DC: ‘Anti-Muslim’ Posters Put Up at DC University
University officials are investigating several hundred posters hung around campus this morning attacking the Muslim community. The posters, on standard letter-sized paper, read, “Hate Muslims? So do we!!!” Below the statement is a picture of a Muslim man next to a diagram describing a “typical Muslim.” Some features mentioned include “venom from mouth,” “suicide vest,” […]
DC: Are You Ready for ‘Islamo-Fascism Week’?
“Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week” is still three weeks away, but the event and a similar campaign from Young America’s Foundation are already setting off campus controversies and debates about tolerance and free speech. Organizers — who are planning events at dozens of campuses — say that they are just trying to make students aware of the […]
NY: City Tries to Increase Share of Sharia Finances
New York will play host to two major conferences on Islamic finance this month, events likely to underscore that the city is a bit player in this vast and growing market sector — particularly when compared to London. The British capital is New York’s chief rival as a global financial hub, and it has a […]
DC: After Meeting, Mixed Views on Anti-Muslim Posters
More than 100 people – including GW students, administrators and local media – converged on the Hippodrome at Marvin Center Monday night to express outrage over an anti-Muslim poster hung around campus early Monday morning. The gathering, organized by GW Peace Forum, highlighted several posters that were anonymously placed around campus, slamming the Muslim faith. […]
DC: Anti-Muslim Fliers Cause Uproar
Posters appeared all over the George Washington University campus yesterday morning blaring the message: “HATE MUSLIMS? SO DO WE!!!” Campus police moved quickly to remove the fliers, university leaders began investigating how they got there and student groups met last night to deplore the posters, which had a photo of an Arab and description of […]
MA: Spreading Awareness, or Attacking a Religion?
With much fanfare, the “Terrorism Awareness Project,” funded by the David Horowitz Freedom Center, has proclaimed an “Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week” on college campuses beginning Oct. 22. It is a calculated effort to vilify Islam in general, place Muslim Student Associations on the defensive, and generate support for further U.S. military action in the Islamic world. […]
GA: Muslim Mayor Sponsors Ramadan Forum
Macon Mayor Jack Ellis has reserved the City Council chambers today to mark the end of Ramadan, an Islamic holiday that observes the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, during which God is said to have revealed the Quran to the prophet Muhammad. Ramadan encourages abstinence from earthly pleasures and requires fasting during daylight hours. […]
NY: Non-Muslims Fast with Their Pals
Maia Macleod knew when she sat down for breakfast that she had just one hour before sunrise, one hour before giving up food until the evening. So as she shoveled eggs, fried potatoes and fruit into a tall pile on her plate that recent morning, her friend Saira Farooqui told her to slow down. “You’re […]
Canadian Group: Ban Teachers from Wearing Religious Attire
The group that 12 years ago fought vehemently for the rights of students who wore a hijab in Quebec’s public schools is now trying to ban their teachers from wearing the Islamic headscarf and other “ostentatious” religious symbols while at work. The Quebec Council on the Status of Women, a 20-member body that advises the […]
CAIR-FL: Islamic Women Allowed to Think Freely
To the editor,In response to Sgt. Smith’s comment, “why would any free-thinking woman accept to be treated as chattel?,” no free-thinking woman would. That is a no-brainer. A free-thinking woman would investigate Islam as it was revealed to all of the prophets in Islam from Adam to Mohammed to discover whether Sgt. Smith’s accusations are […]