US Muslim Teen Mag Melds Pop Culture, Quran
TEEN MAG MELDS POP CULTURE, QURAN Teenage girls are preoccupied with a lot of things: “The Gilmore Girls.” Makeup tips. Burqas. At least that’s the teenager Muslim Girl magazine, a bimonthly aimed at 12- to 19-year-old Muslim females, is targeting. The glossy, published by Toronto-based Execugo, is the ultimate hybrid: a mag for and about […]
Putting Faith in Islamic Mutual Funds
PUTTING FAITH IN RELIGIOUS MUTUAL FUNDS Socially responsible investing has become increasingly popular in recent years, with lots of mutual funds available for investors who want to keep their portfolios in line with their ethical beliefs. Most such funds avoid alcohol and tobacco stocks, but what they do beyond that varies quite a bit from […]
NJ: Muslim Meeting Builds Bridges Despite Threat
NJ: MUSLIM MEETING BUILDS BRIDGES DESPITE THREAT The annual brunch sponsored by the American Muslim Union was delayed by 45 minutes because of a bomb threat. Weeks earlier, a key speaker — a Muslim-Canadian scholar — couldn’t get his visa. Ironically, these incidents coincided with the event titled “Peace, Justice and Liberty for All,” held […]
Arab-Americans, Once Pro-Bush, Now Looking to Democrats
ARAB AMERICANS, ONCE PRO-BUSH, ARE NOW LOOKING TO THE DEMOCRATS The top Republican Party official got polite applause at a gathering of Arab American leaders, while his Democratic counterpart got a standing ovation. What a difference four years – and a transforming national crisis – has made. Bush, whose substantial Arab American support in 2000 […]
CAIR-MI: Rock a Reminder of Unsolved Mosque Attack
CAIR-MI: ROCK IS A REMINDER OF UNSOLVED ATTACKS Inside his office, Imam Husham Al-Husainy still has the rock that was hurled through the front window of his Dearborn mosque two months ago. It’s there to remind him. “I hope whoever did this gets caught,” Al-Husainy, head of the Karbalaa Islamic Education Center, said Monday. “Who […]
Video: CAIR-FL Rep Speaks at Sunday School
CAIR-FL REP SPEAKS AT SUNDAY SCHOOL CAIR Tampa Executive Director Ahmed Bedier sits down for a couple of minutes to speak to Sunday school children about discrimination during a visit to a Tampa area church.
CAIR-CT: Student Gets Education in Islamophobia
CAIR-CT: BEHIND BURQA, STUDENT GETS AN EDUCATION IN BIGOTRY Caitlin Dean was raised not to discriminate against others because of their race or religion. But as a white suburban teen of Italian and Irish descent, she often wondered what it would be like to be the target of such abuse. She found out “behind the […]
CAIR-FL: New Mosque Serves Growing Community
CAIR-FL: W. PALM MOSQUE LOOKS NORTH The Muslim community has opened Palm Beach County’s seventh mosque, a northern branch of the bursting worship center in central West Palm Beach. With a Muslim population in central and north county estimated at 8,000, up from about 2,500 a decade ago, Muslim leaders say the northern part of […]
CAIR-CA: Library Hosts Discussion on Women in Islam
CAIR-CA: PUBLIC LIBRARY HOSTS DISCUSSION ON WOMEN IN ISLAM (TRACY, CA 3/13/2007) – The Sacramento Valley office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SV), along with leaders from the Bay Area, recently delivered a talk on the topic of “Women in Islam” in the local public library in the City of Tracy. A lively question […]
300 Turn Out for CAIR-OH Banquet
CAIR-OH FIFTH ANNUAL BANQUET A SUCCESS (CINCINNATI, OH, 3/13/07) – Cincinnati office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations Ohio chapter (CAIR-OH) held its fifth annual banquet Saturday with the theme “American Muslims: Connecting and Sharing.” Some 300 people attended the sold-out event, including public officials, members of the media, friends from other faith communities and […]