CAIR-OH Joins Forum on Watch Lists, Border Detention Of Us Muslims
(CLEVELAND, OH, 5/2/07) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations recently joined a national civil rights coalition in hosting a forum on the terror watch lists and the detention of American Citizens at the US/Canada border. The forum was part of the “Liberty and Justice for All Campaign” led by the Rights Working Group. A similar […]
Muslim Prayer Rituals Evidence of ‘Islamofascism’
Muslim Prayer Rituals Evidence of ‘Islamofascism’ INCITEMENT: MUSLIM PRAYER RITUALS EVIDENCE OF ‘ISLAMOFASCISM’ Investor’s Business Daily http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?secid=1501&status=article&id=263084562923369&secure=1&show=1&rss=1 The latest appeasement comes courtesy of the Kansas City International Airport. PC-mad authorities there, supposedly on high alert for Islamic terrorists, have built a place of worship for Islamic taxi drivers. The cabbies complained it was hard to […]
Carter’s Israeli ‘Apartheid’ Speech Draws Debate
ISRAELI ‘APARTHEID’ SPEECH DRAWS DEBATE To bring about Middle East peace, America needs to play a more prominent leadership role and Israel must allow Palestinians to regain control of the West Bank, former President Jimmy Carter told a packed audience at University of California, Berkeley, on Wednesday afternoon. “The bottom line is this: Israel will […]
Bishara: Why Israel Is After Me
WHY ISRAEL IS AFTER ME [Azmi Bishara was a member of the Knesset until his resignation in April.] I am a Palestinian from Nazareth, a citizen of Israel and was, until last month, a member of the Israeli parliament. But now, in an ironic twist reminiscent of France’s Dreyfus affair – in which a French […]
New Book: Muslim, Christian, Jewish Coexistence
BOOK REVIEW: THE STORY OF MUSLIM, CHRISTIAN, AND JEWISH COEXISTENCE The only good things to come of 9/11, some say, are a greater consciousness of and a keener sensitivity to Islamic history, religion and culture. If that is so, the education has been slow and painful in the past six years, made all the more […]
TX: Muslim Woman to Lead Prayer Breakfast
TX: MUSLIM WOMAN TO LEAD DAY OF PRAYER BREAKFAST For the first time, a Muslim woman is the keynote speaker for the interfaith National Day of Prayer breakfast put on by Thanks-Giving Square. Daisy Khan, executive director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement, will address the annual gathering. The breakfast is at 7:30 a.m. […]
DC: Speakers Urge Gender Equality in Muslim World
DC: SPEAKERS AT CONFERENCE URGE GENDER EQUALITY IN MUSLIM WORLD Women took center stage at the 8th annual conference of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID), presenting their views on women’s rights in Islam and Muslim societies. Most of the audience at the April 27 conference was made up of women; […]
PA: ‘Islamaphobia’ Is on the Rise
PA: ‘ISLAMAPHOBIA’ IS ON THE RISE, GROUP SAYS The leader of a major Arab-American advocacy group said yesterday that there was a “rising tide of Islamaphobia” in America and that more Muslim-Americans are being targeted and threatened now than immediately after 9/11. Salam Al-Marayati and FBI officials here spoke with reporters yesterday after a federal […]
CAIR-MI: Muslims Go About Lives After Deadly Threat
CAIR-MI: LOCAL MUSLIMS GO ABOUT NORMAL LIVES AFTER DEADLY THREAT Two days after an advocacy group received a letter that threatened the lives of all Muslims in the Detroit area, small children shuffled into a straight line outside of Crescent Academy International and giggled with each other. According to the academy’s principal, life is normal […]
MI: U.S. Muslims Big Players in Economy
MI: MUSLIMS ARE BIG PLAYERS IN ECONOMY Arab Americans account for nearly 6% of the workforce and earn between $5.4 billion and $7.7 billion a year in southeast Michigan, according to a Wayne State University report released Wednesday. Still, businesses often fail to recognize their economic power. The 28-page WSU study titled “Arab American Economic […]