CAIR: Nationwide ‘Islamophobia’ Discussion to Begin in Dallas
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENATIONWIDE ‘ISLAMOPHOBIA’ DISCUSSION TO KICK OFF IN DALLAS (DALLAS, TX, 6/26/2007) – On Sunday, July 8, a prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group will kick off a nationwide discussion of “Islamophobia,” or fear and hatred of Islam and Muslims, with a panel […]
Neo-Cons Spinning Hearts and Minds in Arab World
POLITICS-US: NEO-CONS SPINNING HEARTS AND MINDS As the George W. Bush administration struggles through its last two years in office, it appears that the agenda of neoconservative ideologues has finally lost its appeal among strategic parts of the U.S. foreign policy apparatus. But as their influence has waned at the Pentagon and State Department, neo-conservative […]
More Afghan Civilians Killed by U.S., NATO than Insurgents
AFGHAN CIVILIANS REPORTEDLY KILLED MORE BY U.S., NATO THAN INSURGENTS U.S.-led coalition and NATO forces fighting insurgents in Afghanistan have killed at least 203 civilians so far this year – surpassing the 178 civilians killed in militant attacks, according to an Associated Press tally. Insurgency attacks and military operations have surged in recent weeks, and […]
VP Cheney: Pushing the Envelope on Torture
PUSHING THE ENVELOPE ON PRESIDENTIAL POWER Shortly after the first accused terrorists reached the U.S. naval prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Jan. 11, 2002, a delegation from CIA headquarters arrived in the Situation Room. The agency presented a delicate problem to White House counsel Alberto R. Gonzales, a man with next to no experience […]
NV: Methodists Welcome Muslim Leader
NV: METHODISTS WELCOME MUSLIM LEADER Methodists and Muslims are mingling in Reno. An imam discussed his Muslim faith Sunday at the Reno First United Methodist Church and has invited the Christians to Friday’s 1 p.m. service at the mosque in Sparks. The First United Methodist Church has been reviewing a PBS television show on the […]
IL: Where Muslim Heritage and Hip-Hop Meet
IL: WHERE HERITAGE AND HIP-HOP MEET Along the grass-lined streets of Marquette Park, women strolled in colorful hijabs, Islamic head scarves, with teens in miniskirts and tank-tops. Religious scholars gathered in white tents to discuss Islam, just a short walk from a stage where rappers spat socially conscious lyrics to a crowd of head-nodding youths. […]
CA: Signal Hill to Be New Mosque Site
CA: SIGNAL HILL TO BE NEW MOSQUE SITE The Long Beach Islamic Center has finally found a home in Signal Hill. Since the religious group formed in 2004, it has not had a permanent location, only an office on Long Beach Boulevard. “Sometimes we hold prayer and service in different locations like people’s homes because […]
CAIR-CA: Muslim Girl Student’s Rights Violated
CAIR-SFBA: MUSLIM GIRL STUDENT’S RIGHTS VIOLATED IN US As part of the continuing attacks on Muslims and Islamic rituals in the United States of America, and according to a grand Islamic institution in US, a school supervisor ordered a girl student to remove her veil, and when she didn’t respond, he shouted on her to […]
CAIR-MN, School Settle Anti-Muslim Harassment Case
CAIR-MN: BLAINE SCHOOL, RIGHTS GROUP SETTLE ANTI-MUSLIM HARASSMENT CASE A public school in Blaine has agreed to improve its internal communications and to revamp its geography curriculum to include world religions after an allegation of Anti-Muslim harassment last month. An eighth-grade Muslim girl reported that on Sept. 11 last year, a fellow student called her […]
CAIR-MN: Muslim Attacked Outside Mosque
CAIR-MN: FEDERAL CHARGES SOUGHT IN ATTACK ON ST. CLOUD MUSLIM (ST. PAUL, MN, 6/25/2007) – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today asked that federal civil rights charges be filed against a man alleged to have attacked a Muslim who was leaving a St. Cloud mosque this past weekend. According to […]