CAIR: Utah Muslims Perplexed by Mitt
After GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney apparently made contradictory statements about whether he’d appoint a Muslim to a Cabinet position, a local Muslim leader says “time will tell.”Romney has reportedly said both that he wouldn’t consider a Muslim and that he wouldn’t use religion as a deciding factor in making top-level appointments if he’s elected.Shuaib […]
A New Look at Islamic Feminism
As Hillary Clinton stirs up controversy in her bid for the presidency, another wife of a former president has made her mark in the history books as Argentina’s first elected female president – Cristina Kirchner. But beyond the Americas, many women are rising to leadership in traditional, conservative, and, most surprisingly, Islamic societies around the […]
FL: Feces Left at Muslim Group’s Door
With swastikas drawn around Columbia University earlier this month, and numerous hate crimes occurring on other college campuses this semester, the University of Miami appeared to be unscathed – until three weeks ago. On Nov. 6, members of the Muslim Student Association came to their usual meeting place, building 21-Q in the Apartment Area, and […]
Letter: Muslims Deserve Accommodation
It would be irrelevant to bring up one of the innumerable times that Christianity has been forced upon non-Christian students in public school. Christianity and Islam, although both monotheistic religions, have widely different customs of worship. While Christians may pray during the whole 24-hour period of the day, Muslims are required by Islam to pray […]
DC: CAIR to Host Panel on Islamophobia and Cartoons
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/29/07) – On Thursday, December 13, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will host a panel discussion and book-signing called “Islamophobia and the Political Cartoon.”The discussion, which will focus on how political cartoons often stereotype Muslims, features Peter Gottschalk and Daniel Greenberg, coauthors of “Islamophobia: Making Muslims the Enemy.”WHAT: Press Club Panel: ‘Islamophobia […]
Report: ‘Islamofascism’ Blinds U.S.
The term “Islamofascism” dangerously obscures important distinctions and differences between groups of Islamic extremists, says a counter-terror think tank. “Since Sept. 11 conservatives have continually lumped various groups and countries together … into one threat that they term ‘Islamofascism,’” according to the National Security Network, a group of left-leaning former U.S. officials and experts in […]
Canada: Making Hijab ‘Fun’ for Young Women
Who says engineers can’t be good marketers? Abeer Al-Azzawi, a 24-year-old University of Ottawa student who already has her undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering, started her specialty web business last summer with the help of the Ontario government’s Summer Company program for students. However, instead of treating her business, Queendom Hijabs, like any other summer […]
CAIR: Romney Rules Out Appointing Muslim to Cabinet
U.S. Muslims are charging Mitt Romney with hypocrisy for refusing to consider appointing an Islamic believer to his Cabinet if he is elected president.At a fundraiser earlier this month in Las Vegas, Pakistani financier Mansoor Ijaz asked Romney whether he would “consider including qualified Americans of the Islamic faith in his Cabinet as advisers on […]
Author Disputes Romney’s Explanation of Anti-Muslim Rant
The author of a much-discussed op-ed in the Christian Science Monitor — which charged that former Gov. Mitt Romney said he would likely not appoint a Muslim-American to his presidential cabinet – says Romney’s explanation for the comment is a flat out lie. Mansoor Ijaz, a prominent Islamic businessman, told the Huffington Post that Romney’s […]
Witnesses: Romney Opposed Muslim in Cabinet Twice
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has discounted appointing Muslims to his cabinet on more than just the one occasion reported in a CSM op-ed yesterday. TPM Election Central has learned that at a private fundraising lunchleon in Los Vegas three months ago, Romney said a second time he would probably not appoint a Muslim to his […]