CAIR: NY Jail Suspends Chaplain Over Anti-Islam Booklets
CAIR: ROCKLAND JAIL SUSPENDS CHAPLAIN OVER ANTI-ISLAM BOOKLETS The chaplain at the Rockland County jail has been suspended after she distributed religious booklets that condemn Islam and contain derogatory depictions and descriptions of Allah and the prophet Muhammad, officials said. Teresa Darden Clapp, an ordained Christian minister and the jail’s chaplain since 1994, was suspended […]
CAIR to Announce Reward for Info on FL Mosque Arson
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful – MEDIA ADVISORY – CAIR TO ANNOUNCE REWARD FOR INFO ON FL MOSQUE ARSON (TAMPA, FL, 4/13/07) – On Friday, April 13, the Tampa office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Tampa) will hold a news conference to announce a reward for information leading to the […]
CAIR-MI Rep to Speak at Harvard Black Policy Conference
CAIR-MI REP TO SPEAK AT BLACK POLICY CONFERENCE AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SOUTHFIELD, MI, 4/13/07) – The executive director of the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) will speak tomorrow on a panel entitled “Addressing Religion and Politics: Black Faith, Black Votes” at the 3rd Annual Black Policy Conference sponsored by the John […]
On Video: Palestinian as Human Shield
ON VIDEO: PALESTINIAN AS HUMAN SHIELD Sameh Amira was fast asleep when he was jolted awake by pounding at the front door. Israeli troops were on a manhunt for wanted militants in the West Bank and decided to draft help. The terror-stricken 24-year-old Palestinian soon found himself forced onto the front lines of Israel’s shadowy […]
Probe: Marines Used Excessive Force
PROBE: MARINES USED EXCESSIVE FORCE A U.S. military commander has determined that Marines accused of killing civilians after a suicide bombing in Afghanistan last month used excessive force, and he has referred the case for possible criminal inquiry, The Associated Press has learned. The initial investigation of the March 4 incident, in which up to […]
Iran Envoy Repeats US Abuse Claim
IRAN ENVOY REPEATS US ABUSE CLAIM An Iranian diplomat kidnapped in Iraq has appeared before journalists in Tehran, saying that a US official was present while his captors tortured him. Jalal Sharafi was brought to the news conference in a wheelchair flanked by nurses, a week after his release. The second secretary at Iran’s Baghdad […]
Red Cross: Iraq is Disastrous and Getting Worse
SITUATION IN IRAQ IS DISASTROUS AND GETTING WORSE, SAYS INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS Millions of Iraqis are in a “disastrous” situation that is getting worse, with mothers appealing for someone to pick up the bodies on the street so their children will be spared the horror of looking at them on their way to school, the […]
FL Judge Oversteps Authority in Al-Arian Case
IN AL-ARIAN CASE, FLA. JUDGE SAID TO OVERSTEP AUTHORITY A Tampa, Fla.-based federal judge exceeded his authority when he issued a key ruling in a grand jury contempt dispute involving a former professor at the center of a long-running terrorism case, Sami Al-Arian, prosecutors contend. In a brief made public this week by the 11th […]
CA: Arabic Program Offered at School
CA: ARABIC PROGRAM OFFERED AT SCHOOL Carver Elementary School in San Diego has long been a microcosm of the world’s diversity, serving immigrants from Vietnam, Cambodia, Egypt and Somalia, among other places. Now it hosts the San Diego Unified School District’s only Arabic language program – one that is being scrutinized in the wake of […]
U.S. Muslims Keen on Political Activities
IMMIGRANT MUSLIMS KEEN ON POLITICAL ACTIVITIES IN US The new-generation immigrant Muslims in the US are evincing keen interests in the country’s political activities. While the early American Muslims were more worried about the problems faced by the Muslims in other countries, the new generation has their focus on politically empowering the community within the […]