CAIR-OH: Governor Regrets Iraq Refugee Remarks
CAIR-OH: STRICKLAND WISHES HE COULD TAKE BACK REFUGEE REMARKS Gov. Ted Strickland says he has learned an early lesson in office the hard way: When the chief executive of a large state speaks, people listen. Strickland, on the job for six weeks, is being slammed nationwide in newspaper editorials and Internet blogs for supposedly being […]
CAIR-CT: Muslim Community Growing in CT
CAIR-CT: ISLAM GAINING GROUND IN EASTERN CONNECTICUT Sami Ahmed, who left Pakistan for the United States in 1983, began a Friday night Muslim prayer meeting at his house in Greeneville five years ago. At the time, three or four people attended the meetings. Now, between 30 and 40 Muslims meet weekly at his house. “It […]
CAIR-CA: Don’t Stereotype Muslims
CAIR-CA: FAGUNDES CAUGHT STEREOTYPING Caught stereotyping I wonder if Joe Fagundes has ever met a Muslim or visited a mosque (“Muslim groups quiet,” Letters, Feb. 15). If he did, he would know that 6 million to 7 million American Muslims are hard working, family-oriented people. We are paying taxes and serving our country through volunteerism, […]
MI: Siraj Wahhaj to Give Sermon at Nation of Islam Event
IMAM SIRAJ WAHHAJ, AMIR OF MANA, TO DELIVER KHUTBAH AT DETROIT ‘SAVIOR’S DAY’ “Invite (all) to the Way of Thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching, and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious. For Thy Lord knows best, who have strayed from His Path, and who receive guidance.” (Quran 16:125) […]
Jailed 2 Years, Iraqi Tells of Abuse by Americans
JAILED 2 YEARS, IRAQI TELLS OF ABUSE BY AMERICANS DAMASCUS, Syria – In the early hours of Jan. 6, Laith al-Ani stood in a jail near the Baghdad airport waiting to be released by the American military after two years and three months in captivity. He struggled to quell his hope. Other prisoners had gotten […]
Poll: Conflict Not Inevitable Between Muslims, West
POLL: MOST DON’T THINK CONFLICT IS INEVITABLE BETWEEN MUSLIMS, THE WEST A majority of people around the world say they don’t think the world is locked in a “clash of civilizations” that will lead to violent conflict between Islam and the West, findings of a poll published today show. The British Broadcasting Corp. World Service […]
Israel Hid discovery of Old City Islamic Site
ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY HID DISCOVERY OF ISLAMIC SITE AT MUGRABI The Israel Antiquities Authority said that what could be an Islamic prayer room was found at the site of the Mugrabi ramp in the Old City of Jerusalem, where excavation work has sparked angry protests by Muslims who say the work endangers the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Muslim […]
Hirsi Ali is a Hero Among Islamophobes
ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE STORY Hirsi Ali is more a hero among Islamophobes than Islamic women. That’s problematic considering she describes herself in “Infidel” as a woman who “fights for the rights of Muslim women, the enlightenment of Islam and the security of the West.” How can you change the lives of your former […]
CA: Islam in the African-American Community
ISLAM IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY Students and teachers trickled into the dimly lit room, full of empty desks and chairs, and a podium in the northeast corner. As the clock ticked closer to noon, in walked a tall, well-dressed man carrying a briefcase. After glancing at the clock, he promptly began, “In the name of […]
MN: Congressman’s Imam Leading Interfaith Efforts
MN: CONGRESSMAN’S IMAM IS LEADING INTERFAITH EFFORTS On the evening after Minnesota’s Democratic primary in September, Makram El-Amin picked up his ringing cell phone to hear the raspy, exhausted voice of Keith Ellison. The men had known each other for a decade, long enough for El-Amin to become the imam of a mosque in their […]