Muslim Singer With a Country Twang
Ask Kareem Salama, billed as the first Muslim country-western singer, what makes his music “country,” and he grins for about half a beat before answering, “Probably my accent.” It is a full-bore Southern drawl, rooted in his rural Oklahoma childhood, and startling to those who don’t expect an Arabic name to come intertwined with such […]
CA: 2,000 turn out for 11th Annual CAIR-LA Banquet
(ANAHEIM, CA, 11/12/07) – More than 2,000 people turned out on Saturday for the annual banquet of the Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA). The event helped raise more than $450,000 to further CAIR’s civil rights and advocacy work. The event attracted people from a variety of ethnicities and […]
DC: Only Five Days Left Until CAIR’s Annual Banquet
There are only five days left to register for CAIR’s 13th Annual Banquet, with the theme “Let the Conversation Begin,” to be held Saturday, November 17, in Arlington, Virginia. Note that in past years, CAIR dinners have been sold-out events, so purchase your tickets TODAY.Speakers at the dinner will include Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), Professor […]
MD: Muslim Students Against Prejudice
As a student at the University of Maryland, I was horrified when I found out that a noose had been hung on my campus [“Racial Incident Leads to Dialogue at U-Md.,” Metro, Sept. 14]. Hateful, anti-Semitic graffiti scrawled on bathroom walls at Columbia University, and the discovery of swastikas and racist slurs on dormitory doors […]
Evangelicals Press Issue of ‘Radical Islam’
Following last month’s Values Voter Summit in Washington, conservative Christian power-broker Gary Bauer sent an e-mail to supporters. He ticked off the issues dear to activists in attendance. Opposition to “abortion-on-demand” and preservation of traditional marriage led the way. Then the one-time presidential hopeful turned his attention to a different threat, one social conservative leaders […]
Muslims on TV, No Terror in Sight
RAJA MUSHARAFF is not the foreign exchange student the Tolchuck family of fictional Medora, Wis., was expecting. Tall and gangly with gentle brown eyes, Raja comes from a village in Pakistan. He is a practicing Muslim. He is dark skinned. He is anything but the blue-eyed Euro-teen the family envisioned from the brochure. The relationship […]
CAIR-MI: Governor Meets Mosque Leaders
One of the great benefits of Muslims uniting and working with each other is the respect we garner from non-Muslims, particularly from the religious and political communities. The Council of Islamic Organizations of Michigan (CIOM) has been successful in bringing together representatives from most ethnic and cultural groups; and especially Shia and Sunni groups. In […]
CAIR-NY: Hundreds Pack Court in ‘Rendition’ Torture Case
(NEW YORK, NY, 11/12/2007) – Representatives of the New York chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) joined some 400 people on Friday at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to show support for Canadian “rendition” torture victim Maher Arar in the Arar v. Ashcroft case. “We are grateful for the outpouring of […]
CAIR-MI: ‘Presenting Islam to Fellow Americans’ Workshop
(SOUTHFIELD, MI, 11/12/07) – The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-M) recently conducted its first “Presenting Islam to Fellow Americans” workshop at the Islamic Association of Greater Detroit in Rochester. The workshop, which was attended by some 50 community leaders and activists, covered topics that would assist in presenting contemporary Islamic issues […]
CAIR-OK Hosts Sold-Out Banquet in Tulsa
(TULSA, OK, 11/12/07) – More than 140 people turned out on Saturday for the first annual fundraising banquet of CAIR’s Oklahoma chapter (CAIR-OK) in Tulsa. Guest speakers included CAIR National Chapter Development Director Yaser Tabbara and CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab.CAIR-OK Executive Director Razi Hashmi said: “We need to create and cultivate positive communal characteristics […]