MO: Understanding Islam
MO: UNDERSTANDING ISLAM One fifth of the world’s population is Muslim. That’s more than a billion people. Islam is the dominate religion in the Middle East, an area that has a daily affect on the United States. But Islam is still a religion vastly misunderstood by most Americans. And hear in the Heartland there are […]
MA: The Faith Behind the Mosque
MA: THE FAITH BEHIND THE MOSQUE Visitors streamed into the main hall Sunday at the Islamic Center of Burlington, taking in a buffet-style lunch with pizza and submarine sandwiches, reading laminated wall posters explaining the tenets of Islam. They chatted with mosque volunteers and watched snippets of a PBS video, “Mohammed: Legacy of a Prophet.” […]
NY: Islamic Call to Prayer Irks Many
NY: ISLAMIC CALL TO PRAYER IRKS MANY It is precisely 2:45 p.m. Friday afternoon, and an evocative male voice penetrates the cold winter air. “Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar,” the man sings in simple and repetitive musical notes. The message is in Arabic, and translates to, “God is the greatest.” The Islamic call to prayer, or […]
Paula Zahn: American Courts and the Koran
AMERICAN COURTS AND THE KORAN We’re talking about religious intolerance and whether Muslims here in the U.S. should be allowed to take an oath using the Koran instead of a bible. Let’s hear what our “Out in the Open” panel thinks about that. Amy Holmes, Keith Boykin, Miguel Perez, welcome back. Let’s quickly review what […]
Arab-American Soldiers Stress Patriotism
ARAB-AMERICAN SOLDIERS STRESS LOYALTY, PATRIOTISM As American troops battle Islamic extremists in Iraq and Afghanistan and try to bring stability to the region, here at home the Pentagon is reaching out to Arab and Muslim Americans, trying to interest them in joining the U.S. military. At least 15,000 Muslims, including about 3,500 Arab-Americans, are already […]
GA: FBI Honors Mosque’s Chairman
GA: FBI HONORS MOSQUE’S CHAIRMAN One of the leaders of Atlanta’s biggest mosque was honored Thursday by the FBI for helping to build a relationship between the bureau and the Muslim community. Dr. Mohammad O. Tomeh, chairman of the board of the al-Farooq Masjid, accepted the etched glass award Thursday morning as his wife, Fadia, […]
UT: Authorities Head Off Backlash Against Bosnians
UT: AUTHORITIES TRY TO HEAD OFF ANY BACKLASH AGAINST BOSNIANS The mayor and police chief sought to head off any potential backlash against Bosnian immigrants Thursday, three days after a Bosnian teenager shot five people to death in a crowded shopping mall and then died in a shootout with police. Mayor Rocky Anderson blasted vitriolic […]
VA: Al-Arian Collapses at Jail
VA: AL-ARIAN COLLAPSES AT JAIL Sami Al-Arian, who has been on a hunger strike since mid January, collapsed this week in a Virginia jail. At daybreak Tuesday, guards discovered him lying unconscious on the concrete floor of a shower room in the Northern Neck Regional Jail in Warsaw, Va., and called for medical help, according […]
CA: Teacher Accused of Anti-Muslim Statements
CA: TEACHER ACCUSED OF ANTI-MUSLIM STATEMENTS The director of the Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno has accused an elementary teacher of making anti-Muslim statements to his sixth-grade students at Riverview Elementary School. Center Director Kamal Abu-Shamsieh on Thursday called for the Clovis Unified School District to investigate and make sure teachers stick to state-sanctioned classroom […]
CAIR: Muslims Don’t Worship Muhammad
CAIR: ‘IN MUHAMMAD WE TRUST’ ON U.S. MONEY? MUSLIMS SAY ‘NO,’ A top official at a leading Muslim group has just told us that GOP Rep. Virgil Goode’s fear that U.S. money may soon be stamped with “In Muhammad We Trust” is rather at odds with the actual history and theology of the Muslim religion. […]