CA: African-American Muslims Fight False Impressions
MENLO PARK – Your Black Muslim Bakery was once an establishment that symbolized self-reliance and black empowerment in Oakland. Now, it’s a skeleton of what it once was and has lost its level of contribution in society many years ago, said Imam Ben Ahmad of Menlo Park. “Something obviously happened,” said Ahmad, who once bought […]
TX: Anonymity for Israeli Agent in Holy Land Case
The Holy Land Foundation was part of a global network of organizations that raised money from Muslims throughout the world and funneled it to Hamas, according to a second Israeli secret agent who testified under a pseudonym Wednesday. The testimony of an anonymous agent as an expert witness could be a first in the U.S. […]
NY Muslims Pan Terrorism Report
Long Island Muslim leaders yesterday criticized a report by the New York City Police Department on homegrown terrorism, saying they are all for fighting terrorism but that the findings may help perpetuate stereotypes about Muslims. The report warns of “radicalization” among otherwise unremarkable young Muslim men in the United States who grow disillusioned with life […]
VA: Davis Outraged Over Tancredo Comments
I write to join in the outrage over comments made by one of my congressional colleagues, Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo. His comments were clearly inappropriate. In response to a question about potential future attacks on the United States, Rep. Tancredo reportedly said, “If it is up to me, we are going to explain that an […]
ID: Rep’s Comments on Muslim Congressman Stir Debate
The election of a Muslim congressman by Minnesota voters was not “envisioned by the Founding Fathers,” Idaho Congressman Bill Sali said this week. But that doesn’t mean Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison doesn’t have every right to serve in Washington, D.C., Sali said. He told the Statesman Friday that his comments quoted on a conservative Web […]
Incitement: Daniel Pipes Compares Muslims to Rapists
“I believe such a school requires scrutiny beyond that of any other groups school, he said. It fits into a larger pattern in which Muslim officials require greater scrutiny, whether they be chaplains [or] law enforcement officers. There is a tendency to sympathize with Islamism that we ignore at our peril. . .When law enforcement […]
DC: Fed Worker Charged for threatening Arab Group
A State Department employee was indicted yesterday on charges that he threatened and intimidated employees of the Arab American Institute, including James Zogby, the president of the organization. In e-mail and voice-mail messages, the employee, Patrick Syring, is said to have lashed out at Zogby and others in profane, provocative language described in the indictment, […]
Video: FL Muslim Says He Was Assaulted at Mall
Local Muslim man is demanding action after, he said, he was verbally assaulted and even called a terrorist at an Orlando mall. He said security guards failed to help when he asked and now he wants Orlando police to get involved.
FL: FBI Says Bomb Charges May Be False
TAMPA – For days after the arrest of two University of South Florida students accused of having pipe bombs, the FBI remained silent. On Wednesday, the agency released a statement telling the public it’s possible there’s no merit to the accusations against Youssef Megahed, 21, and Ahmed A. Mohamed, 26. Both were arrested Aug. 4 […]
CAIR: Muslims, Christians, Jews Worship the Same God
A proposal by a Roman Catholic bishop in the Netherlands that people of all faiths refer to God as “Allah” is not sitting well with the Catholic community. Tiny Muskens, an outgoing bishop who is retiring in a few weeks from the southern diocese of Breda, said God doesn’t care what he is called. “Allah […]