CAIR-CA: Muslims, Japanese-Americans to Visit Internment Camp
CAIR-SV: MUSLIMS, JAPANESE-AMERICANS TO VISIT WWII INTERNMENT CAMP (SACRAMENTO, CA, 4/26/2007) – On Friday, April 27, representatives of the Florin chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL-Florin) and the Sacramento Valley chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SV) will journey together to a WWII internment camp in Southern California. The groups will join […]
Muslim Women Glad Hirsi Ali Quit Netherlands
MUSLIM WOMEN GLAD HIRSI ALI QUIT NETHERLANDS For three years Somali-born Ayaan Hirsi Ali galvanised the Dutch society with a frank account of her traumatic past and her conviction that Islam is a violent, misogynous religion. That conviction led to death threats, the murder of her associate, filmmaker Theo van Gogh and, her critics say, […]
Comic About Truth, Justice, and the Islamic Way
A COMIC ABOUT TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND THE ISLAMIC WAY The year was 1258. Mongol leader Hulegu Khan had invaded Baghdad – a city that was then a pinnacle of civilization and learning. Legend has it that the attackers set their sights on Baghdad’s crown jewel, the Dar al-Hikma library, tossing thousands of manuscripts to a […]
Study: U.S. Discriminates Against Muslim Immigrants
U.S. GOV’T DISCRIMINATES AGAINST MUSLIM IMMIGRANTS STUDY U.S. immigration practices towards thousands of Muslim immigrants over the past six years received a searing indictment in a study released Tuesday, accusing the U.S. government of turning immigration institutions into security stations that penalise individuals because of their religion and national origin. According to the New York […]
Editorial: Losing Muslim Hearts and Minds
LOSING MUSLIM HEARTS AND MINDS It has been a long and bloody spring in Iraq and Afghanistan, but on the battlefield of ideas, the news is even less encouraging. A survey released Tuesday by WorldPublic-Opinion.org suggests that the struggle for Muslim hearts and minds may already be lost. Overwhelming majorities of those surveyed in Egypt, […]
Muslim Publisher: U.S. Respects Religious Diversity
U.S. RESPECTS RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY, MUSLIM PUBLISHER SAYS Muslim women living in the United States are finding that religious and cultural differences are tolerated and respected widely, says Tayyibah Taylor, the editor of Azizah magazine, a glossy quarterly written by and for Muslim women in North America. “I think America is the most religiously diverse country […]
MD: Muslims Urge Board to Recognize Holidays
MD: MUSLIMS URGE BOARD TO RECOGNIZE HOLIDAYS Flanked by her two young daughters, Nazma Khan-Edwards sat in the front row during last night’s Baltimore County school board meeting to support a years-long push to close schools for Muslim holidays. Her girls, 11-year-old Shazia and 6-year-old Elyse, needed to be there, she said, so that they […]
MN: Muslims Deserve a Welcoming Campus
MN: EDITORIAL: MUSLIMS DESERVE A WELCOMING CAMPUS Minneapolis Community and Technical College has been bombarded with letters and e-mails — most of them hostile, some of them hateful — since disclosing that it is considering the installation of a foot bath for some Muslim students to use before prayer. This reaction is out of proportion […]
CAIR: Free Trade Agreements Come in for Criticism
CAIR: FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS COME IN FOR CRITICISM Delegates at the session on ‘The Gap between the North and the South’ Bahrain yesterday said it was a “shame” to allow agricultural issues to upstage the WTO negotiations, while Iran held that the increasing free trade pacts have undermined inter-regional dialogues and called for a regional […]
CAIR-FL Joins Discussion on Imus Incident
CAIR-FL JOINS DISCUSSION ON IMUS INCIDENT When a journalism ethics expert, a spoken word artist, a Muslim leader and Bubba “the Love Sponge” Clem get together, there’s a pretty good chance it’s not for a game of Monopoly. Race, Gender and Media, Post-Imus will be held Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Campus Activities Center […]