CAIR: Keeping the Muslim Faith – and a Low Profile
Ali Hanif is an African-American Muslim living in Oakland, California. On Fridays, his day off, he attends group prayers at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Northern California (CCNC). But Hanif says that he never volunteers his religion to strangers.“Speaking freely about being Muslim and being identified as a Muslim because of dressing, attitude and name […]
IL: Islamic-Themed Comic Book Debuts in U.S.
Batman has brains, Superman has brawn, but Mumita has a great kick. She’s part of the superhero cast of “The 99,” an Islamic-themed comic book that debuts in select U.S. cities today, including Chicago. “Every child is looking for a superhero,” said Firas Ahmad, an editor at Islamica magazine. “When I grew up, the people […]
How to Manage a Company with Muslim Employees
The Muslim holy month of Ramadan drew to a close last Friday when observers broke their fast on Eid-ul-Fitr, a three-day-long period of prayers and festivities. But while the Islamic world allows time off for the entirety of Eid and shortened work hours throughout Ramadan, the roughly 120,000 Muslims here in the United States enjoy […]
Advisory for U.S. Travelers Repeatedly Screened at Borders
(San Francisco, Oct. 16) – Responding to growing complaints of harassment at U.S. airports, the San Francisco-based Asian Law Caucus is issuing advice for U.S. citizens and immigrants repeatedly searched and questioned when returning to the United States. The new multi-lingual advisories will be distributed at cultural centers, places of worship, and other community institutions […]
TSA Changes Head Covering Screening Procedure
This afternoon the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced a new security screening policy that will go into effect at U.S. airports on October 27 and apply to all religious head coverings. The change is a direct result of collaboration between TSA, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials, the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund […]
David Horowitz Caught in a Lie
Poor David Horowitz. The long slide downward has been traumatic for him. Once an author of middlebrow biographies that sold fairly well, today he has become a neoconservative nutball whose descent into megalomania has taken on increasingly bizarre forms: e.g., he recently rebaptized his longstanding vehicle, the Center for the Study of Popular Culture, with […]
Maureen Dowd: Giuliani Roughs Up Arabs
Now comes “Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week.” David Horowitz’s conservative Freedom Center has designated next week the time to “break through the barrier of politically correct doublespeak that prevails on American campuses, if you want to help our brave troops, who are fighting the Islamo-Fascists abroad.” The Freedom Center’s terrorism awareness program is urging college students to […]
Coulter: ‘Jews Believe [Jesus] Was a Raving Lunatic’
On the October 15 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Michael Medved hosted right-wing pundit Ann Coulter to discuss her October 8 assertion on CNBC’s The Big Idea — documented by Media Matters for America — that “we” Christians “just want Jews to be perfected.” Before airing a clip of Coulter’s comments, Medved said: […]
CAIR-NY: Former Arabic Academy Principal Seeks Reinstatement
(NEW YORK, NY, 10/17/07) – The New York chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) yesterday participated in a press conference at City Hall in support of Khalil Gibran International Academy’s (KGIA) founding principal Debbie Almontaser.“The defamatory attacks on Debbie Almontaser and the academy are part of a larger effort to marginalize the […]
CAIR-MI: Film Shows Dignity of Slaves, Muslims
It’s a story not well-known: A prince in west Africa who is heir to a sizable kingdom is enslaved and taken to America in 1788 at age 26 and fights for 40 years to regain his freedom.But now, the life of Abdul-Rahman Ibrahima, an African Muslim, may reach a wide audience through a new film […]