CAIR-IL: Sides Recharge on Immigration Issues
CAIR-CHICAGO: SIDES RECHARGE ON IMMIGRATION ISSUES On the eve of a critical month for immigration issues, activists plan a wave of marches, unity vigils and lobbying to try to sway Congressional support for reform this year. The string of citizenship workshops and church basement gatherings across Chicago and the suburbs will mirror mobilizations planned nationwide, […]
CAIR-FL: Mosque Vandalism Must be Condemned
CAIR-FL: PEOPLE OF CONSCIENCE MUST CONDEMN MOSQUE VANDALISM [Altaf Ali is Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Pembroke Pines] A desecration of a place of worship is an attack against all faiths and warrants repudiation from people of conscience and from our elected officials. Over the course of years, many mosques and […]
CAIR Chairman Discusses Muslim Public Opinion of U.S.
CAIR Board Chairman Parvez Ahmed appears on the English channel of Al-Jazeera to discuss a recent poll on Muslim public opinion about the United States.
DC Event: The Rights of Women in Islam
DC EVENT: ‘THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN ISLAM AND MUSLIM SOCIETIES’ Washington Daybook The Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy holds its Eighth Annual Conference on “The Rights of Women in Islam and Muslim Societies.” * 9 a.m.: Tamara Sonn, Kenan Professor of Religion and Professor of Humanities at the College of William […]
Muslims in Quandary Over State Food Law
IL: MUSLIMS IN QUANDARY OVER STATE FOOD LAW As a Muslim mom and teacher, Dilara Sayeed struggles to find the best food to nourish her family and feed their devout faith. She wants beef and chicken that are healthy as well as halal: slaughtered and blessed according to Islamic law. Yet often she finds there […]
Israeli Operatives, Missionaries Lobby for Kurdistan
ISRAELI OPERATIVES, MISSIONARIES LOBBY FOR IRAQI ‘KURDISTAN’ The 30-second television commercial features stirring scenes of a young Iraqi boy high-fiving a U.S. soldier, a Westerner dining alfresco, and men and women dancing together. “Have you seen the other Iraq?” the narrator asks. “It’s spectacular. It’s joyful.” “Welcome to Iraqi Kurdistan!” the narrator continues. “It’s not […]
U.S. to Control Iraqis with Eye Scans, Fingerprints
U.S. TO CONTROL IRAQIS USING EYE SCANS, FINGERPRINTS The U.S. military is walling off at least 10 of Baghdad’s most violent neighborhoods and using biometric technology to track some of their residents, creating what officers call “gated communities” in an attempt to carve out oases of safety in this war-ravaged city. The plan drew widespread […]
MA: ‘Aerosol Arabic’ Artist Teaches Tolerance
MA: ‘AEROSOL ARABIC’ ARTIST TEACHES TOLERANCE Kneeling by his canvas in a mist of red and orange aerosol paint, British graffiti artist Muhammed Ali tagged Phillips Academy with religious tolerance last week. His spray-paint creations mix two cultures many consider to be conflicting – Islam and the West. This latest painting tackled the term “not […]
NJ: Army Cadets Learn Islamic Culture in Mosque
NJ: ARMY CADETS LEARN ISLAMIC CULTURE IN MOSQUE The lights in a Jersey City mosque flickered at dawn and more than a dozen West Point cadets stirred in sleeping bags scattered across the prayer room. As Imam Hussein Wahdan began the melodious call to prayer in Arabic, bearded men filed past the cadets, kneeled and […]
NY: Halal Markets Serve Growing Islamic Community
NY: HALAL MARKETS SPRING UP TO SERVE GROWING ISLAMIC COMMUNITY Hot peppers are among the items Muhammad Naeem Akhtar sells at the new Halal Super Market in Latham. Here, he shows off the produce with his 4-year-old daughter, Abeerah. Tucked into the back corner of the Halal Super Market in Latham–past the Urdu language newspapers, […]