CAIR-OH Urges FBI to Investigate Mosque Attack
An advocacy group for American Muslims is calling for the FBI to investigate an attack on Muslim worshippers outside a mosque in Columbus.The Council on American-Islamic Relations says the attack occurred Friday night as the worshippers attended prayers marking the month-long fast of Ramadan.According to a police report, the attackers made derogatory statements and then […]
CAIR-San Diego Meets with Delegation from Turkey
(SAN DIEGO, CA, 9/19/07) – On Tuesday, September 18, representatives of the San Diego office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Diego) met with a nine-member delegation of judges, lawyers and legal scholars from Turkey. Delegation members spoke with CAIR-San Diego Public Relations Director Edgar Hopida on the topics of civil rights and CAIR’s […]
Muslim Student Group Launches ‘Peace Not Prejudice’ Campaign
(Washington, D.C., 9/13/07) – The Muslim Students Association National (MSA National) is proud to announce the launch of a national education campaign aimed at building bridges of understanding between students of all faiths and races on university and college campuses across North America. The “Peace…Not Prejudice” Campaign is a proactive and positive effort to further […]
Muslim Rep to Join Rabbi in Living on $21 for a Week
Congressman Keith Ellison wants to make a point about food stamps. Ellison will be joined at a news conference today by Rabbi Steve Gutow, executive director of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs. They, and others, plan to live for a week on $21 — the national average for food stamp benefits. Ellison and others […]
DC: Muslim University Chaplain Ministering to Faithful
As the nation’s first ever Muslim chaplain, Imam Yahya Hendi has always played a unique role on campus, but this month, he’ll be even more busy than usual. In addition to his dual role as the university’s Imam and as the senior Imam of the Islamic Society of Frederick in Frederick County, Md., he has […]
IA: Time to Stop Painting Israel as Good Guy
Thank you for publishing Wilhelmine Bennett’s Sept. 6 letter, “U.S. Is Party To Ethnic Cleansing in Palestine.” If the Israeli occupation of Palestine is based on solid legal, moral and ethical grounds, and if Israeli policies are fair and just, why are so many American and Israeli scholars and experienced former U.S. diplomats questioning both […]
US Says Israel Harasses Arab-Americans
American officials have complained recently that Israeli immigration authorities harass American citizens of Arab origin at Israeli border crossings. During meetings between senior State Department officials and their counterparts in Israel, the Americans said that in recent months there has been a troubling increase in the number of complaints by American citizens of Palestinian and […]
CA: Muslim, Mormon, Jew Cooperate to Recover Torah Ark
A recently recovered and restored ark for a Torah scroll was donated to Rabbi Shmuel Fuss to be used in the Chabad Jewish Community Center in Riverside, California in time for this Rosh Hashana. It took a cooperative effort of members of three different faiths to rescue and restore the antique ark. First discovered by […]
TX: Mosque Shooting Probe Expands
A shooting at a Southside mosque on Friday that sent a large-caliber bullet through an interior hallway happened much earlier in the day than originally thought, authorities said Monday. OsamaBah-loul, imam of the Islamic Society of South Texas at 7341 McArdle Road, said he discovered broken glass above a rear door of the mosque at […]
CAIR-OH: Ohio Muslims Assaulted Outside Mosque
(COLUMBUS, OH, 9/18/07) – The Ohio office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) today called on the FBI to investigate a possible bias motive for an attack on Muslim worshippers at a Columbus mosque. CAIR-OH says the worshippers were attacked as they attended prayers Friday night at Masjid As-Sahaaba marking the month-long fast of […]