IL: New Swimwear Well-Suited to Modest Muslim Lifestyle
MODESTY BECOMES THEM Ronza Othman waited until night to dip in the pool on family vacations, swimming with female relatives only after the men had gone to sleep. She’s a Muslim who wears a headscarf and traditional dress, and even the most tame swimsuits didn’t fit into her code of modesty. But a design created […]
NY: Outcry Halts Palestinian Author Discussion
NY: OUTCRY HALTS PALESTINIAN AUTHOR DISCUSSION A national chain bookstore that originally indicated it would allow a Palestinian-American author to hold a discussion of her book in a Bay Terrace bookstore this week decided after receiving dozens of angry calls to only allow her to hold a signing. Susan Abulhawa, the 36-year-old author of “Scar […]
MI: Amway Founder’s Remarks Offend Some Muslims
MI: RICHARD DEVOS REMARKS OFFEND SOME MUSLIMS GRAND RAPIDS — Some local Muslim leaders are demanding Richard DeVos apologize for remarks he made to Cornerstone University graduates comparing the “Muslim world” to Hitler’s global threat. A statement issued by a local mosque this week calls DeVos’ comments at the May 5 Cornerstone graduation “hateful speech […]
NY: Muslim Cabbies Don’t Miss Stop at Mosque
NY: MUSLIM CABBIES DON’T MISS STOP AT 11TH ST. MOSQUE In the predawn chill of a weekday in early spring, at an East Village mosque the entryway shelves were brimming with the shoes of worshipers. Favored footwear styles were sturdy tennis shoes and dusty work boots, most with well-worn heels. Inside, more than 200 men […]
PA: More African-Americans Accepting Islam
CITIES SEE RISE IN BLACK MUSLIMS IN WAKE OF SEPT. 11 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Allahu Akbar, the Muslim call for prayer, rings out on a recent Friday and a group of black men and women gather to celebrate the Islamic day of rest. The wooden house in Pittsburgh’s rundown Homewood neighborhood looks like any other […]
CA: Story of Marin Muslims is Story of Muslims in U.S.
CA: MUSLIMS IN MARIN The road to the mosque winds through some of the most pristine scenery in Marin County. Giant redwood trees crowd hillsides connected to lakes, parks and trails crossed by deer, hawks and the occasional mountain lion. Because of its secluded natural beauty, the area attracts artists and writers (Anne Lamott lives […]
VA: Muslim Communities Share Burial Duties
VA: MUSLIM COMMUNITIES SHARE BURIAL DUTIES HERNDON, Va. Deidre “Nusaybah” Ritchie knelt down and gently braided the brown hair of the woman’s body lying in a cocoon of white sheets. After demonstrating to the women gathered around her how to wash the body with soap and sweet-smelling camphor, Ritchie finished wrapping the woman in […]
WA: West Point Grad Just Happens to be Muslim
WA: WEST POINT GRAD RARE IN HIS CLASS On Saturday afternoon, in the 209th commencement at a historic campus dotted with monuments to famous generals, Faraz Bala will graduate from West Point. The Snohomish man is a rare Muslim in his class of 900 cadets, whose four years at the U.S. Military Academy overlapped with […]
MO: Muslims Salute Veterans, Oppose War
MO: MUSLIM GROUP SALUTES VETERANS JEFFERSON BARRACKS As soon as Clark Smith wheeled himself on his gurney to the veteran appreciation barbecue in the hospital courtyard, he knew these volunteers were different. Dozens of groups and hundreds of volunteers throughout the year host events to honor veterans at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center buildings […]
CAIR: NE Muslims Return After Leaving Jobs Over Prayer
CAIR: SOMALI MUSLIMS RETURNING TO JOBS OMAHA, Neb. Dozens of Somali meatpacking workers who quit their jobs because they were not given enough time off for Muslim prayers have returned to work, but the issue could resurface as sundown inches later through the spring, a union official said Friday. About 70 of 120 Somali […]