CAIR-FL: Racist Slurs Used During Assault on Muslim
(ORLANDO, FL, 8/15/07) – On Thursday, August 16, the Orlando chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Orlando) will hold a news conference to call on the FBI, the State Attorney and the Orlando Police Department to investigate an alleged Islamophobic assault on a Muslim shopper at The Children’s Place in the Prime Outlet Mall. […]
Music Video: The Amy Grant of Islam
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Canada: Muslim Cadet Accuses RCMP of Harassment
A Muslim former RCMP cadet told the Canadian Human Rights Commission Monday he was harassed repeatedly after requesting to wear a pendant containing passages from the Qur’an. A tribunal is hearing Ali Tahmourpour’s complaint that while attending the RCMP training academy in Regina from July to October, 1999, he was ridiculed for his Muslim beliefs […]
Canada: Muslim Students to Get Footbaths at UBC
Muslim University of B.C. student Hesham Alsalaman hopes the days of cleansing his feet in the small washroom hand basin near the university’s prayer room are numbered. “As you can see, washing your feet is very difficult,” said Alsalaman, president of the Muslim Students Association of UBC. Alsalaman and other Muslim students use a prayer […]
NY: Principal Appointed to Arabic School
A veteran teacher who helped develop an Arabic-themed public school has been named its acting principal now that the original principal has resigned under heavy criticism. Acting principal Danielle Salzberg had been working with the team setting up professional development services at the Khalil Gibran International Academy in Brooklyn, which will open Sept. 4 with […]
NY: New Leader Picked to Run Arabic School
An education official experienced in starting new schools in New York City, but not in speaking Arabic, will take over immediately as the interim acting principal of the city’s first public school dedicated to the study of Arabic language and culture, Chancellor Joel I. Klein said yesterday. The official, Danielle Salzberg, 35, a senior program […]
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UK: Imam Attacked as Anti-Muslim Violence Grows
A brutal assault on a London imam has highlighted fears that Muslims are suffering a sharp increase in race attacks after the failed car bombings in June. The 58-year-old imam from Central Mosque in Regent’s Park, is in a critical condition after emergency surgery to both of his eyes. Attacks on Muslims and mosques in […]
Video: Arson Suspected in Mosque Blaze
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CAIR-CA: Muslim Leaders Decry Mosque Fire
Muslim leaders gathered today at an Antioch mosque that they said had been vandalized several times to condemn what authorities called an arson attack over the weekend. The blaze early Sunday caused an estimated $200,000 in damage to the Islamic Center of the East Bay and left the one-story structure on West 18th Street uninhabitable. […]