Experts: Arrests Often Overblown
ARRESTS OFTEN OVERBLOWN, EXPERTS SAY Wary of a number of federal anti-terror cases that proved to be overblown, two legal experts Tuesday cautioned about attaching too much significance to the arrest Tuesday of six Muslims for plotting to attack Fort Dix in New Jersey. The federal government’s strategy to aggressively intervene early with any suspected […]
DE: Some Fear Backlash Against Albanians
SOME FEAR BACKLASH AGAINST ETHNIC ALBANIANS Odette Aref of Hockessin says it will be up to the media to shape how Americans react to Tuesday’s arrest of immigrants allegedly plotting to attack Fort Dix — and whether their ethnicity is hyped for public fear. Suspects have been described as “ethnic Albanians” — four from the […]
NJ: Muslims Fear Backlash from Fort Dix Plot
MUSLIMS FEAR BACKLASH FROM FORT DIX ATTACK PLOT FORT DIX, N.J. — Authorities’ description of six suspects charged with plotting an attack on Fort Dix as “Islamic militants” is causing renewed worry among New Jersey’s Muslim community. Hundreds of Muslim men from New Jersey were rounded up and detained by authorities in the months following […]
CAIR-CA: Rousing Manzanar’s Memories
CAIR-SAC: ROUSING MANZANAR’S MEMORIES INDEPENDENCE, Inyo County — Carol Hironaka steps off the chartered bus and into the midday heat. She had forgotten how hot it can get here, she says. Hironaka readjusts her straw hat and moves on. Later, during the half-mile hike, concerned friends ask if she would like to stop and rest. […]
CAIR: Imams Threatened
CAIR: IMAMS THREATENED A group of imams and their attorney have received a death threat for suing passengers who reported suspicious behavior that led to the imams being removed from a U.S. Airways flight last year. The threatening letter sent to New York lawyer Omar T. Mohammedi said: “We have located the residences and identified […]
CAIR-MI: Detroit Council OKs Racial Profiling Ban
CAIR-MI: DETROIT COUNCIL OKS RACIAL PROFILING BAN The City Council voted 9-0 today to pass a new ordinance that bans profiling people based on race, immigration status, ethnicity, dress and appearance, among other factors. It was developed after talks with local Latino, Arab and Muslim groups, who say that immigrants are sometimes asked for their […]
VA: Amr Khaled Event Seating ‘First-Come, First-Seated’
CAIR: SEATING AT VA AMR KHALED EVENT ‘FIRST-COME, FIRST-SEATED’ (HERNDON, VA, 5/9/07) – The Maryland and Virginia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MD/VA) announced today that seating at the May 12th appearance of Muslim television personality Amr Khaled will be available only on a “first-come, first-seated” basis. Due to space limitations, some of […]
NC: Hearing Set in Case of Quran in N.C. Court
NC: COURT HEARING SET IN CASE INVOLVING RELIGIOUS TEXTS IN N.C. COURT A court hearing Tuesday could determine if the Bible will remain the exclusive text used in North Carolina for swearing-in court witnesses or whether other religious texts will be allowed. Arguments were scheduled in Wake County Superior Court in a lawsuit challenging a […]
Don’t Be Fooled By Propaganda on
AR: DON’T BE FOOLED BY PROPAGANDA ON ISLAM There is an ongoing slander campaign against Islam, claiming that it is a religion that promotes violence and hinting that it seeks world conquest. Before you buy the malarkey that is being produced by people with their own agendas or prejudices or who are just plain ignoramuses, […]
CAIR-FL: Reporter’s Departure ‘Controversial’
CAIR-FL: REPORTER’S DEPARTURE ‘CONTROVERSIAL’ On Monday, Tampa Tribune investigative reporter Michael Fechter quit his job to work as a writer and editor for Steven Emerson, director of the Investigative Project on Terrorism. Fechter will focus on Islamic extremists. For more than 10 years, Fechter, like Emerson, claimed in his writing that University of South Florida […]