Tariq Ramadan: What the West Can Learn from Islam
TARIQ RAMADAN: WHAT THE WEST CAN LEARN FROM ISLAM In late September, I finally received a response to the question I had been asking the Bush administration for more than two years: Why was my work visa revoked in late July 2004, just days before I was to take up a position as a professor […]
FL: Muslim Chaplain Tells of Gitmo Duty and Ordeal
FL: AT UF, MUSLIM CHAPLAIN TELLS OF GITMO DUTY AND ORDEAL James “Yusuf” Yee is optimistic about the Muslim community’s progress in America, despite what he calls the widespread erosion of civil liberties in the nation. Yee spoke to an audience of about 250 Tuesday night at the University of Florida. He told the story […]
TX: Young Muslims Look to New Careers
TX: YOUNG MUSLIMS LOOK TO NEW CAREERS TO GAIN GROUND IN PUBLIC DEBATES Ali Jafri made some changes when he enrolled at the University of Texas School of Law last year. First, he let his beard grow. Then, he helped create a Middle East Law Students Association. In class, he regularly sports T-shirts with Arabic […]
TX: School Open to Muslim Cultural Program
TX: PRINCIPAL OPEN TO MUSLIM GROUP’S IDEA Dulles High School’s principal says he is receptive to a local Muslim organization’s proposal to start a program to promote cultural understanding at the campus. Principal Lance Hindt said Dulles would embrace beginning a program with the Islamic Society of Houston South Zone to supplement what is already […]
CAIR: Politics Cause Divisions in Iraq
CAIR: POLITICS CAUSE DIVISIONS IN IRAQ Almost daily, we hear distressing stories of sectarian violence in Iraq. This has caused many Americans to realize that Islam, like other religions, is not a monolithic faith. With more than 1.2 billion followers worldwide, Islam naturally encompasses tremendous diversity in its followers. Islam guides its faithful to seek […]
CAIR-MI Rep Discusses Malcolm X at Black History Event
CAIR-MI REP DISCUSSES LIFE OF MALCOLM X AT BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROGRAM (SOUTHFIELD, MI, 2/14/07) – A representative of the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) yesterday gave a presentation about the life of American Muslim civil rights leader Malcolm X (Al-Hajj Malik El’Shabazz) at the University of Detroit-Mercy in Detroit. The […]
MD: Speaking the Word of God: Illuminated Korans
MD: SPEAKING THE WORD OF GOD: ILLUMINATED KORANS BALTIMORE, MD – The Walters Art Museum presents Speaking the Word of God: Illuminated Korans from the Walters Art Museum, on view through April 29, 2007. The Koran is considered by Muslims to be an exact record of the words that God spoke to the prophet Muhammad […]
FL: Muslim Cemetery Blocked
FL: GREEN BURIALS VOTED DOWN BROOKSVILLE – In a cemetery planned for a 5-acre tract near Istachatta, the markers would have been wooden slabs or crosses. The bodies would have been buried without embalming; the caskets were to be wooden boxes meant to decompose quickly. That is Bosnian tradition, said Vedad Sakovic, president of the […]
MO: Muslims Battle Prejudice for Their Beliefs
MO: METRO MUSLIMS BATTLE PREJUDICE FOR THEIR BELIEFS Tensions between Christianity and Islam have never been higher in the United State. Still, in this primarily Judeo-Christian nation, some statistics suggest Islam is the fastest growing religion in the country and the world. Hard and fast numbers are hard to come by but some statistics suggest […]
CA: Malcolm X’s Daughter Carries on His Message
CA: MALCOLM X’S DAUGHTER CARRIES ON HIS MESSAGE NORTHRIDGE – On Feb. 21, 1965, Malcolm X walked onto a stage in New York’s Audubon Ballroom to preach his message of African-American freedom by any means necessary. It was a message he had delivered hundreds of times. But within moments, three members of the Nation of […]