MN: In Bridge Collapse, Refugees Face New Ordeal
MN: IN BRIDGE COLLAPSE, REFUGEE GROUP FACES A NEW ORDEAL Among the hardest hit in the bridge collapse last week was a group that had survived war and strife in their homeland, Somalia, and a move across the world to settle here. Steps from the bridge, in the spice-scented groceries and other stores in the […]
MN: To Somalis, Bridge Collapse Another Blow
MN: TO SOMALIS, BRIDGE COLLAPSE ANOTHER BLOW In the war-ravaged land they fled, Somalis got used to burying the bodies of tens of thousands of their dead. They usually knew what killed the victims: maybe a bullet, a hatchet, sickness or starvation. But in a grim irony for many of the 20,000-plus Somali refugees who […]
TX: Holy Land Foundation Trial – The Family’s Perspective
THE HOLY LAND FOUNDATION TRIAL: THE FAMILY’S PERSPECTIVE FBI agent concludes direct examination (August 7, 2007)Submitted by Editor on Wed, 08/08/2007 – 4:33am. Prosecutor Jim Jacks stood behind the wooden podium in the center of the courtroom much of Tuesday, August 7, 2007 as he concluded the seven-day direct examination of FBI agent Laura Burns. […]
MN: Mayor Files Suit Over Rumors of Being ‘Muslim’
MN: LAWSUIT FILED, THEN QUICKLY DISMISSED In just three days Administrative Law Judge Barbara Nielson received and dismissed a lawsuit filed by Forest Lake Mayor Stev Stegner. On Wednesday, August 1 Stegner’s attorney Dale Swanson filed a lawsuit in the Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearings claiming five area community members violated campaign practices in the […]
VIDEO: CAIR – Tenn. Family Stranded in Gaza
CAIR: TENN. FAMILY STRANDED IN GAZA VIDEO: http://www.wsmv.com/video/13846885/index.html?taf=nash A family from middle Tennessee is stranded thousands of miles away in the Middle East. A mother and her three children traveled across the globe to spend the summer with relatives in Gaza. However, political tensions there have caused the borders to be closed.
CAIR-SC: Muslim Cemetery Gains Early Approval
CAIR-SC: MUSLIM CEMETERY GAINS EARLY APPROVAL The Spartanburg County Planning Commission gave preliminary approval Tuesday for a new Muslim cemetery, to be built off Mount Pleasant Road by the Islamic Society of Greenville. The five-acre site will hold 1,444 plots for Muslim burial. The Islamic Society of Greenville has about 200 families as members and […]
CAIR: NY Men Falsely Called Terrorists Win Damages
CAIR: MEN FALSELY CALLED TERRORISTS WIN SLANDER DAMAGES A state appeals court has ruled against a former Tioga County police chief who admitted spreading lies that two Lebanese-American men were involved in terrorism. According to court documents, James DeVita, then police chief in the village of Owego, made the allegations after the attacks of Sept. […]
CAIR: Chemical Bomb Tossed at Arizona Mosque
CAIR: CHEMICAL BOMB TOSSED AT GLENDALE MOSQUE A chemical bomb was tossed from a car at a Glendale mosque, an incident that is being considered as a possible hate crime, police said Wednesday. Nobody was injured, but the bomb landed near two people associated with the Albanian American Islamic Center, 6724 W. Greenway Road, said […]
CAIR-MI: Muslims Garner 2 of Top 3 Spots on Ballot
CAIR-MI: MUSLIMS GARNER 2 OF TOP 3 SPOTS ON HAMTRAMCK COUNCIL BALLOT In a display of their emerging political power, Muslims were two of the top three vote-getters in Tuesday’s primary election in Hamtramck for City Council. Shahab Ahmed, an incumbent, received 574 votes, the most out of 12 candidates on the ballot. Delawar Mohamed […]
Video: CAIR-MD/VA – Toddler Joins His Parents
CAIR-MD/VA: TODDLER DENIED CITIZENSHIP JOINS HIS PARENTS After two years of waiting, a 3-year-old denied immigration to the United States is reunited with his parents. VIDEO: http://video.nbc4.com/player/?id=140945