Producer Eyes Better TV, Film Roles for Muslims
PRODUCER EYES BETTER TV, FILM ROLES FOR MUSLIMS When Labid Aziz of Natick thinks about “Never Mind Nirvana,” he sees a missed opportunity. A 2004 pilot for an NBC sitcom, it was centered on the travails of an Indian-American doctor, his pregnant white girlfriend, and his traditional parents, who move in. It was written by […]
WA: Duty, Honor, Country and Islam
WA: DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY AND ISLAM Faraz Bala wore the gold ring on the third finger of his left hand. Three words chiseled in the ring read: “Duty. Honor. Country.” That’s the motto of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York, Bala said. Bala, 22, of Snohomish earned the 2007 class ring […]
MN: Man Charged in Assault Near Mosque
MN: ISANTI MAN IS CHARGED IN ASSAULT NEAR A MOSQUE A 33-year-old man from Isanti, Minn., was charged Monday with a bias crime in connection with an alleged assault near a St. Cloud mosque Saturday afternoon. Phillip Joseph Massa III also was charged in Stearns County District Court with obstructing the legal process after fighting […]
Report: Muslim Integration Crucial to U.S.
REPORT: MUSLIM INTEGRATION CRUCIAL TO U.S. [NOTE: For comments on this report, contact CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab at (847) 971-3963 or (312) 212-1520, or email: arehab@cair.com] A better-integrated Muslim population would better serve the United States as it navigates critical domestic and foreign-policy challenges involving Muslim populations, a new report argues. Sponsored by the […]
NY: EEOC Claims Firm Discriminated Against Muslim
NY: EEOC CLAIMS MERRILL LYNCH DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IRANIAN The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Merrill Lynch on Tuesday over its treatment of an Iranian Muslim employee. The worker, Majid Borumand, claims he was denied promotions and ultimately fired because of his ethnicity and faith. A Merrill Lynch spokesman did not immediately return a phone message […]
OH: US Muslim Detained at Border for Fifth Time
OH: MUSLIM AMERICAN DETAINED AT BORDER FOR FIFTH TIME Zakariya Muhammad Reed was coming back from Canada on June 17 when he was detained again for a couple of hours. This marks the fifth time in the last seven months that he has encountered difficulty. On May 9, I reported on his troubles at www.progressive.org, […]
CAIR-MN: Charges Filed After Man Attacked
CAIR-MN: CHARGES FILED AFTER MAN ATTACKED WHILE LEAVING ST. CLOUD MOSQUE A man was charged with assault Monday after allegedly attacking another man as he was leaving a prayer mosque in St. Cloud the day before. Phillip Joseph Massa, 33, of Isanti, was charged in Stearns County District Court with obstructing the legal process and […]
CAIR-MN: File Federal Charge in Assault
CAIR-MN: GROUP: FILE FEDERAL CHARGE IN ASSAULT An Islamic civil liberties group called for a man to be charged with a federal civil rights crime for assaulting a St. Cloud man who is Muslim. Omar Merhi, executive director for the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said such incidents should not be tolerated […]
CAIR-CA: Girl Back at School with Scarf
CAIR-SFBA: FAMILY SEEKS PUBLIC APOLOGY Teenager Issra Omer said she feared for her safety when she returned to Seaside High School after she was confronted for wearing an Islamic head scarf on June 19. The girl, 13, said she was yelled at by a campus supervisor for wearing a hajib, an Islamic head scarf during […]
DC: Conservative Leader to Speak on ‘Islamophobia’ Panel
CONSERVATIVE LEADER TO SPEAK ON ‘ISLAMOPHOBIA’ PANEL (WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/26/07) – On Tuesday, July 17, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will host a panel discussion at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., entitled “Attacking Islam: Implications for Social Cohesion and U.S. Relations with the Muslim World.” The panel will address the increasing anti-Muslim […]