Norway: Pig Tactics Threatened for Muslim Prayers
NORWAY: PIG TACTICS THREATENED The leader of the Demokratene, an extreme populist party formed by outcasts of the populist Progress Party, Vidar Kleppe, said Wednesday that he backed the remarks of city council representative Kenneth Rasmussen. Rasmussen reacted with threats of porcine tactics after Labour Party politician Jerad Abdelmajid said that the city’s Muslims could […]
UK: Old Church Becomes Mosque
UK: OLD CHURCH BECOMES MOSQUE IN ALTERED AND UNEASY BRITAIN On a chilly night this winter, this pristine town in some of Britain’s most untouched countryside voted to allow a former Christian church to become a mosque. The narrow vote by the municipal authorities marked the end of a bitter struggle by the tiny Muslim […]
NY: Series Focuses on Islam and America
NY: SERIES FOCUSES ON ISLAM AND AMERICA One NYU event Friday night was hotter than expected. When a tray caught fire at Shuruq, an annual event meant to raise awareness about Islam, people scurried to the back of the auditorium and the wisecracks began. “Trust the smoke to come from the only Muslim event in […]
KS: Arabic Teacher Reaches Out
KS: TEACHER OF ARABIC CONNECTS WICHITANS Teaching Arabic is Yassin Shourbaji’s method of building bridges between communities. Shourbaji, a retired engineer and member of the Islamic Society of Wichita and the Islamic Association of Mid-Kansas, has been teaching Arabic to English-speakers for four years.He expanded his course offerings in March to include an introductory course […]
MA: Woman Seeks Equity for Her Muslim Kin
MA: WOMAN SEEKS EQUITY FOR HER MUSLIM KIN Khedeja Al-Iman, a family advocate and outreach worker in the Muslim community, spent the day cooking and baking Friday. It was her day off, but she volunteered to cook and bake for some of the clients she served as a caseworker for the Lutheran Community Services of […]
MT: Former U.S. Diplomat Interprets Islam
MT: FORMER U.S. DIPLOMAT INTERPRETS ISLAM Dave Grimland spent nearly 30 years as a foreign service officer – “telling the U.S. side of the story,” he says – in Bangladesh, India, Cyprus, Turkey and other nations with large Muslim populations. He wrote ambassadors’ speeches, arranged cultural gatherings, and more than once hunkered down as angry […]
CA: Man Convicted in Terror Case Seeks New Trial
CA: LODI MAN CONVICTED IN TERROR CASE BEGINS QUEST FOR A NEW TRIAL The jury foreman in last year’s trial of a Lodi man convicted of attending a terrorist training camp in Pakistan will be the one on the witness stand Friday in a Sacramento courtroom, this time to face questions by defense attorneys seeking […]
NJ: Interfaith Seder Builds Understanding
NJ: AT INTERFAITH SEDER, ONLY THE HERBS WERE BITTER Jews, Muslims and Christians joined together Sunday in an interfaith Passover seder rarely attempted in North Jersey. “Let us help one another overcome hardness of heart, opening minds to the challenges of faith,” the crowd of about 120 people recited during an opening prayer at Congregation […]
CAIR-CA: Marching for Change
CAIR-CA: MARCHING FOR CHANGE They came in droves, forming a procession four blocks long through downtown Sacramento, chanting and singing the praises of Cesar Chavez, the iconic labor organizer whose birthday they celebrated Saturday. At least 1,000 people — perhaps as many as 3,000, organizers said — made their way from Southside Park, at Eighth […]
CAIR-TX: Downtown Immigration Rally
CAIR-TX: DOWNTOWN IMMIGRATION RALLY WHAT: “Mega-rally” calling for a legalization path for the country’s 12 million illegal immigrantsWHEN: 2 to 5 p.m. today at Dallas City Hall plaza on Young Street WHY: The event commemorates a “mega-march” held last year by illegal immigrants and U.S. supporters that drew 350,000 to 500,000 people in Dallas. That […]