MI: Young Muslims Speak Out
MI: YOUNG MUSLIMS SPEAK OUT When Sofia Latif sees news reports portraying Muslims as terrorists, she sometimes sends e-mails to journalists deploring coverage she views as one-sided and urges them to publicize good works done in the name of Islam. Latif, 21, of Dearborn Heights is the co-owner of a marketing company, active in her […]
DC: Evangelicals, Muslims Meet
EVANGELICALS, MUSLIMS MEET Muslims and evangelical Christians are talking – at least behind closed doors at the Egyptian Embassy – according to several guests at a top-secret lunch last week. The July 2 gathering lasted two hours and featured ambassadors from nine Arab states plus their umbrella group, and several prominent evangelical leaders or their […]
MI: Chertoff Tells NAACP to Fight for Muslims
HOMELAND SECURITY CHIEF TELLS NAACP TO FIGHT FOR MUSLIMS, TOO DETROIT — While the NAACP has been fighting for the rights of African-Americans for nearly a century, it’s important to fight for Muslim Americans in a post-9/11 world, the nation’s Homeland Security chief told guests at the 98th NAACP national convention Tuesday evening. “(We’ve) fought […]
CA: Dunkin’ Donuts Owner Can Sue Over Pork, Court Says
CA: MUSLIM DUNKIN’ DONUTS OWNER CAN SUE OVER PORK, APPEALS COURT SAYS LOS ANGELES – A discrimination lawsuit filed by a Muslim Dunkin’ Donuts franchisee who was not allowed to renew his contract with the chain because of a refusal to sell pork products can proceed, a U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday. The decision reversed […]
CAIR-CAN: Muslims Speaks Out Against Violence
CANADIAN MUSLIM COMMUNITY SPEAKS OUT AGAINST VIOLENCE The editorial, Muslim leaders can drown out violent message (SP, July 5), correctly argues that it is up to mainstream Muslim leaders to challenge and “drown out” the voices of extremism in our nation. Canadian Muslims are doing just that. After the July 2005 transit bombings in London, […]
GA: Muslim Group, City Meet Over Scarf in Court
MUSLIM GROUP, CITY MEET ON WOMAN BARRED FROM COURT OVER SCARF Members of a national Muslim advocacy group met with Valdosta city officials Wednesday about a policy they say prohibited a Muslim woman from wearing a traditional head scarf into a municipal courtroom. But the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations said no resolution was reached […]
CAIR-CA: Student Claims Head Scarf Cost Her a Job
CAIR-SV: CSUS STUDENT SUES, CLAIMS HEAD SCARF COST HER A JOB A Muslim woman has filed a discrimination suit against a national chain of jewelry stores, alleging that she was “enthusiastically” recruited to return to work at a Fairfield shop in 2006 but then turned away after managers saw she had begun to wear a […]
CAIR-PA: Faith Betrayed
CAIR-PA: FAITH BETRAYED As the investigation of the terror plots in London and Glasgow unfolds, American Muslims are experiencing the shock and outrage we always do in hearing that people associated with our faith are involved once again in these heinous acts. Each time our sense of disbelief and betrayal reaches a new level. Their […]
CAIR: Muslims Aren’t Silent About Terror
CAIR: WE REPUDIATE TERRORISM In the wake of the recent terror plot in Britain, American Muslims are once again being asked why we are “silent” on the issue of terrorism committed in the name of Islam. It is a valid question, but one that frustrates those of us who repeatedly and consistently condemn terrorism in […]
CAIR Rep Debates Religious Accommodation in Schools
CAIR Rep Debates Religious Accommodation in Schools