CA: Muslims and Methodists Seek Interfaith Dialogue
“Islam is the world’s second largest religion. When you have a billion and a half people belonging to a religion, you are bound to find a few kooks and extremists among their number,” Shista Azad said in answer to our questions about how she reconciles her Muslim beliefs with the actions of terrorists such as […]
MN: When Does Vigilance Become Profiling?
The imams were praying a little too loudly for the other passengers in the waiting lounge at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport that day last fall. One passenger thought they sounded angry. Others said they became alarmed because the six clerics split up once aboard the Phoenix-bound flight, chatting amongst themselves, requesting seats near exits […]
LA: Teens Caught Burglarizing Baton Rouge Mosque
Several kids and teenagers were caught Tuesday in the act of trying to burglarize a local mosque. Baton Rouge Police say 17-year-old Royal Johnson and eight others, ranging in age from 16 all the way down to 9, were trying to burglarize the Islamic Complex on East Washington Street.
Al-Amin Transferred to Federal Custody
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, sentenced to life in prison for killing a sheriff’s deputy in 2000, has been transferred into federal custody, the state prison system said. Al-Amin, the former 1960s militant H. Rap Brown, was convicted in 2002 for fatally shooting a Fulton County sheriff’s deputy and wounding another. Al-Amin was transferred Wednesday from the […]
GA: Imam Jamil Al-Amin Transferred to Federal Custody
ATLANTA (AP) – The 1960s black militant jailed for killing a deputy has been transferred into federal custody, Georgia corrections officials said Thursday. Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a 63-year-old once known as H. Rap Brown, was transferred after state officials decided his high profile status presented “unique issues” that the prison system could no longer handle, […]
CAIR: GOP Presidential Candidate Threatens Islamic Holy Sites
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican presidential hopeful Tom Tancredo says the best way he can think of to deter a nuclear terrorist attack on the U.S. is to threaten to retaliate by bombing Islamic holy sites. The Colorado congressman on Tuesday told about 30 people at a town hall meeting in the state of Iowa that […]
CAIR: U.S. Muslims Demand Release of Taliban Hostages
Muslim advocacy groups in the United States are condemning the recent kidnapping of 23 South Koreans in Afghanistan and are demanding their release. The Christian missionaries have been held since July 19 by the Taliban, which is seeking the release of Taliban prisoners held by the Afghan government. The Taliban killed two of the hostages, […]
Audio: CAIR-LA on Religious Accommodation
Hussam Ayloush, executive director of the Greater Los Angeles area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA), discusses religious accommodation on KTLK radio. http://www.cair.com/audio/08022007/
CAIR-NY: Transit Worker Allowed to Attend Islamic Prayers
(NEW YORK, NY, 8/2/07) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) said today that a transit worker in that city will now be allowed to attend Islamic Friday congregational prayers, or “Jummah,” after initially being told he would have to wait months to receive religious accommodation. CAIR-NY contacted the Metropolitan […]
CAIR: MN Muslims Asked to Give Blood for Bridge Collapse Victims
(ST. PAUL, MN, 8/2/07) – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today called on Muslims in that state to donate blood to help those injured in yesterday’s deadly bridge collapse in Minneapolis. CAIR-MN is asking Muslims to seek out the nearest Red Cross or Memorial Blood Centers site following regular Islamic […]