Somalis Yearn for Islamic Rulers to Return
SOMALIS YEARN FOR ISLAMIC RULERS TO RETURN AND TAME THE WARLORDS The ruins of the old sugar factory in Marere, in the southern interior of Somalia, tower over the wooden shacks and brick huts which shelter the 2,000 or so people still living here. This used to be the second-largest sugar factory in the world, […]
Canada: Comic Finding Muslim Jokes a Tough Sell
CANADA: COMIC FINDING MUSLIM JOKES A TOUGH SELL His name is Ahmed Ahmed, and when he’s not busy convincing Canadian customs agents he poses no terror threat, the 36-year-old Californian tells Muslim jokes for a living. Funny jokes too, like the one about how he can spot the federal air marshal on every flight he […]
NY: Man Wins Right To Sue Mueller, Ashcroft
NY: MAN WINS RIGHT TO SUE MUELLER, ASCHCROFT The FBI director, Robert Mueller, and a former attorney general, John Ashcroft, must decide whether to challenge yesterday’s federal appeals court ruling affirming one Muslim man’s right to bring a suit against them alleging that he was abused during his detention following the September 11, 2001, terrorist […]
NY: ‘Muslim’ Does Not Mean ‘Terrorist’
NY: MUSLIM DOES NOT MEAN TERRORIST My name is Ayana I. Muhammad. I am 17 years old and have lived in Hancock for 11 years. On June 6, I found out through an article in the New York Post that I was a terrorist. How can this be? Is my life over? This is such […]
MI: Muslims Plan Peace Rally Today
MI: AREA MUSLIMS PLAN PEACE RALLY TODAY Muslims are planning to rally today in Dearborn to call for peace and unity in the Middle East. The bombing of a holy Shi’ite mosque in Iraq this week has renewed concern among local Muslims about the divide between Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims. There is also infighting in […]
CAIR: Anti-Muslim Discrimination on Rise
CAIR: AMERICAN MUSLIM GROUP SAYS ANTI-MUSLIM DISCRIMINATION ON RISE IN US An American-Muslim group says incidents of hate crimes and other discrimination against Muslims in the United States are on the rise. The group said Muslims especially face delays in their efforts to attain U.S. citizenship. VOA’s Stephanie Ho reports from Washington. The 2007 annual […]
CAIR Reports Bias Rise
CAIR REPORTS BIAS RISE Anti-Muslim bias is higher than ever, an Islamic civil rights group said yesterday, based on figures showing a 25 percent increase in complaints during 2006. The Council on American-Islamic Relations cited 2,467 complaints in 2006, up from 1,972 complaints in 2005, primarily about delays in citizenship and naturalization requests. Many Muslims […]
CAIR: Immigration Bias Concerns U.S. Muslims
CAIR: IMMIGRATION BIAS CONCERNS U.S. MUSLIMS After a year’s search, worshippers at the Masjid Ibraheem, or Mosque of Abraham, in Newark finally found the right religious leader. Jamal Zahabi is dedicated to the community and has found time to teach prison inmates. A Canadian citizen, originally from Lebanon, he has a knack for bringing together […]
CAIR-Seattle: Hate Radio Promotes Fear
CAIR-WA: WE NEED TO HEAR MORE VOICES OF REASON ON THE AIR The ears of 27-year-old Arsalan Bukhari rang with what they heard as hate speech when a Seattle radio show seemed to issue an open invitation to refuse jobs to Muslims based solely on their religion. But then, long before KIRO 710 radio host […]
CAIR-OK: Muslim Civil Liberties Group Opens Office
CAIR-OK: MUSLIM CIVIL LIBERTIES GROUP TO OPEN OKC OFFICE While living in California, Lobna Hewedi worked as an office manager for a chapter of the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations. She moved to Oklahoma in late 2005 to get married, and after becoming involved in the community, she started forming a state chapter of the […]