MD: Koran Exhibit Displays Many Holy Books
MD: KORAN EXHIBIT DISPLAYS MANY HOLY BOOKS An art exhibit at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, in the eastern state of Maryland, features 22 editions of Islam’s holiest book: the Koran. What makes these religious manuscripts art is the beautiful calligraphy used to write the tomes. Baltimore is the largest city in Maryland and […]
NJ: Mosque Presses Legal Battle to Build
NJ: MOSQUE PRESSES LEGAL BATTLE TO BUILD IN WAYNE A group of first- and second-generation Albanian Muslims has proposed to build a mosque and community center on a hilly spot in the township. But first, they’ve had to learn about municipal land use codes and federal civil rights law. In April, the Albanian Associated Fund […]
PA: Move of Liquor Store Brings Protest from Mosque
PA: POTENTIAL MOVE BRINGS POTENTIAL CONFLICT For students living on Beige Block, the potential move of the liquor store closer to the area may be a godsend. But to Ahmed Rushdie, the news is nothing less than “insulting.” Officials familiar with the negotiations say that there are talks to move the 41st and Market streets […]
MI: Mainstream Muslims to Participate in Event with Farrakhan
MI: MAINSTREAM MUSLIMS TO PARTICIPATE IN EVENT WITH FARRAKHAN The Islamic Society of North America, which represents orthodox, mostly immigrant Muslims, will join ailing Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan this weekend in Detroit at what is billed as his final major address. Imam Siraj Wahhaj, a longtime member of the Islamic Society, said he […]
NC: Anti-Muslim Literature Isn’t Freedom of Speech
CAIR: TEEN’S DAD SAYS ‘ANTI-MUSLIM’ LITERATURE HANDED OUT IN CLASS ISN’T FREEDOM OF SPEECH The father of a North Carolina ninth grader who was given ‘anti-Muslim’ literature in class says the material handed out is not an issue of free speech, but of slander and defamation. “First of all, it slanders, things like, Mohammed is […]
WA: Two Charged in Hate Crime Against Arab-Americans
WA: TWO CHARGED IN VIOLENT HATE CRIME AGAINST DELI CLERKS By KOMO Staff Watch the story SEATTLE – Two people have been charged under the state’s hate crime law after a surveillance camera at Saleh’s Delicatessen in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood caught a confrontation between two customers and two clerks during which racial slurs, obscenities and […]
CAIR-CAN: Canadian Court Annuls Anti-Terror Measure
CAIR-CAN: CANADIAN SUPREME COURT ANNULS ANTI-TERROR MEASURE OTTAWA – Secret trials of non-citizens under Canadian immigration law violate the fundamental right of individuals to a fair trial, the country’s highest court ruled Friday. But to ensure its ruling does not throw the government’s counterterrorism efforts into disarray, the Supreme Court has given parliament one year […]
CAIR-CA: Israel Guide Offers ‘One-Sided’ View
CAIR-CA: STANDWITHUS OFFERS ISRAEL 101 GUIDE TO HELP STUDENTS CONFRONT ANTI-ZIONIST RHETORIC Roz Rothstein wanted nothing more than to relax after a long flight from Los Angeles to New York. Instead, the head of StandWithUs, a Los Angeles-based Israel advocacy group, found herself face to face with the anti-Zionist attitudes she and her organization work […]
CAIR-FL: Forum Aims to Preempt Hate Crimes
CAIR-FL: FORUM AIMS TO PRE-EMPT HATE CRIMES BROOKSVILLE – Hernando County suffered few hate crimes in the last several years, but it doesn’t mean that hate isn’t a problem, said panelists who participated in a televised forum Wednesday night. “We don’t want to wait until we have a hate crime,” said Ahmed Bedier, executive director […]
CAIR-FL Rep to Speak at Church
CAIR-FL: UU CHURCH COMBINES MANY FAITHS AND ARRIVES AT LIBERTY Drawing upon many faith-based traditions, Unitarian Universalists welcome and encourage open dialogue. That’s what attracted consulting pastor Alec Craig, a onetime Congregational church member who drifted away from organized religion in his late teens, and joined the Unitarian Universalist church at 30. It’s what attracted […]