NH: Imam Siraj Wahhaj to Speak at Mosque Fundraiser
NH: LEADING MUSLIM TO SPEAK IN CITY The Islamic Society of Greater Manchester will host a renowned and, to some, controversial American Islamic scholar as keynote speaker at a fundraiser to help finance their continuing efforts to build the first mosque in New Hampshire. Imam Siraj Wahhaj, the religious leader of Masjid at-Taqwa in Brooklyn, […]
NY: 9 Muslims, Including 8 Children, Die in Fire
NEW YORK FIRE TAKES TOLL ON LOCAL MALIAN COMMUNITY NEW YORK (AP) – The city’s Malian community was in mourning Thursday after a fire devastated a popular Bronx family’s home and killed nine people – including eight children – who were from Mali or traced their roots there. The fire, which began late Wednesday night, […]
NY: Sanitation Worker Attacks Muslim Woman
NY: SANITMAN ‘TRASHES’ MUSLIM GAL A city sanitation worker who told of hating “diaperheads” was arrested for allegedly attacking a Muslim woman in Queens. Victor Lambot, 53, allegedly went berserk when he saw the 34-year-old victim wearing an Islamic head covering on Colden Street in Flushing Tuesday, police sources said. The woman told investigators that […]
NC: Muslims Boycott ‘Hate-Filled’ Talk Show
NC: MUSLIMS BOYCOTT CHARLOTTE TALK SHOW Some local Muslims are urging people to boycott advertisers of WBT’s “Jeff Katz Show,” saying the conservative radio talker insults their religion with “hate-filled” comments on the air. At a Wednesday news conference, Jibril Hough of the Charlotte-based Islamic Political Party of America charged that Katz speaks mockingly about […]
DC: Sunnis, Shiites Keep Delicate Balance
DC: AREA’S SUNNIS AND SHIITES KEEP A DELICATE BALANCE ACROSS DIVIDES In its modest way, the Muslim Community School in Montgomery County is a tiny bulwark against the hate-filled sectarian violence that has ripped Iraq apart, threatens to divide the Muslim world and has created tensions among Muslim immigrants in the United States. Each weekday, […]
CAIR Internship To Focus On Diversity In Muslim Community
First-time award will assist research in field of intra-community outreach (WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/8/07) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today announced the second annual joint internship designed to help increase appreciation for and understanding of the diversity within the American Muslim community. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is partnering with […]
Turkey Hosts US Muslim Leader
TURKEY HOSTS U.S. MUSLIM LEADER Turkey is in search of cooperation with the U.S. Black Muslim leader Deen Mohammad to prevent the so-called clash of civilizations and to reinterpret Islam according to the needs of the 21st century while lobbying against Armenian genocide claims in the U.S. Congress. Mohammad yesterday arrived to Ankara for a […]
VA: We Should All Learn the Basics of Islam
VA: WE SHOULD ALL LEARN THE BASICS OF ISLAM, AND ALL WORLD RELIGIONS We should all learn the basics of Islam, and all world religions I was appalled at the diatribe against Islam that Rep. Virgil Goode recently made on camera [“Goode goes bad,” Jan. 4]. But worse, a survey taken showed that more than […]
MA: Muslims Hear the Call to Chaplaincy
MA: MORE MUSLIMS HEAR THE CALL TO CHAPLAINCY AS A WAY TO SHARE THEIR FAITH YET MINISTER TO ALL Imam Salih Yucel sits beside the hospital bed of Fazal Mabud, a 66-year-old native of Pakistan who lives in Brighton, and begins offering him spiritual guidance. Mabud had heart surgery six months before, but it was […]
NC: Al-Arian to be Force-Fed
NC: FASTING INMATE TOLD OFFICIALS WILL SOON START FORCE-FEEDING A former university professor on a hunger strike for the past 44 days to protest the circumstances of his imprisonment could soon be force fed, his lawyer said Wednesday. Sami al-Arian, a Palestinian who taught computer science at the University of South Florida, stopped eating on […]