US Air Strike Kills 25 Afghan Civilians
US AIR STRIKE KILLS 25 AFGHAN CIVILIANS A US air strike in southern Afghanistan has killed up to 25 civilians, a local police chief said today. The victims included women, children and a cleric as well as 20 suspected Taliban militants, according to Mohammad Hussein Andiwal, the Helmand province police chief. The air strike – […]
Majority Says Iraq War Made U.S. Less Safe from Terror
MAJORITY BELIEVES INVASION OF IRAQ HAS MADE U.S. LESS SAFE FROM TERRORISM The War on Terror: What is it? Who Are Our Enemies and How Likely Are Different Types of Terrorist Attacks in the U.S.?; Majority Believes Invasion of Iraq Has Made U.S. Less Safe From Terrorism. About half (49%) of all adult Americans believe […]
VA: Al-Arian’s Contempt Citation Prolonged
VA: EX-PROFESSOR’S CONTEMPT CITATION PROLONGED A federal judge has extended the contempt citation against a former Florida professor who has refused to testify in the investigation into whether Islamic charities in Northern Virginia were financing terrorist organizations. Sami al-Arian will remain jailed until at least October under Wednesday’s ruling by U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce […]
Psychologists Central to Detainee Abuse
PSYCHOLOGISTS WERE CENTRAL TO THE ABUSE’ A letter from a group of psychologists to the American Psychological Association charges psychologists with responsibility for abusive interrogations. Editor’s note: On Wednesday, dozens of psychologists released an open letter to American Psychological Association president Sharon Brehm, expressing concern that psychologists may have played a central role in the […]
Video: CA Girl Asked to Remove Religious Scarf
CAIR-SFBA: LOCAL GIRL ASKED TO REMOVE RELIGIOUS SCARF VIDEO: http://tinyurl.com/ys9ee8 VIDEO: Alleged Religious Descrimination Case Under Investigation (KSBW)www.theksbwchannel.com/video/13549874/index.html?taf=mty The Muslim community is outraged tonight that a girl was ordered to remove her head scarf — or hijab during her second day of summer school. The family of the Sudanese-American girl is demanding a public apology […]
IL: Islam’s Diverse Faces
IL: ISLAM’S DIVERSE FACES TAKE CENTER STAGE For many young Muslim Americans, Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist and Chicago native Lupe Fiasco is more than a rapper with cool beats. To them, Fiasco, a devout Muslim who often slips his faith into his music, symbolizes the struggle of young Muslims to reconcile their spiritual identity with their […]
CAIR: ‘Obsession’ Stokes Fears, Controversy
CAIR: ‘OBSESSION’ STOKES PASSIONS, FEARS AND CONTROVERSY A documentary produced in Israel and screened widely throughout the U.S. is stirring furious debate over its depiction of Muslims. The film, “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West,” is gaining a quick following among conservative Americans, evangelicals and Jews. U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney is said to […]
CAIR-MN: Muslim Harassment Resolved
CAIR-MN: CHARGE OF MUSLIM HARASSMENT IN BLAINE RESOLVED Blaine school, civil rights group strike a quick accord in a complaint over Muslim students being harassed. A complaint about the harassment of Muslim students at a Blaine middle school has been resolved, with the school district being praised for its response. The Minnesota chapter of the […]
CAIR-CA: Muslim Girl Told to Remove Scarf
CAIR-SFBA: MUSLIM GIRL TOLD TO REMOVE SCARF A confrontation over a head scarf in the lunchroom of Seaside High School between a school supervisor and a 13-year-old student has led for a call for a public apology from the official by a major Islamic organization. The San Francisco/Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic […]
Program: Arab-American Leadership Training
ARAB-AMERICAN LEADERSHIP TRAINING: SEPT. 22-26, OCT. 24-28, NOV. 15-19 The Hala Salaam Maksoud Foundation for Arab-American Leadership is now welcoming applications for its next intensive, 5-day leadership training seminars scheduled for Sept. 22-26, Oct. 24-28, and Nov. 15-19, 2007, in Washington, DC. All applications for the Sept. 22-26 seminar should be received by July 20, […]