Report: 39 Secretly Imprisoned by U.S.
REPORT: 39 SECRETLY IMPRISONED BY U.S. A coalition of human rights groups has drawn up a list of 39 terror suspects it believes are being secretly imprisoned by U.S. authorities and published their names in a report released Thursday. Information about the so-called “ghost detainees” was gleaned from interviews with former prisoners and officials in […]
VA: Muslim Community Aids in Plans for Flu Pandemic
VA: FAITH TAKES A FRONT SEAT IN PLANNING FOR FLU PANDEMIC Fairfax County houses of worship are starting to plan for the unthinkable but possible: a pandemic flu that could sweep the country, sickening and killing millions. More than 125 leaders from churches, synagogues, temples and mosques met recently at the Fairfax County Government Center […]
CA: Muslim Movie Explores Religious Strength
CA: MUSLIM MOVIE EXPLORES RELIGIOUS STRENGTH, HUMAN WEAKNESS Be it as indulgent harem-masters, wealthy oil sheikhs or bomb-plotting religious extremists, most dramatizations of Muslims on the big screen have done little in the way of presenting the realities of the faith or three dimensional human characters with whom audiences could identify. But a new independent […]
MI: Letter Writer Critical of Steven Emerson’s Anti-Muslim Bias
MI: MORE CONTROVERSIAL SPEAKERS IN COUNTY It’s bad enough that the Livingston Economic Club, sponsored by this paper and Cleary University, has hired Ann Coulter, an insulting, hateful political pundit to speak in October, but the last speaker, Steven Emerson, proved also to be controversial. According to the Daily Press & Argus, Emerson said mainstream […]
VA: Faith, Service Fuse for Muslim Teen
VA: FAITH AND SERVICE FUSE FOR MUSLIM TEEN The day Zishan Hameed found out he had been accepted to the U.S. Naval Academy was among the best of his 17 years. After spending days checking the mail and nights praying for a letter, he was called into the office of a Norview High School guidance […]
DC: Nearly 300 Muslim Exchange Students Call on Congress
NEARLY 300 MUSLIM EXCHANGE STUDENTS CALL ON U.S. CONGRESS For most Americans, news reports of conflict in the Middle East are simply updates from a foreign land. Not so for hundreds of families across the U.S. that opened their homes this year to Muslim teenagers participating in a groundbreaking U.S. State Department program designed to […]
Children of Abraham’ Links Muslim, Jewish Youth
CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM’ LINKS MUSLIM AND JEWISH YOUTH Although the Arab-Israeli conflict has helped portray Muslims and Jews as bitter enemies, Islam and Judaism actually have more commonalties than differences. An on-line effort is helping young people on both sides of the religious divide recognize that, and reconstruct their relationship as descendents of the same […]
MA: Imam’s Legal Woes Leave Followers Frustrated
MA: IMAM’S LEGAL WOES LEAVE HIS FOLLOWERS FRUSTRATED Just weeks after their imam, or spiritual leader, was arrested last fall by federal agents and stripped of his work authorization, members of the Islamic Center of New England in Sharon found themselves standing around a body in the mosque, wondering who would lead the prayers for […]
Canada: Airport Ordeal Angers Muslim Leader
CANADA: AIRPORT ORDEAL ANGERS MUSLIM LEADER Detained without explanation for hours at the Detroit airport, a Muslim leader says he feared for his family in London and couldn’t stop thinking about Maher Arar. Critics yesterday demanded action from Ottawa and apologies from the U.S. after Dr. Munir El-Kassem was questioned and fingerprinted during a stopover […]
DC: Station May Hire Host Who Doubted Muslim Rep’s Patriotism
WASHINGTON POST RADIO CONSIDERS HIRING GLENN BECK In a June 7 Washington Post article, staff writer Paul Farhi wrote: “Faced with continuing financial losses and stubbornly low ratings for Washington Post Radio,” WTWP owner Bonneville International Corp. is “considering” picking up “a show hosted by conservative Glenn Beck.” Farhi added: “However, both Bonneville and The […]