 36 South St., Morristown. The event is timed to Eid-ul-Adha, a festival that celebrates the Muslim belief of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son, Ismael, for Allah. “It is an Islamic tradition to […]
CAIR: Attacks Force Churches to Boost Security
When a black-clad gunman walked into New Life Church on Sunday and started shooting, he was met with the church’s first line of defense: a congregant with a concealed-weapons permit and a law enforcement background.The armed volunteer, Jeanne Assam, shot the gunman, who police said may have committed suicide. New Life’s pastor credited her with […]
NY: DA Allows No Jail Time for Bias Assault
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes thinks a conviction for first-degree assault should carry no jail time – if the victim’s OK with that. That’s just weird. One year ago, a group of brass-knuckle-armed Orthodox Jews attacked Shahid Amber, a Pakistani, shouting, “Go back to your country!” This week, David Brach, 17, and Yitzi Horowitz, 16, […]
NY: Hate-Attack Teens Go Free
Four Orthodox Jewish teens pleaded guilty yesterday to a hate-fueled attack on a Pakistani man in Brooklyn, but escaped with no-jail sentences because of their ages. David Brach, 17, and Yitzi Horowitz, 16, copped to first-degree assault for the Oct. 29, 2006, attack on 24-year-old Shahid Amber. Yossi Friedman, 18, and Benjamin Wasserman, 17, pleaded […]
Quran Desecration: Student Hate Group Roils Michigan State
In October 2005, he won the “Strongest Skinhead” contest at Hammerfest, a racist skinhead festival in Draketown, Ga., where he announced that he was organizing secret paramilitary training in preparation for the coming race war. In the following days, Wiginton posted more than 300 messages to the white nationalist online forum Stormfront, writing in one […]
CAIR-NY: Muslim Helps Jewish Victim of Bias Attack
(NEW YORK, NY, 12/12/07) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today called on the FBI to investigate as a hate crime an alleged bias attack against four Jewish subway riders, who were aided by a Muslim passenger.The attack on the riders, which resulted in the arrests of 10 people, […]
MI: Muslims Learn What To Do on Hajj
Abdul Natour of Dearborn is eager to go on hajj, the Islamic pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia that hundreds in metro Detroit will make this month. But at the same time, he’s anxious — about the crowds, the confusion, and whether he’ll correctly perform all the rituals that Islam prescribes. To help guide pilgrims like Natour, […]
CAIR: ‘Kite Runner’ Defies Film Stereotypes of Muslims
Possibly the most striking thing about “The Kite Runner,” opening Friday, is that the film’s lead characters are all Muslims, but not one of them is a terrorist, convenience store owner, cab driver or woman wearing an all-enclosing burqa.“These characters just happen to be Muslim,” says Khaled Hosseini, author of the bestselling novel on which […]
CAIR-NJ: Panelists Combat ‘Islamophobia’
In recent polls, one out of five Americans said the civil liberties of Muslims should be restricted for security reasons.In 2004, there were more than 1,500 civil rights complaints from Muslims, and from 2005-06, there was a 25.1 percent increase in complaints, said Afsheen Shamsi, the director for Community Relations at the New Jersey chapter […]