CAIR Video Contest Winners to Premiere at Banquet in VA
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/7/2007) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said today that the winning entries in an online video contest designed to promote interfaith understanding will be premiered November 17 at the civil rights group’s annual banquet in Arlington, Va.To learn more about CAIR’s November 17 banquet, click here.CAIR will award two $5,000 prizes […]
CAIR Urges Giuliani to Reject Anti-Islam Televangelist’s Endorsement
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/7/07) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today urged GOP presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani to reconsider his acceptance of the endorsement of a controversial televangelist known for scathing attacks on Muslims and Islam.In a news release on his campaign website, Giuliani is quoted as saying he is “encouraged” by […]
CAIR-CA to Host Community Forum on School Discrimination
(SEASIDE, CA, 11/7/07) – On Thursday, November 15, the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA), in conjunction with the Asian Law Caucus (ALC), will hold a community forum addressing tolerance and cultural competency in local schools from 6 – 8 p.m. at the Seaside High School Library.The community forum […]
CAIR-NJ: Muslim Community Leaders Meet with FBI
(PRINCETON, NJ, 11/07/07) – The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ), in partnership with the American Muslim Union and the Arab American Forum, last night facilitated a meeting with FBI agents at the Islamic Center of Passaic County in Patterson.Representatives of these organizations met with officials from the FBI’s New Jersey […]
CA: Police Chief Urges Dialogue with Muslims
San Jose Police Chief Rob Davis had read books on Islam and met with its leaders. But it was sitting in people’s living rooms, breaking bread, when his education really began, he told a group of interfaith leaders Tuesday to celebrate the opening of a new Islamic center. Davis spoke at Tuesday’s celebration of the […]
DE: Muslim Employees Sue Exxon Mobil
Three Muslim former employees of the Exxon Mobil gas station on I-95 in Delaware have filed a $12 million federal civil rights suit against the petroleum giant, alleging discrimination, harassment and retaliation. The suit charges that the three Delaware residents – Sofiene Romdhani, Michelle Maloney and Bobbi Joe Zeller – were targeted by superiors because […]
NY: Rabbi, Imam Host US Dialogue Summit
The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding will hold the first US dialogue summit between the Muslim and Jewish communities in the United States on November 7, 2007 at the New York Synagogue and the Islamic Cultural Center of New York City. Imam Omar Abu Namous and Rabbi Marc Schneier will be hosting the event. Joining Schneier […]
Racism is Underlying Cause of War on Terror
As the election cycle looms closer and neither the Republican nor Democratic candidates seem to be addressing it, what few eyeballs I have access to here will see my take on what I think is the essence of the war on terror. It is the same thing that is at the heart of nearly every […]
MA: Islamic Studies Flourishing after Year of Building
Scholars in Islamic studies at Boston University have worked together throughout the past year to create one of the largest Islamic academic programs in the country, now offering more than 70 courses. The Institute for Muslim Societies and Civilizations – a division of the College of Arts and Sciences founded in fall 2006 – serves […]
Muslim Scholar: Stop Blaming West for Woes
“Islamism” and “political Islam” are not monolithic ideas and they are as diverse as other contemporary trends in the Islamic world, says a prominent Muslim scholar and intellectual from Europe. “After 9/11 and 7/7, terminologies like radicalism, Islamism and political Islam have been widely used in West. The so called terrorism experts tend to put […]