Israel Lobby Rapidly Losing Support
THE ISRAEL LOBBY IS RAPIDLY LOSING SUPPORT The power of the Israel lobby in the United States is indisputable. Two decades ago, I witnessed it personally when covering an election for the Senate in South Dakota, where the Jewish population is virtually nonexistent. In this remote corner of the country, a Senator of Arab-American descent […]
MO: Non-Muslims Wear Scarves in Solidarity
MO: NON-MUSLIMS WEAR SCARVES IN SOLIDARITY Danielle Campbell, her electric blue hair peeking out from under the scarf wrapped around her head, was happy not to get noticed as much for one day. “I usually have these punk boys who hang out where I work and every time I walk by they have something to […]
NC: Muslims Students Seek Prayer Space
NC: MUSLIMS SEEK PRAYER SPACE Though many Duke students look to the stately grandeur of the Duke Chapel or the sleek design of the Freeman Center for Jewish Life as their designated places of worship, the space allotted to the University’s Muslim population is far less visible and a little more subterranean. Tucked away in […]
Magazine in Vogue for US Muslim Girls
NEW MAGAZINE IN VOGUE FOR AMERICAN MUSLIM GIRLS The glossy pages of most teen magazines feature articles on dating, celebrities’ jaunts to and from rehab, and the latest miniskirt trend–topics of little relevance to girls who grow up practicing Islam, which frowns upon such things. But inside Muslim Girl magazine, a bimonthly that debuted in […]
DOJ ‘Must Keep its Word to Al-Arian’
SAMI AL-ARIAN Dr. Sami Al-Arian could die in jail. The Palestinian computer professor is withering away in a North Carolina medical prison, where he was moved on day 24 of a hunger strike he began January 22 [see Alexander Cockburn, “The Persecution of Sami Al-Arian,” March 19]. In December 2005 a Florida jury declined to […]
Al-Arian Contempt Order Upheld
AL-ARIAN CONTEMPT ORDER UPHELD A federal appeals court has upheld a contempt-of-court finding against a former Florida college professor who admitted to aiding Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Sami Al-Arian. A three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this afternoon that Al-Arian had no grounds to defy a subpoena from a federal grand jury […]
CAIR-OH: ‘Dialogue with My Muslim Neighbor’
CAIR-OH: MUSLIMS MEET TO EDUCATE OTHERS ON ISLAMIC CULTURE Muslims in the Tri-State are eager to teach others in the area about Islamic culture. The groups Muslim Mothers Against Violence, Peace Village and The Council On American Islamic Relations (CAIR) published a booklet to promote a new program called Dialogue with My Muslim Neighbor. The […]
CAIR Editorial: Flying While Muslim
CAIR: FLYING WHILE MUSLIM According to the Congressional Research Service, “profiling” is defined “as the practice of targeting individuals for police or security interdiction, detention or other disparate treatment based primarily on their race or ethnicity [or religion], in the belief that certain minority groups are more likely to engage in unlawful behavior.” The debate […]
CAIR-MI Annual Banquet Sold Out
CAIR-MI BANQUET SOLD OUT (SOUTHFIELD, MI 3/23/07) – The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) will hold its annual fundraising banquet on Sunday, March 25 at the Hyatt Regency in Dearborn, Mich. The event, which will feature world-renowned journalist Robert Fisk as the keynote speaker, has sold out, with 1,100 people expected […]
Action: Ask Atty. Gen. Gonzales to Free Dr. Al-Arian
Action: Ask Atty. Gen. Gonzales to Free Dr. Al-Arian ASK ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES TO FREE DR. AL-ARIAN SEE: No Guilty Verdicts in Al-Arian Trial (Tampa Tribune) SEE ALSO: U.S. Muslims Call Al-Arian Imprisonment ‘Double Jeopardy’ (AMT) IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUESTED: (As always, be firm, but POLITE.) 1. CONTACT the following officials to request that Dr. Sami […]