ISLAM-OPED: ‘War On Terror’ Rhetoric Sounds Like War On Islam
ISLAM-OPED is a national syndication service of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) designed to offer an American Muslim perspective on current political, social and religious issues. ISLAM-OPED commentaries are offered free-of-charge to one media outlet in each market area. Permission for publication will be granted on a first-come-first-served basis. CONTACT: ihooper@cair.comTEL: Ibrahim Hooper, 202-488-8787, […]
Giuliani Advisor Advocates War Crimes Against Palestinians
Daniel Pipes loves Arab cuisine, Arab literature and the Arabic language. When working in his Philadelphia office, he often plays Arab music in the background. That’s about as far as he goes. . . What would a new deterrence look like? For one thing, no more parleys with Israeli and Palestinian prime ministers shaking hands […]
Video: CAIR-CA Rep Debates LAPD ‘Mapping’ on O’Reilly
Hussam Ayloush, executive director of the Greater Los Angeles Area chapter of CAIR, debates a plan by the LAPD to “map” Muslims communities in Southern California on FOX’s “The O’Reilly Factor.”Click here to watch the video.Click here to read the transcript.
CAIR-FL: Muslims Prepare for Pilgrimage to Mecca
She is getting ready, with 2 million others, for a once-in-a-lifetime spiritual journey.Sandra Manboard is headed for Mecca, Saudi Arabia, for the hajj, the pilgrimage Muslims are expected to make at least once in their lives if they are healthy.She leaves Dec. 3 on the three-week journey. . .The pilgrims camp together and pray together. […]
CAIR-FL: Harassment of Muslim Sixth-Grader Deplored
Pinellas school officials were slow to respond after an 11-year-old Muslim girl was harassed, humiliated and last week threatened with death by a boy in her science class, a local advocacy group for Muslims charged Monday. However, district officials said the staff at Azalea Middle School quickly took appropriate action and that the boy had […]
CAIR-Seattle: Women Leaders Have a History in Islam
I need to place a disclaimer. I am in no position to talk about women or gender roles. I’m not a women studies major or an educated feminist; I’m a computer engineering student. Worst of all, I’m a man. Despite this disclaimer, I’m going to give it my best shot and address the Islamic perspective […]
CAIR: Condemning Islam for Actions by Extremists is Wrong
This is in response to the Oct. 30 letter by Robert Ralls (“When Islam condemns radicals, I’ll stop profiling Middle East men”): It doesn’t surprise me at all that people like Ralls ask this kind of question. After all, listening to the right-wing talk shows makes one’s mind uninformed and full of hate toward other […]
CAIR: Citrix Pulls Spots From ‘Savage Nation’
New York Software maker Citrix Systems has pulled its ad support for syndicated radio talk show Savage Nation, the advertiser has confirmed. The decision was implemented on Nov. 5 and came within a week of inflammatory comments that the show’s host Michael Savage made about the Islamic religion. On his Oct. 29 broadcast, Savage said […]
CA: Community Profiling’s Long, Sad History
As a Los Angeles County resident, a scholar and a Jew with a good memory, I was shocked and horrified to read of the Los Angeles Police Department’s antiterrorism bureau program to map Muslim communities. The debate over security versus individual rights that was popularized in the wake of the USA Patriot Act and invoked […]
Tancredo Airs New Ad in Iowa Depicting Terrorist Attack
Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo is airing a graphic new ad this week in Iowa that depicts a terrorist planting a bomb in a crowded U.S. shopping mall and suggests that lax immigration policies have left the country vulnerable to such attacks. The television ad, called “Tough on Terror,” shows a hooded terrorist carrying a […]