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NY: Anti-Islam Jail Chaplain Faces Charges

NY: ROCKLAND JAIL CHAPLAIN SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY, FACES CHARGES The jail chaplain suspended for passing out anti-Islam tracts was hit with eight administrative charges and suspended without pay yesterday. The Rev. Teresa Darden Clapp was served notice of the charges yesterday afternoon, Rockland County Sheriff James Kralik said. Clapp was suspended with pay in April […]

MA: First Muslim Cleric on US Religion Panel

MA: QUINCY IMAM BECOMES FIRST MUSLIM CLERIC ON US RELIGION PANEL An imam from Quincy became yesterday the first Muslim cleric appointed to the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. The Bush administration chose Imam Talal Eid, 55, to serve an unpaid, two-year term at the independent, bipartisan agency, which monitors religious freedom in countries […]

OH: Muslim Women Speak About Hijab

OH: MUSLIM WOMEN SPEAK ABOUT LIFE BENEATH THE VEIL The clothes do not make the woman, but they can make an impact during a job interview. Self-expression is a typical explanation for low-riding jeans and funky shoes as much as it is for body piercings and hair color. Yet Islamic women who choose to make […]

TV: Muslim Themed Sitcom for CW Network

MUSLIM THEME SHOW FOR CW, NEW EDGE FOR CBS CW, the U.S. network formed by the merger of WB and UPN, is adding a comedy about a Pakistani Muslim teen who comes to live with a U.S. family as an exchange student to its fall lineup. Aliens in America will be the first attempt by […]

KS: Muslim Shares Faith ‘Like a Bowl of Soup’

KS: SHARE YOUR FAITH LIKE A BOWL OF SOUP The story this column relates is not particularly dramatic or even unusual. It is not especially theological. But it is a story of faith. I like it because it is typical of the kindness I myself have encountered from Muslim friends, here and around the world. […]

VA: FBI Official, Imam Discuss Homegrown Terror

FBI OFFICIAL, IMAM DISCUSS HOMEGROWN TERRORISM The FBI is forming relationships within the Muslim American community. New focus on these relationships comes after last week’s arrest of six men thought to be a part of a terrorism support network in Miami. The FBI remains interested in Muslims living in America who would want to attack […]

NJ: Mosque That Suspects Attended Plans Town Meeting

NJ: MOSQUE THAT SUSPECTS ATTENDED PLANS TOWN MEETING Feeling besieged by suspicion and hostility since three of its members were named in a plot to attack Fort Dix, a southern New Jersey mosque is throwing its doors open to the public on Friday, inviting U.S. congressmen, the FBI – anyone who wants to learn more […]

NY: Hate Messages Written on Mosque

NY: VANDALS WRITE HATE MESSAGES IN MOSQUE Vandals broke into a Brentwood mosque and left hate-ridden messages on the walls and doors, officials said yesterday. The Shah-e-Najaf Islamic Center of Suffolk County’s president discovered the writings at around 9 a.m. when he returned to the mosque after several weeks in Pakistan, said Syed Naqvi, the […]

FL Paper Profiles CAIR-Tampa Rep

CAIR-FL: SPEAKING OUT FOR MUSLIMS Ahmed Bedier is behind much of the publicity surrounding a new documentary premiering tonight about Sami Al-Arian’s prosecution. It’s Bedier’s latest exposure to Tampa Bay area media. He has been the face of the area’s Muslim community for the past several years. As executive director of the Tampa chapter of […]