CAIR-LA: City Approves Islamic Center
The latest in a string of mosques piercing the skyline with minarets and domes along the 10 Freeway was approved last week.“It’s an exciting time,” said Hussam Ayloush, executive director of the Greater Los Angeles Council on American-Islamic Relations. “(Fontana) is probably one of the only major cities in San Bernardino County not to have […]
CAIR-LA Calls for ‘Conversation’ at Banquet
With star power at hand, the Council on American-Islamic Relation’s annual banquet and fund-raiser was off to a thrilling start. From first-ever Muslim Congressman Keith Ellison, to LA County Sheriff Lee Baca and actor Carl Weathers, the packed ballroom inside the Anaheim Hilton hotel was bursting at the seams with members of the Muslim community, […]
CAIR: Firefighters’ Warrantless Searches Draw Concern
BLITZER: In the aftermath of September 11th terror attacks in New York, first responders complained about a lack of effective communication between police and firefighters. Now, some people are worried that firefighters in the city may be communicating too much with law enforcement. CNN’s Jeanne Meserve explains — Jeanne. JEANNE MESERVE, HOMELAND SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: Wolf, […]
CAIR-FL: Justice Department Reviewing Muslim’s Complaint
The U.S. Justice Department is looking into last month’s allegations by a St. Petersburg Muslim girl that she was threatened and harassed by a classmate at Azalea Middle School.In a letter to Pinellas school superintendent Clayton Wilcox, a lawyer for the department’s Civil Rights Division said the agency learned of the girl’s allegations through media […]
If Muslims Are So Terrible, Why The Need To Make Up So Many Lies?
Yesterday I came across two articles that really brought home to me how much of what is printed about Islam and Muslims has no basis in fact, and how difficult it is to make any dent in the general negative attitudes such articles generate. Dhimmi Watch had an article “UK: Nurses ordered to drop everything […]
Canada: Team Wrapped Up in Hijab Debate
Sixteen-year-old Sheena Alami calls the flap over Islamic headscarves that has sidelined her Edmonton soccer team shocking. “I was really disappointed that this whole issue was taking place in Canada because we’re supposed to be a multicultural society accepting of different cultures and religions,” she said yesterday. The Alberta Soccer Association has temporarily banned Alami […]
MN: Muslim, Jewish Teens Share Traditions
In a small classroom in the basement of Talmud Torah of St. Paul, high school students gathered Sunday and talked about their religions – Judaism and Islam. The two religions have been part of a violent struggle in the Middle East, but on Sunday, the dialogue centered not on conflict but on the similarities the […]
CAIR: U.S. Citizens Question Terror Watch Lists
Toledo, Ohio native Zak Reed is tired of being stopped and detained at the Canadian border every time he tries to drive home.“I don’t feel very welcome in my home at all,” Reed tells CBS News. “In fact, I feel like I am not wanted in my country any more.”Last month, for the ninth time […]
CAIR: Film Follows Al-Arian Family Trial Ordeal
A wife and five children sit around a dinner table, barely speaking. Picking at his food is the youngest son, 12, trying to hide his tearful face from his family. The family’s stress and tension, which has built throughout the documentary film, has become palpable to the audience. The family members’ lives have been consumed […]
CA: Muslim Tenants Sue Housing Authority
A family of Pakistani immigrants living in San Francisco public housing was improperly denied an emergency transfer to another apartment after someone broke into their home, desecrated their Quran, defaced their passports and shredded their traditional clothing, according to a federal court lawsuit. After the August 2005 incident – which took place during a time […]