CAIR-MI: Letter Threatens to ‘Terminate’ Detroit Muslims
LETTER THREATENS TO ‘TERMINATE’ DETROIT-AREA MUSLIMS – TOP Threat sent to office of CAIR-MI, states ‘we will kill you first’ (SOUTHFIELD, MI, 5/1/07) – The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) today said it received a letter threatening Muslims in the Detroit area. The letter, which contained violent pro-Israel and Islamophobic rhetoric […]
CO: Muslim Hip-Hop Artist Releases Second Album
CO: MUSLIM ‘OUTCAST’ HITS THE MARK WITH SECOND UNDERGROUND HIP-HOP ALBUM This April, Brother Ali released his sophomore album, “The Undisputed Truth.” The long-awaited follow-up to 2003’s “Shadows on the Sun,” the album is a 15-track tale of political shortcomings, personal contemplation and the hope for a better tomorrow. Coming off over 140 live shows […]
IL: Many Say They Can’t Separate Job, Religion
IL: MANY SAY THEY CAN’T SEPARATE JOB, RELIGION At least once while she’s at work, Dr. Saima Naeem pulls a green rug out of a closet, washes her face and hands, and kneels to pray toward the northeast corner of her office, the direction of Mecca. Financial adviser Tom Muldowney keeps a picture of Jesus […]
Muslim Military Chaplains Have Dual Roles
ONE FLAG, MANY FAITHS May 7, 2007 issue – Army Chaplain Carlos C. Huerta had been a rabbi for 20 years, but when it came time to comfort a dying Iraqi boy in a field hospital in Mosul, he did what he thought an imam might do. Huerta, who was on his second tour in […]
MA: Mosque Controversy Chills Jewish-Muslim Dialogue
MA: IN BOSTON, MOSQUE PROJECT CHILLS DIALOGUE BETWEEN JEWS, MUSLIMS What began more than three years ago as a momentous groundbreaking on a $22 million mosque and Islamic cultural center has turned into a bitter public controversy that has chilled relations between leaders of Boston’s Jewish and Muslim communities. The most recent development unfolded in […]
OH: Muslims Repeatedly Detained at Border
OH: AMERICANS DETAINED AT BORDER, FORUM TOLD Scores of U.S. citizens who are of Arab descent or Muslim are being detained and harassed at the border when trying to re-enter the country, a civil rights lawyer said Sunday at a community forum. “We’ve been to Boston, Buffalo, Detroit and Seattle and we hear this story […]
Marketing to American Muslims
MARKETING TO MUSLIMS Over the past year, we’ve become acutely aware that most brands and marketers are turning a blind eye to the multibillion- dollar American Muslim market. Maybe they don’t recognize that there is an opportunity. Maybe they harbor some of the anti- Muslim fears and prejudices that are so apparent in American media […]
2006 CAIR Poll: U.S. Muslims Diverse, Integrated
2006 CAIR POLL: U.S. MUSLIM VOTERS DIVERSE, INTEGRATED, POLITICALLY ACTIVE http://www.cair.com/default.asp?Page=articleView&id=2332&theType=NR
Study of U.S. Muslim Consumer Attitudes Released
JWT, LARGEST AD AGENCY IN THE U.S., CONDUCTS FIRST EXTENSIVE STUDY OF MUSLIM-AMERICAN ATTITUDES Many American Muslims feel simultaneously overexposed in the media and invisible as part of the American mainstream. But while they generally perceive themselves to be under constant suspicion, a new study shows that Muslims still believe in the American dream and […]
CAIR: Mosques Closer to Getting Security Funds
CAIR: RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS CLOSER TO GETTING SECURITY FUNDS Synagogues, mosques, and other institutions in New York are a step closer to seeing long-delayed federal grant money aimed at boosting security against terrorist attacks. The Department of Homeland Security announced last week that it was releasing $24 million in funds for nonprofit organizations deemed to be […]