NY: Official Wants Arabic School Principal Reinstated
Brooklyn borough President Marty Markowitz is backing Boerum Hill’s controversy-plagued Arabic-language school and its ousted principal. Markowitz is slated to join other elected officials and a coalition of community groups today in supporting the Khalil Gibran International Academy and calling for the city to reinstate ousted Principal Debbie Almontaser. “I wouldn’t be opposed to it […]
MT: On Being Called an Anti-Semite in Montana
As the coordinator of a university lecture series, I am always on the lookout for good speakers. I thought that I had found one in Stephen Walt, a political scientist at Harvard University and the academic dean of its Kennedy School of Government. His name had been given to me by John Mearsheimer, a University […]
PA: Conference on State of Black American Muslim Community
On November 2-4 2007, the Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA) will host a conference on “The State of the BlackAmerican Muslim Community.” WHAT: Conference: “The State of the BlackAmerican Muslim Community” WHEN: November 2-4, 2007 WHERE: Philadelphia Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA CONTACT: Tel: 859-296-0206, www.mana-net.org
American Muslims Strive to Become Model Citizens
After the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Muslim immigrants were seen as a potential threat in the United States. They have since become model citizens — and now they want a greater say in politics. It is almost 1 p.m., time for noon prayers, and Abdul Malik Mujahid, 55, is in his office on the […]
Authors Say Israel Lobby Wields Too Much Influence
Excerpts from an editorial board meeting Monday with John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt, authors of “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) How do you answer the criticism that you see clearly what Israel does wrong, but you are blind to what Israel does right? Walt: We talk [in […]
Iraq Survey: More than 1,000,000 Iraqis Killed
In the week in which General Patraeus reports back to US Congress on the impact the recent ‘surge’ is having in Iraq, a new poll reveals that more than 1,000,000 Iraqi citizens have been murdered since the invasion took place in 2003. Previous estimates, most noticeably the one published in the Lancet in October 2006, […]
CAIR-CA: Muslim Groups Sue FBI Over Surveillance
Several Islamic groups in Southern California sued the FBI on Tuesday to force the agency to release more documents about the alleged surveillance of individuals and local mosques following the Sept. 11 attacks.In May 2006, 11 Muslim leaders and community groups sent the FBI a Freedom of Information Act request for documents about suspected surveillance […]
CAIR-CA: Muslim Groups Sue FBI Over Records
Muslim advocacy groups sued the FBI and the Department of Justice for failing to turn over records they requested on surveillance in the Muslim-American community.The complaint filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana alleges the FBI only turned over four pages in a response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request the […]
CAIR-OH: Rock-Throwers Hit Local Mosque
A Muslim-American advocacy group is calling on the FBI to investigate an attack on Muslims outside a South Linden mosque as a possible hate crime. A Columbus police report said a large group of black men yelled derogatory statements and threw rocks, hitting one mosque-goer in the back and breaking two windows at Masjid AsSahaaba, […]
CAIR-CA: Muslim Leaders in Suit Against Government
Islamic leaders and local Muslim residents sued Tuesday to find out if federal investigators are monitoring them. The lawsuit filed in federal court by the American Civil Liberties Union accuses the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI of essentially ignoring public records requests for information about the surveillance of prominent Muslims. A year after […]