CAIR-FL Rep to Moderate Discussion of Islam at Church
CAIR-FL REP TO MODERATE DISCUSSION OF ISLAM AT CHURCH [NOTE: This event has been rescheduled for March 28.] Religion briefs Chapel-By-The-Sea Community Church, 54 Bay Esplanade, Clearwater Beach: The church’s winter-spring adult education series concludes 7:30 to 9 p.m. Monday with “Foundations of Faith: Understanding True Islam and Our Muslim Neighbors.” The program will be […]
CAIR Asks FBI to Probe Nazi Vandalism of Idaho Mosque
CAIR ASKS FBI TO PROBE NAZI VANDALISM OF IDAHO MOSQUE (WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/10/07) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on the FBI to investigate vandalism at an Idaho mosque as a possible hate crime. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said stickers bearing Nazi swastikas were recently plastered […]
U.S. Uses Arabic Speakers to Monitor Net Chats
ARABIC SPEAKERS MONITOR NET CHATS The State Department has hired two native Arabic speakers to monitor Arabic political discussion forums on the Internet and to overtly participate in them in an effort to correct misperceptions about U.S. policy in the Middle East. The small “digital outreach team,” which also includes a supervising Foreign Service officer, […]
Hardline Pastor Gets Prime AIPAC Spot
HARDLINE PASTOR GETS PRIME AIPAC SPOT Growing ties between pro-Israel forces and a controversial, hardline “Christian Zionist” movement will move into the national spotlight at next week’s policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the pro-Israel lobby. One keynoter at the event, which annually draws hundreds of lawmakers, administration officials, diplomats and […]
Defense for AIPAC Duo Says Groups Refuse to Testify
DEFENSE FOR AIPAC DUO SAYS GROUPS REFUSE TO TESTIFY Several Jewish organizations are refusing to cooperate with the defense in the case against two men accused of passing classified information while working for the main pro-Israel lobby. According to sources close to the defense team, three major Jewish organizations are telling their employees not to […]
FBI Underreported Use of USA Patriot Act
FBI UNDERREPORTED USE OF USA PATRIOT ACT The FBI underreported its use of the USA Patriot Act to force businesses to turn over customer information in suspected terrorism cases, according to a Justice Department audit. One government official familiar with the report said shoddy bookkeeping and records management led to the problems. The FBI agents […]
Iraq Violence Keeps US Muslims from Pilgrimage
VIOLENCE KEEPS AMERICAN MUSLIMS FROM MAKING PILGRIMAGE TO IRAQ CHICAGO – His brothers in Iraq are trekking on foot to pay homage to a Shiite saint, lost among the throngs of pilgrims who walk for days each year to reach the Shrine of Imam Hussein in the southern city of Karbala. This year, Ali Meshal […]
The Great Pretenders of the “Secular Islam” Conference
The Great Pretenders Of The “Secular Islam” Conference When Irshad Manji penned her volume “The Trouble with Islam: A Muslim’s Call for Reform Within Her Faith”, she was promoted to instant stardom. Here, finally, was a Muslim who told the Western world what they wanted to hear. Joyous in their discovery, the Western media enveloped […]
FL: Intelligence Summit Takes Flak
FL: ANALYSIS: INTELLIGENCE SUMMIT TAKES FLAK ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 8 (UPI) — Old pros from America’s secretive world of espionage and counterterrorism emerged temporarily from the shadows to convene for a three-day “Intelligence Summit” in a downtown hotel in St. Petersburg, Fla., earlier this week. They were joined by a handful of allies from […]
NC: Profs Want Safeguards After Anti-Islam Talk
NC: PROFESSORS WANT SAFEGUARDS ON SCHOOL SPEAKERS Nineteen professors from Triangle universities have signed a letter asking Wake County School Superintendent Del Burns to meet with them to discuss an incident at Enloe High School in which a teacher brought in a guest speaker who denounced Islam. The signers are mostly Muslim, and they teach […]