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Al-Arian Enters Day 39 of Prison Hunger Strike

AL-ARIAN ENTERS DAY 39 OF PRISON HUNGER STRIKE Sami Al-Arian passed the 38th day of his prison hunger strike Wednesday. The former University of South Florida professor has lost 43 pounds and was having great difficulty standing up in a federal prison hospital in Butner, N.C. “We will intervene. We will not let him die,” […]

NY: Proposed Mosque Not Sitting Well with Some Residents

NY: PROPOSED MOSQUE NOT SITTING WELL WITH SOME LATHAM RESIDENTS Some residents in Latham may soon have a new neighbor, and it is one that not all are thrilled with: a 50-thousand-plus square-foot mosque. It would be located right off Route 2, east of Latham Circle, in the currently open space across from Glenwood Drive. […]

MD: Vandalism Raises Questions of Prejudice

MD: VANDALISM RAISES QUESTIONS OF PREJUDICE Police are investigating a vandalism — the third incident in less than 14 months — at the Islamic Society of Frederick. Police aren’t sure whether the vandalism could be considered a hate crime until a suspect is identified and the motive is revealed. Yahya Hendi, imam of the Islamic […]

MD: Mosque Possible Target of Hate Crime

MD: FREDERICK MOSQUE POSSIBLE TARGET OF HATE CRIME FREDERICK, Md. — Police said they are investigating a possible hate crime in Frederick County after vandals defaced a mosque last week. Authorities said someone threw large stones through some of the mosque’s windows last Wednesday. The incident is the third of its kind against the Islamic […]

NC: Principal: Speaker Guidelines Being Reviewed

NC: PRINCIPAL: SPEAKER GUIDELINES BEING REVIEWED In a letter sent to students of Enloe High School on Wednesday, Principal Beth Cochran said teachers and administrators must exercise discretion and sound judgment in inviting guest speakers, but she stopped short of apologizing for a visit by a Christian evangelist who denounced Islam. The letter said the […]

NC: Teacher Suspended Over Anti-Islam Speaker

NC: ENLOE TEACHER SUSPENDED WITH PAY AFTER SPEAKER CONTROVERSY Raleigh – A social studies teacher at Enloe High School has been suspended with pay after an invited speaker criticized Islam. Officials said Robert Escamilla invited Kamil Solomon to talk with students on Feb. 16. Students said Solomon handed out two pamphlets to students, entitled, “Jesus […]

India: A Blind Eye to Bigotry in Gujarat

A BLIND EYE TO BIGOTRY Five years ago this week, across the Indian state of Gujarat, the stormtroopers of the Hindu right, decked in saffron sashes and armed with swords, tridents, sledgehammers and liquid gas cylinders, launched a pogrom against the local Muslim population. They looted and torched Muslim-owned businesses, assaulted and murdered Muslims, and […]

CAIR: Learning from Anti-Muslim Presentation

CAIR: ISLAM, FREE SPEECH AND ENLOE RALEIGH – The uproar about Kamil Solomon’s appearance at Enloe High School, where he gave a speech and distributed literature hostile to Islam, may be a good thing. Although as a professor teaching Islam I am certainly not happy to hear of the kinds of materials the students were […]

CAIR-FL: Keeping the Faith Means Going Green

CAIR-FL: KEEPING THE FAITH MEANS GOING GREEN What would Jesus drive? The question makes a clever bumper sticker, available from the Washington, D.C.-based Evangelical Environmental Network, a Christian group that bases its fight against global warming on the Bible. The network is one of several religious groups trying to slow climate change by getting its […]