OK: FBI Reaching Out to Muslims
OK: REACHING OUT TO MUSLIMS Those who fight terrorism, from the White House to the FBI, say the most prominent terrorists are “Muslim extremists,” which raised concerns how to approach Islamic citizens and visitors in Oklahoma. Muslim leaders and FBI agents met behind closed doors in March for the Muslim Community Outreach Program, which aims […]
FL: Muslim Shares Religious Beliefs
FL: MUSLIM SHARES RELIGIOUS BELIEFS Differences among religions come from man’s interpretations of them, not from God’s message, said Samir Khatib, and Muslims believe in the same things as Christians and Jews. Khatib, a Muslim, believes in Jesus, Mary, the Gospels, the Torah and other elements of Christianity and Judaism, as do all Muslims. “If […]
NY: Jewish-Muslim Dialogue Deeper Than it Seems
NY: JEW-MUSLIM DIALOGUE DEEPER THAN IT SEEMS Once every year, we Jews gather around the seder table to recount the Passover story, but one narrative has not found its way into the Ashkenazi (Eastern European Jewry) canon. This past Tuesday, the eighth and final day of Passover, the Middle East Dialogue Group celebrated a festival […]
MD: Muslims’ Quest for School Holiday Continues
MD: MUSLIMS PUSH HOLIDAY QUEST (Scroll down.) In an effort to bolster support for closing Baltimore County schools for Muslim observances, the president of the Baltimore chapter of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee sent an e-mail yesterday to hundreds of local Muslims to encourage them to attend Tuesday’s school board meeting. Bash Pharoan, who since 2004 […]
VA: Federal Guards Allegedly Abuse Al-Arian
AUTHORITIES PROBE ALLEGED ABUSE OF AL-ARIAN Authorities have opened an inquiry into claims that federal guards abused and threatened a prominent Palestinian Arab inmate, Sami Al-Arian, as he was being transferred last week to a jail in Northern Virginia from a prison hospital in North Carolina. “It has been referred for an investigation,” a spokeswoman […]
CAIR Featured in ‘The Muslim Americans’ Program on PBS
CAIR-CAN: Muslims Face Veiled Questions
CAIR-CAN: MUSLIMS FACE VEILED QUESTIONS Elections Canada has begun to contact Muslim organizations to gauge their feelings on how to accommodate veiled women if photo identification becomes necessary to cast a federal ballot, Sun Media has learned. Sameer Zuberi, with the Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations, said he spent 30 minutes on the telephone with […]
CAIR-CA: New Study of Racial Profiling of Muslims
CAIR-SFBA: NEW STUDY TO LOOK AT RACIAL PROFILING OF MUSLIM COMMUNITY The San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations has announced that it plans to launch a new study examining the civil rights status of Bay Area Muslims. According to the organization, the study will focus on racial profiling by documenting […]
CAIR-MI: Story Perpetuates McCarthyism
CAIR-MI: STORY PERPETUATES MCCARTHYISM AGAINST GROUP In a reprint of a New York Times article, which was relabeled as “Muslim group under fire: Mandate of fostering understanding of Islam challenged by critics who allege terrorism links” on April 4 by The Detroit News, the edited version omitted an extremely relevant section that skewed the spirit […]
CAIR-FL: Reward Grows in Mosque Arson Case
CAIR-FL: REWARD GROWS IN ISLAMIC CENTER ARSON CASE The reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who torched the Islamic Education Center of Florida has risen to $12,500. The Council for American-Islamic Relations is posting a $9,000 reward, and $1,000 is offered by Crime Stoppers. The rest is from the state fire […]