U.S. Stops UK Muslim Boy Over Terror Suspicions
For seven-year-old Javaid Iqbal, the holiday to Florida was a dream trip to reward him for doing well at school. But he was left in tears after he was stopped repeatedly at airports on suspicion of being a terrorist. The security alerts were triggered because Javaid shares his name with a Pakistani man deported from […]
CAIR: Religious Leader Should Not Advocate Violence
This is in reference to Marsha Hurwitz’s letter last Monday, “Some Muslims don’t renounce all attacks.” Hurwitz suggested that her hope is shattered in regard to some statements about suicide bombings. In a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, former Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu indicated that the correct response to rocket attacks on the […]
CAIR-MI: Racial Profiling Discussed at City Council Meeting
Dawud Walid of CAIR said his organization feels that police should not ask questions about immigration status based on ethnic and religious attire. Immigrants are less likely to call the police. Visitors to Hamtramck are effected as well as residents. It is the responsibility of the federal government to enforce immigration law. Local police agencies […]
DC: Catholic Leader to Discuss ‘Allah/God’ Controversy
WHAT: American Muslim-Catholic Dialogue: A Model for Communal Understanding Part of the event will include discussion of the recent controversy over a Dutch bishop’s call to have Christians refer to God as “Allah.” SEE: Roman Catholic Bishop Wants Everyone to Call God ‘Allah’ WHO: * Rev. Francis Tiso, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), […]
500 Turn Out for CAIR-Orlando Banquet
(ORLANDO, 8/20/2007) – A sold-out audience of more than 500 people turned out Saturday for CAIR-Orlando’s annual fundraising dinner at the Orange County Convention Center. Special guests included Dr. Abdul Hakim Jackson, author of “Islam and the Black American,” Imam Siraj Wahaj, and Comedian Daniel Nainan, as well as interfaith and community leaders. The event […]
MA: ADL Leader Fired on Armenian Issue
The national Anti-Defamation League fired its New England regional director yesterday, one day after he broke ranks with national ADL leadership and said the human rights organization should acknowledge the Armenian genocide that began in 1915. The firing of Andrew H. Tarsy, who had served as regional director for about two years and as civil […]
Gazans Tell of Demeaning Questioning by Israelis
In the most recent Israel Defense Forces raids in the Gaza Strip, during which dozens of people were detained for interrogation by the Shin Bet, the security service adopted a procedure unknown in recent years: The detainees were forced to undress in the presence of another detainee and a soldier or a member of the […]
U.S. Diplomacy Effort Reaches Out to Muslim Youths
WASHINGTON — The State Department is launching what it says will be the first comprehensive public diplomacy effort targeting children, hoping to shape the views of Muslim youths ages 8 to 14 with a series of summer camps and enrichment programs designed to counter negative images of the United States.
WA: Muslim Women’s Shelter Needs Help
Aug. 19–Paperwork that included the names and Social Security numbers of visitors to a newly opened domestic violence center in Tacoma were stolen along with the center’s car last week. Asma Simmons, executive director of Sisters of Sunnah Islamic Services of Tacoma, said Saturday that she’d parked the Dodge Neon outside her house after attending […]
MN: Muslim Congressman Joins Anti-Semitism Task Force
The only Muslim member of Congress has joined its anti-Semitism task force. “I am honored to join the Congressional Anti-Semitism Task Force because it embodies the ideals and principles that have guided and shaped my life,” said US Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.).