Action: Help CAIR Achieve its Goal – See Update
Action: Help CAIR Achieve its Goal – See Update HELP CAIR ACHIEVE ITS GOAL As-salaamu alaikum,Dear imams and other friends, We need your help to achieve our fundraising goal for this season. We appeal to mosques and Islamic centers to help CAIR raise $500 per mosque on Friday and over the weekend. Please mail your […]
Bolton Admits Lebanon Truce Block
BOLTON ADMITS LEBANON TRUCE BLOCK A former top American diplomat says the US deliberately resisted calls for a immediate ceasefire during the conflict in Lebanon in the summer of 2006. Former ambassador to the UN John Bolton told the BBC that before any ceasefire Washington wanted Israel to eliminate Hezbollah’s military capability. Mr Bolton said […]
Pro-Israel Lobby’s Influence on U.S. Policy Attacked
SOROS AND MEDIA HEAVYWEIGHTS ATTACK PRO-ISRAEL LOBBY’S INFLUENCE ON U.S. POLICY The simmering debate over American policy toward Israel and the role of the Jewish community in shaping it exploded with near-nuclear force this week. Several of the nation’s best-known international affairs commentators fired salvos at pro-Israel lobbyists and defenders of Israel fired back with […]
HI: Six Hate Crimes Reported in Hawaii During 2006
HI: SIX HATE CRIMES REPORTED IN HAWAII DURING 2006 Six hate crimes were reported throughout the state in 2006, according a report by the state attorney general. The tally is the highest in the five years the state has been preparing the report. In 2002, two hate crimes were reported and just one crime followed […]
NY: Residents of Different Faiths Open Dialogue
NY: RESIDENTS OF DIFFERENT FAITHS OPEN DIALOGUE They came to find common points of humanity, not to debate politics, war or religion. Such was the purpose recently for the event ‘Speaking Across Differences,’ where about 150 Muslim, Christian and Jewish residents of Downtown Brooklyn and Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill gathered in the cafeteria at the High […]
MN: Muslims Reach Out with Open Houses
MN: ROCHESTERS MUSLIMS REACH OUT At a time with rising tensions between Muslims and non-Muslims over thing like taxi service, Rochester’s mosque has taken on a public education campaign. It’s holding monthly open houses for non-Muslims to take the unknown out of Islam. All questions are welcome. However all sides admit it’s a daunting task. […]
NC: Al-Arian’s Family Asks for Hunger Strike to Stop
NC: FAMILY OF FASTING INMATE ASKS FOR HUNGER STRIKE TO STOP A former University of South Florida professor is “very, very weak” and cold after spending two months on a hunger strike that his family believes threatens his life, his wife said Tuesday. Sami al-Arian, 49, a Palestinian who taught computer science at the university, […]
CAIR-CAN: Veiled Muslim Women Permitted to Vote
CAIR-CAN: VEILED MUSLIM WOMEN WILL BE PERMITTED TO VOTE Muslim women wearing the niqab or burka – veils that hide the face entirely – will be allowed to vote in the Quebec elections, without showing their face. That’s the directive from the Director general of elections, despite the fact it goes against the electoral law. […]
CAIR-MI: Bill to Give Visas to Immigrants
CAIR-MI: DETROIT GROUPS SUPPORT BILL GIVING VISAS TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS A coalition of religious, business, and community groups called for immigration reform at a news conference today inside Central United Methodist Church in Detroit. Members of the Detroit-based Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength (MOSES) declared their support for an immigration bill introduced this morning in […]
CAIR: Anti-Muslim Bias on Capitol Hill
CAIR: ANTI-MUSLIM BIAS ON CAPITOL HILL Bigotry shows its ugly face, not only on Main Street, but now in the halls of Congress. A recent target is Eighth District Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr., D-Paterson, who represents a district where an increasingly large number of assertive Muslims and Arabs live. Indeed, this is the place often […]