NC: Suspended Teacher Often Talked About Christianity
NC: ENLOE STUDENTS QUESTIONED Students at Enloe High School said they have long heard the kinds of Christian overtures that got social studies teacher Robert Escamilla suspended this week. An 18-year Wake County schools veteran, Escamilla was suspended with pay while the school system investigates his invitation of a Christian evangelist to several of his […]
CT: Anti-Muslim Slurs on Facebook Prompt School Talk
CT: ANTI-MUSLIM SLURS: WEB WORDS PROMPT SCHOOL TALK “Anti-Muslim” entries on an Internet social networking site used by millions of young people nationwide earned a group of Ridgefield High School students a frank talk with a flotilla of school administrators. “We’re concerned about it,” said Ridgefield High School Principal Jeff Jaslow. “There were certainly some […]
MN: Chief’s E-Mail to Officers
MN: CHIEF’S E-MAIL TO OFFICERS From: Dolan, Tim Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 12:03 PM To: All MPD (Public Info Only) Subject: Internal InvestigationTo All Department members: I was contacted by the media yesterday and asked about comments made by a MPD Lieutenant during an in-service training. Allegedly, this lieutenant implied or referred to Representative […]
MN: Cop Accused of Slur Against Muslim Congressman
MN: COP ACCUSED OF SLUR AGAINST REP. ELLISON A Minneapolis police lieutenant faces an internal investigation into recent comments that fellow officers say implied that U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison is a terrorist. The comments allegedly were made during a required police ethics training class this week by Lt. Bob Kroll, according to Mayor R.T. Rybak. […]
Video: CAIR-CA Comments on Arrest in Murder of Muslim Woman
CAIR-CA: ARREST IN MURDER OF MUSLIM WOMAN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyOqVHBKFuE
OH: CAIR Joins Panel on Global Immigration
CAIR-OH: SPACES’ NEWEST ART INSTALLATION REFLECTS ITS GLOBAL INTERACTIONS Spaces will have a free panel discussion at 6 p.m. today on the complexities of global immigration, as well as other topics and experiences relevant to the artwork. The discussion will include panelists from the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the American Civil Liberties Union, Case Western […]
NY: Settlement in Long Island U Mock Hostage Case
NY: SETTLEMENT IN C.W. POST MOCK HOSTAGE CASE A confidential settlement has been reached in the C.W. Post mock hostage-video case. It was a quiet ending for the $2.5-million wrongful termination and discrimination lawsuit filed by five C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University students. Their video – in which they spoke in cartoonish Middle […]
Comic-Book Series to Feature Islamic Superheroes
MUSLIMS FIGHTING EVIL March 5, 2007 issue – Until she was kidnapped, Dana Ibrahim was an average 18-year-old living in the United Arab Emirates, attending university and hanging out with her friends. Then she was thrown into a dark hole in the earth and held hostage. Burrowing through the dirt to escape, she fell upon […]
Following Quran Prompts Religious Environmentalism
COMMENTARY: RELIGIOUS ENVIRONMENTALISM There are few easier ways to fish-in the (very) short run, of course-than using dynamite. However the long-term results-depletion of fish stocks, destruction of the sheltering coral reef-made the government of Tanzania forbid the practice. But local fisherman continued dynamiting, ignoring government pamphlets, stringent laws and advice from western ecologists. What finally […]
The Al-Arian Family, Stars of Norway
THE AL-ARIAN FAMILY, STARS OF NORWAY OSLO, Norway — Before daylight on the day that marked four years of Dr. Sami Al-Arian’s imprisonment, his eldest daughter Laila and wife Nahla were guests on the popular Norwegian television program God morgen Norge (Good Morning Norway). But during a week in which she was whisked from one […]