Video: VA Rep Warns of ‘In Muhammad We Trust’
VIDEO: VA REP WARNS OF ‘IN MUHAMMAD WE TRUST’ Goode: Iraq Critics Are Helping ‘Jihadists Who Want The Crescent And Star To Wave Over The Capitol’ During today’s House debate on Iraq, virulently anti-Muslim Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA) said supporting the anti-escalation resolution would “aid and assist the Islamic jihadists who want the crescent and […]
CAIR-TX: Halt to Immigration Raids Sought
CAIR-TX: HALT TO IMMIGRATION RAIDS SOUGHT Immigrant-rights activists in the Dallas area called for a halt on Wednesday to raids that have served to round up illegal immigrants in Texas and across the country, saying the status of those unlawfully in the U.S. could change if Congress overhauls immigration laws this year. Raids have increased […]
CAIR-CA: Neocons Try to Stifle Dissent
CAIR-CA: LETTERS: THE GATHERING MIDEAST STORM Stop the Muslim Bashing Kathryn Jean Lopez’s outrageous column (“Women’s rights for Muslims,” Feb. 9) blames Islam for the worldwide abuse of women’s rights. Islam holds women in high regard and gave them rights 1,400 years ago that were not won by women in the West until the 19th […]
CAIR-OH Lecture: ‘Forgiveness Teachings, Practices in Islam’
CAIR-OH LECTURE: ‘FORGIVENESS TEACHINGS AND PRACTICES IN ISLAM’ ASHLAND — The Ashland Center for Nonviolence will host a discussion of the Amish response of forgiveness to the murder of five young girls last fall in West Nickle Mines, Pa. The free program will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Myers Convocation Center at Ashland University. […]
CAIR: Vitriolic E-Mails Zero in on ‘Muslim’
CAIR: VITRIOLIC E-MAILS ZERO IN ON ‘MUSLIM’ On ultraconservative Web sites like littlegreenfootballs.com, the story of Monday’s shooting rampage at Trolley Square has been reduced to one fact: “Salt Lake City Killer Was a Muslim.” “The media did everything they could to avoid mentioning it, but it’s confirmed today that the mass murderer who terrorized […]
Action – Write Letters in Support of Dr. Al-Arian
Action – Write Letters in Support of Dr. Al-Arian In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful CAIR ACTION ALERT #507 WRITE LETTERS IN SUPPORT OF DR. AL-ARIANImprisoned Florida professor collapses on 23rd day of hunger strike (WASHINGTON D.C., 2/15/07) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is calling on American Muslims and other […]
U.S. Agrees to Iraqi Refugee Program
UNDER PRESSURE FROM UNITED NATIONS, U.S. AGREES TO IRAQI REFUGEE PROGRAM WASHINGTON – The Bush administration plans to allow about 7,000 Iraqi refugees to settle in the United States over the next year, a huge expansion at a time of mounting international pressure to help those who have fled in the nearly four-year-old war. The […]
NPR Series Guides Listeners Through Shia-Sunni Split
NPR SERIES ON ISLAM GUIDES LISTENERS THROUGH PRIMER ON SHIA-SUNNI SPLIT If you want proof that NPR is a rare outpost of real news outlet on broadcast radio, check out the series running this week on the split between the Shias and the Sunnis. The five-part “Partisans of Ali,” airing on “Morning Edition,” which airs […]
NY Univ Group Meets with Muslims Over Video
NY: POST GROUP MEETS WITH MUSLIMS For one of the students from the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University involved in the mock hostage video that some Muslims found offensive, visiting the Islamic Center of Long Island on Sunday opened his eyes to a culture he knew little about. And members of the Islamic […]
Bill Would Give Detainees Some Legal Rights
DEMOCRATS’ BILL WOULD GIVE DETAINEES SOME LEGAL RIGHTS Senate Democrats Tuesday unveiled proposed legislation to restore some legal rights to suspected terrorists, but distanced themselves from calls to close the detention camp at Guant?namo Bay, Cuba. Sens. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., a contender for the Democratic presidential nomination, and Bob Menendez, D-N.J., filed a bill that […]