Amr Khaled ‘Made It on Time’
HE MADE IT ON TIME The skyrocketing popularity of young preacher Amr Khaled has ranked him among the world’s top 100 most influential people — and, ironically, the most controversial back home. “When you look at the reach of what he is doing, and when you look at the millions he is touching, I don’t […]
Transcript: CAIR/ISNA – ‘An Evening with Amr Khaled’
On Saturday, May 12, the Maryland and Virginia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MD/VA), in cooperation with the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), co-hosted an evening with world-renowned Muslim television personality Amr Khaled. The following is a rough transcript of his speech. He spoke in Arabic, and the major points were interpreted […]
FL: Tampa Trib Owes Readers an Exam of Fechter’s Work
FL: SILLY ME, BUT I THINK TAMPA TRIBUNE OWES READERS AN EXAMINATION OF FECHTER’S WORK John Sugg is “silly,” pouts Michael Fechter, who has worked an overlapping 17 years for the Tampa Tribune and 13 years for Steve Emerson, a propagandist for extremist, no-peace-at-any-price Likudniks and neocons in Israel and America. Fechter gave up the […]
FL: Film Documents Al-Arian’s Trial
FL: FILM DOCUMENTS AL-ARIAN’S TRIAL The drama of Sami Al-Arian’s federal trial played out on the big screen Wednesday night in a packed theater in Tampa. A documentary filmmaker premiered the film “U.S.A. vs. Al-Arian” in Tampa. It’s the first dramatization of the terror trial that dragged on for six months. If the crowd at […]
CO: Ads Pulled from Anti-Muslim Radio Program
CO: 3 FIRMS PULL ADS ON KOA PROGRAM At least three metro-area businesses have asked radio station KOA-850 AM to pull their advertisements from the “Gunny Bob” Newman show following remarks about Muslims made last week by the conservative talk-show host. The companies, Excel Roofing, Ralph Schomp Automotive and Three Tomatoes Catering, asked that the […]
CAIR-FL: 1,200 Turn Out for Al-Arian Doc Premier
CAIR-FL: AL-ARIAN DOCUMENTARY STIRS LINGERING EMOTIONS More than a year after the terrorism trial of Sami Al-Arian, the case still stirs strong emotions. Those feelings bubbled up again Wednesday with the showing of a new documentary about the case, USA vs. Al-Arian. Just one block from the federal courthouse where the controversial case unfolded, Al-Arian’s […]
CAIR: NJ Muslim Assaulted by Man Shouting Islamophobic Slurs
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – MEDIA ADVISORY – NJ MUSLIM ASSAULTED BY MAN SHOUTING ISLAMOPHOBIC SLURSCAIR-NJ says incident may be tied to reports of alleged Fort Dix attack plot (PRINCETON, NJ, 5/17/07) – On Friday, May 18, the New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations […]
AIPAC Supports Staffer Accused of Security Breach
IN NEW SIGN OF SUPPORT, AIPAC PAYS LEGAL FEES AIPAC has agreed to pay legal fees for a former staffer who is accused of receiving and relaying classified information on Iran, the latest blow to the prosecution’s efforts to isolate the defendants. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s about-face announcement comes the same week as […]
CO Anti-Muslim Radio Host Calls Quakers ‘Hate Group’
CO RADIO HOST CALLS QUAKER CRITICS ‘HATE GROUP’ Summary: Addressing public reaction to anti-Muslim comments he made on his May 8 show, Newsradio 850 KOA host “Gunny” Bob Newman in a website posting labeled a Quaker organization that criticized his remarks a “hate group.” Further, on his May 11 broadcast, Newman called people who might […]
NE: Muslims Quit Plant Over Prayer Times
NE: MUSLIMS QUIT NEB. PLANT OVER PRAYER TIMES Between 70 and 100 Swift & Co. workers quit their jobs at a meatpacking plant in Grand Island, Neb., over issues involving prayer times. The workers, according to Swift, are Somali Muslims. Most of them were hired following immigration-related raids at the plant in December, according to […]