CO: Mosque Damaged By Apparent Gunfire
GREELEY MOSQUE DAMAGED BY APPARENT GUNFIRE Abu Faraj of Greeley was concerned Thursday when he discovered that the mosque he oversees had been shot at three times sometime during the day. Faraj, who said he is the head of the community at the Islamic Center of Greeley Mosque, 1600 8th Ave., said this is not […]
CAIR-LA: Police Probe Alleged FBI Assault of Muslim Student
TENSIONS RISE AGAIN AT UC IRVINE UC Irvine’s chief of police said Friday that his officers were investigating a complaint that an FBI agent doing surveillance assaulted a Muslim student with his unmarked car near the site of an anti-Israel demonstration. The alleged incident Monday has ratcheted up tension between the university’s Muslim students and […]
CAIR-NJ: Mosque Opens Doors in Bid for Understanding
MOSQUE OPENS ITS DOORS IN BID FOR UNDERSTANDING The mosque where half the men accused of plotting an attack on Fort Dix worshipped opened its doors to the public on Friday in an effort to foster greater understanding of Islam and its teachings. A standing-room-only crowd was at the Islamic Center of South Jersey’s emergency […]
CAIR-NJ: Open House at Mosque of Suspects Proves Tense
OPEN HOUSE AT MOSQUE OF SUSPECTS PROVES TENSE PALMYRA, N.J., May 18 The man sat in the back row of the mosque, his arms folded, unsure whether his hard opinions would change. “I’m concerned about the Muslims,” the man, Richard Smekal, 68, said just before an open house at the mosque, the Islamic Center […]
CAIR-TX: Criminals in Every Faith
CAIR-TX: CRIMINALS IN EVERY FAITH Re: “A moderate voice silenced,” by Rod Dreher, Sunday Points. PBS has a history of presenting objective and accurate information. “America at the Crossroads” followed this guideline. Yet Mr. Dreher reiterates his suspicion that Muslims are so isolated in that they are unable to co-exist with other faiths and that […]
Did MEMRI ‘Tweak’ Palestinian Mickey Mouse Quotes?
ARABIC UNDER FIRE Memri, the “research institute” which specialises in translating portions of the Arabic media into English, has issued a video clip from a children’s programme on Hamas TV in which it claims that a Palestinian girl talked of becoming a suicide bomber and annihilating the Jews. Memri – described by New York Times […]
NY: Mosque is Muslim Cab Drivers’ Spiritual Pit Stop
NY: MADINA MOSQUE IS MUSLIM CAB DRIVERS’ SPIRITUAL PIT STOP 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 […]
CA: How Muslims Deal with Grief and Death
CA: MUSLIMS DEAL WITH GRIEF AND DEATH The tragic events at Virginia Tech brought deep sadness and my heart goes out to the victims, their families and the school. Then, what came to mind was the fear of the possibility of association with the terrorism that has always been associated with Muslims – like what […]
CO: Ads Pulled After Radio Host’s Anti-Muslim Comments
CO: ADS PULLED AFTER KOA HOST MAKES ANTI-MUSLIM COMMENTS Peggy Beck’s tradition of trading catering services for advertising on Clear Channel Communication’s radio shows shifted a bit this week. Beck, co-owner of Three Tomatoes Catering in Denver for almost 30 years, said her deal with the media company’s stations goes back almost as long as […]
MI: FBI Probes Mosque Vandalism
MI: FBI PROBES MOSQUE VANDALISM Police began special law enforcement procedures in the area of the Karbalaa Islamic Education Center on Thursday to discourage acts of vandalism, after a fourth incident since late last year occurred at the mosque Wednesday morning. The FBI is investigating the latest event, in which the words “center of the […]