CAIR-CA: Mosque Opens Its Doors to Understanding
Hundreds of men and women left their shoes at the door and bowed for the weekly Friday afternoon prayer at the Islamic Center of Hawthorne. The service was a typical one – adults and children were consumed in prayer for about an hour. Some teens hung around outside the mosque, discussing basketball and the popular […]
CAIR-CA: Mosques Need Native Imams to Connect with Youth
The muezzin’s call echoes around the mosque here, beckoning the Muslim faithful to midday Friday prayers. Stragglers scurry to take their places, as imam Yassir Fazaga – at 35, younger than many in attendance – comes down from his office ready with this week’s sermon on lessons from the recent violence at a mosque in […]
CAIR-FL Helps Needy Students
Altaf Ali had a vision that one day he would organize the Muslim community to join in an end-of-summer tradition: distributing school supplies to needy children. “I was a student once and noticed a lot of students did not have supplies, and I said one day I’d have to have the Muslim community help out […]
CAIR: Idaho Rep Apologizes for Remarks About Muslim Colleague
BOISE, Idaho — U.S. Rep. Bill Sali has apologized to a Muslim colleague for remarks suggesting the nation’s founders never intended for Muslims to serve in Congress. In the interview with the Christian-based American Family News Network, Sali, a Republican freshman from Idaho’s 1st District, referred to his U.S. House colleague Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., […]
CAIR-NY Urges Support for Arabic Language School
(NEW YORK, NY, 8/19/07) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today called upon Muslim New Yorkers and other people of conscience to participate in a peaceful demonstration in support of the Khalil Gibran International Academy (KGIA), an Arabic language school scheduled to open this fall in Brooklyn. Immediate Action […]
NH Rep on Trip to Israel with 17 Other Congressmen
U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes, D-N.H., is in the second week of a privately funded trip to Israel with 17 other Democratic House members. The trip is being paid for by the American Israel Education Foundation, a non-partisan, non-profit organization that regularly sponsors what it calls education trips to Israel for members of Congress. The group […]
U.S. Goes Online to Reach Muslim Youth
The U.S. State Department chose a novel way to publicize baseball legend Cal Ripken Jr.’s appointment this week as its special sports envoy. It went on YouTube. Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes, who appears in the video, said Thursday it was part of her campaign to bring a positive image of the […]
AZ: Rep Helps U.S. Muslims Trapped in Gaza
A Tucson family is grateful to be back in its adopted country after surviving a civil war and fearing that it would never be able to leave its troubled homeland. Husain Gharbia and his wife, Fatina, planned to make 2007 the year they returned to the Middle East and introduced their families to their daughters, […]
MN: Ellison Gets Apology from Critical Colleague
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Bill Sali has apologized to the nation’s first Muslim congressman, whose election Sali deemed in an interview as “not what was envisioned by the Founding Fathers.” The Idaho Republican has exchanged conciliatory e-mails with U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, a Minnesota Democrat who became the first Muslim in Congress last year. Both […]
HLF Trial Update: Israeli Witness Falters
An Israeli intelligence agent whose earlier testimony linked a U.S.-based Islamic charity to Hamas acknowledged Thursday that none of the overseas charities it supported has appeared among hundreds of names on U.S. government terrorist lists. The testimony seemed to cast doubt on a central element of the government’s criminal case against former officials of the […]