CAIR-FL: Muslim Group Responds to Islamophobic Column
CAIR-FL: MUSLIM GROUP RESPONDS TO HERBERT COLUMN Hernando Today’s May 16 commentary “Were our planners pandering to Muslims in approving mosque?” by columnist John Herbert are comments heard normally from bigots “pandering” to the xenophobic members of our society. Since the horrific attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, there have been hundreds of violent acts targeting […]
Muslim Team to Take Part in D.C. ‘Race for the Cure’
MUSLIM TEAM TO TAKE PART IN D.C. ‘RACE FOR THE CURE’ (WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/30/2007) – On Saturday, June 2, a team of Muslims sponsoredby a prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group will help raisebreast cancer awareness by taking part in the Komen National Race for the Cure.[SEE: http://www.nationalraceforthecure.org/] [NOTE: The Muslim team will […]
CAIR-CA: Muslims, Jews Build Bridges of Understanding
CAIR-CA: MUSLIMS, JEWS BUILD BRIDGES OF UNDERSTANDING (SAN DIEGO, CA, 5/30/07) – CAIR-San Diego Public Relations Director Edgar Hopida joined members of Congregation Beth El and representatives of the San Diego Muslim community for a dinner last night focusing on positive dialogue between Jewish and Muslim groups. Last night’s dinner was the fourth such meeting […]
CAIR Repudiates ‘American Al-Qaida’ Video Threats
CAIR REPUDIATES ‘AMERICAN AL-QAIDA’ VIDEO THREATS (WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/30/07) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today repudiated threats made in a video by an American member of al-Qaida warning of further attacks on the United States. In that video, Adam Yehiye Gadahn (also known as Azzam al-Amriki) warned that unless America ends all involvement […]
Heated Debate on ‘Separating’ from Islam
SEPARATIONISM & ITS DISCONTENTS My assertion (last week) that the Jihadwatch website is “separationist” continues to generate 2,000-word exegeses from people who must be in dire need of something better to do. One more time, for the record: Hugh Fitzgerald, the second main blogger on Jihadwatch (i.e. with Robert Spencer) is a separationist, if the […]
Who’s Pushing For Muslim Women’s Rights?
WHO’S PUSHING FOR MUSLIM WOMEN’S RIGHTS? I didn’t review Phyllis Chesler’s “The Death of Feminism” when it came out more than a year ago, and that was a mistake. The book, which accused American feminists of ignoring the oppression of Muslim women out of a combination of multicultural piety and anti-Americanism, was such a slapdash, […]
Vatican Restores Catholic-Islam Dialogue Council
VATICAN RESTORES CATHOLIC-ISLAM DIALOGUE COUNCIL In an unexpected about-face, Pope Benedict XVI will restore power and prestige to the Vatican department that oversees dialogue with Islam a year after he controversially downgraded it. Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone said in an interview last weekend with La Stampa newspaper that the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue would again […]
The Informer: Behind the Scenes, or Setting the Stage?
THE INFORMER: BEHIND THE SCENES, OR SETTING THE STAGE? With tired eyes and mussed hair, Osama Eldawoody opens his door to an unexpected guest. He doesn’t get many visitors these days. He is in hiding for his own safety. He has received no direct threats, he says, but has heard through friends of friends that […]
CA: Missing Iraqi Pains Brother in CA
CA: MISSING IRAQI PAINS BROTHER IN BREA The 24-year-old speaking by telephone from Damascus weeps softly. There’s not one thing that she misses about her father, she says. It’s a lifetime of memories. Her uncle, Khalid Al-Faris is also on the line from Brea on this conference call, helping translate one of the harshest memories […]
PA: Muslim, Arab and Then American
PA: MUSLIM, ARAB AND THEN AMERICAN The Pew Research Center’s first-ever, nationwide survey of Muslim Americans, released last week, found them largely assimilated, happy with their lives, and moderate with respect to many of the issues that have divided Muslims and Westerners around the world. They did say, however, that since 9/11, they found it […]