DC: MAS Freedom Foundation Rally for Sami Al-Arian
MAS FREEDOM FOUNDATION RALLY FOR SAMI AL-ARIAN Washington Daybook The Muslim American Society (MAS) Freedom Foundation holds a news conference and rally in support of Dr. Sami Al-Arian, who is “being held indefinitely beyond the date agreed upon in his plea agreement for refusing to testify before a grand jury.” TIME: April 13, 2007, 12:30 […]
Financial Institutions Expand Products for U.S. Muslims
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS EXPAND PRODUCTS THAT TARGET U.S. MUSLIMS In the coming year, a bank subsidiary in Michigan will expand its reach by offering products targeted to Muslims in three metropolitan areas outside of that state. The University Islamic Financial Corporation, a subsidiary of University Bank, a community bank in Ann Arbor, Michigan, will reach Muslims […]
Actors Face Dilemma in Portraying Terrorists
WANT TO PLAY A TERRORIST? Actors Face a Dilemma Jamie Harding, a British Muslim, feared his first Hollywood feature film would be his last. He played Ahmed al-Nami, one of four Sept. 11 hijackers in “United 93,” a 2006 docudrama about the passenger revolt aboard the doomed airliner. “A lot of people were saying, ‘Why […]
PA: Islamic Center Hit by Fire
PA: ISLAMIC CENTER HIT BY FIRE Flames ripped through an Islamic center in Schuylkill County Wednesday morning and now members of that place of worship plan to come together to see how they can repair the damage. Flames sparked at the Islamic Society of Schuylkill County in Mechanicsville around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday. It’s located just […]
DC: Scholar Compares Islam, Democracy
DC: SCHOLAR COMPARES ISLAM, DEMOCRACY Tariq Ramadan has a huge following in Europe but a controversial profile in the United States. The Islamic scholar has been barred from entering the country since 2004, when he was denied a visa he needed to accept a professorship at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. Yesterday, however, […]
CT: Muslims Face Bias in State’s Prisons
CT: MUSLIMS FACE BIAS IN STATE’S PRISONS In February, somebody went into the locked office of Bilal Ansari at Niantic’s J.B. Gates Correctional Institution and defaced a picture of him by whiting out his face and writing a racial epithet on it. Ansari is an African American and a Muslim chaplain. In March, a co-worker […]
FL: White Powder Found at Muslim School
FL: VANDALS EYED AS WHITE POWDER FOUND AT MUSLIM SCHOOL IN COOPER CITY White powder found at an Islamic school early Tuesday may have been the work of vandals, a Broward Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman said. At about 8 a.m., callers reported a powdery white substance at Nur Ul Islam Academy, 10600 SW 59th St., BSO […]
TN: Hate Crime Was Disgusting
TN: HATE CRIME WAS DISGUSTING It was disheartening to hear that the local Islamic Center of Clarksville was the center of what Clarksville Police have classified as a hate crime. A defaced Quran was left on the front steps of the Islamic Center. An expletive was included with two strips of bacon. Muslims are forbidden […]
Video: FBI Investigates Desecrated Quran at TN Mosque
VIDEO: TN: FBI INVESTIGATES DESECRATED KORAN DISCOVERED IN CLARKSVILLE The FBI has been contacted about a possible hate crime in the city of Clarksville. Islamic residents there told police they found a copy of the Koran on their doorstep that had been desecrated. They said clearly, it was a message of hate aimed at followers […]
CAIR: Federal Bureaucracy Delays Green Cards
CAIR: WAITING FOR THE G-MEN Alia Ahmadi had every reason to believe she’d be granted United States citizenship. The 73-year-old Afghan woman, who emigrated here to be with her children in Fremont, passed her naturalization interview in 2003 and was told to expect her oath notice within a month. Four years later, she is still […]