CAIR-NY Participates in Interfaith Solidarity Event
CAIR-NY PARTICIPATES IN INTERFAITH SOLIDARITY EVENT (NEW YORK, NY, 6/7/07) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) last night participated in an interfaith solidarity event designed to express concern over the growing bias faced by members of the local South Asian community. The event came in the wake of an […]
CAIR-AZ Hosts ‘Immigration Night’ at Phoenix Mosque
CAIR-AZ HOSTS ‘IMMIGRATION NIGHT’ AT PHOENIX MOSQUE (PHOENIX, AZ, 6/7/07) – Some 100 people turned out June 1 for an “Immigration Night” organized by the Arizona chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-AZ) and hosted by Islamic Community Center of Phoenix. At the event, a representative of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) […]
CAIR-CA Trains CBP Supervisors on Muslim Travel Issues
CAIR-SFBA TRAINS CBP SUPERVISORS ON MUSLIM TRAVEL ISSUES (SANTA CLARA, CA, 6/7/07) – The San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) and the Asian Law Caucus (ALC) yesterday held a training session for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) staff supervisors focused on travel-related issues faced by American Muslims. At the […]
Quran, Sunna, International Treaties Refuse FGM
QURAN, SUNNA AND INTERNATIONAL TREATIES REFUSE FGM Participants in the regional consultative meeting on violence against girls held on May 30-31, held upon “clerics who encourage families to do girls circumcision claiming it is a religious purification” responsible for health complications of such “a physical violence”. The meeting, involved Egypt, Djibouti, Oman, Sudan, and Yemen, […]
UK: Muhammad is No. 2 in Boys Names
UK: MUHAMMAD IS NO 2 IN BOY’S NAMES Muhammad is now second only to Jack as the most popular name for baby boys in Britain and is likely to rise to No 1 by next year, a study by The Times has found. The name, if all 14 different spellings are included, was shared by […]
NJ: Group Wields a Big Stick for Israel
NJ: BERGEN GROUP WIELDS A BIG STICK FOR ISRAEL An Englewood political action committee has emerged as one of the most powerful advocates for Israel, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign cash for U.S. congressional candidates. NORPAC doesn’t look like much at first glance. It operates from a private home and has only […]
Video: Nexus of Politics and Terror
VIDEO: NEXUS OF POLITICS AND TERROR From the mind-bending idea that four guys dressed as pizza delivery men were going to outgun all the soldiers at Fort Dix, N.J., to the not-too-thought-out plan to blow up JFK Airport — time to update “The Nexus of Politics and Terror.” View video: http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?g=142508ab-3e04-4077-923a-7cf30c3420ba&f=00&fg
Have Gitmo Judges Soured on War Tribunals?
LINE IN THE SAND What do John Ashcroft, Michael Luttig, Alberto Mora, David Petraeus, Robert Gates, Peter Brownback, and Keith Allred have in common? They are all lifelong conservatives and/or belt-and-suspenders, longtime military officers who were willing to both follow and, in their own ways, lead President Bush’s “war on terror.” Until, at least, each […]
IL: ‘Islam Is Not the Problem’
IL: PROBLEM ISN’T MUSLIMS – IT’S RELIGIOUS FANATICS This is in response to the letter by Anna Helmers (“We’re engaged in war between good, evil,’” YourViews, May 29). As a lifelong Christian who has actually read the Quran, I think her comments about Islam being the greatest threat to the United States are unrealistic. Fanatics […]
MI: Arab Americans Rally to Show Unity
MI: ARAB AMERICANS TO RALLY WEDNESDAY IN DEARBORN Arab Americans plan to rally Wednesday at Dearborn City Hall to show unity at a time of division in the Arab and Muslim worlds. The event will start at 5:30 p.m. in front of City Hall, 13615 Michigan Ave., followed by a town hall meeting at 7 […]