NY: School to Teach Half of Classes in Arabic
NY: A NEW SCHOOL PLANS TO TEACH HALF OF CLASSES USING ARABIC The New York City school system will open its first public school dedicated to teaching the Arabic language and culture in September, with half of its classes eventually taught in Arabic, officials said yesterday. The school, the Khalil Gibran International Academy, is one […]
Incitement: Dutch Populist Attacks Quran, Muhammad
INCITEMENT WATCH: DUTCH POPULIST ATTACKS KORAN, PROPHET MOHAMMAD AMSTERDAM – Dutch anti-immigration politician Geert Wilders was quoted on Tuesday as urging Muslims to dump half the Koran and saying he would chase the Prophet Mohammad out of the country if he was alive today. ‘Islam is a violent religion. If Mohammad lived here today I […]
CAIR: US Military Tells ’24’ to Cut Out Torture
CAIR: US MILITARY TELLS JACK BAUER: CUT OUT THE TORTURE SCENES … OR ELSE! In the hugely popular television series 24, federal agent Jack Bauer always gets his man, even if he has to play a little rough. Suffocating, electrocuting or drugging a suspect are all in a day’s work. As Bauer – played by […]
CAIR-MI: Michigan Muslims Feel Sectarian Ripples
CAIR-MI: MICHIGAN MUSLIMS FEEL SECTARIAN RIPPLES All Things Considered, February 12, 2007 – In Dearborn, Mich., the nation’s largest Arab-American community, Shia and Sunnis have long lived together mostly peacefully. But it appears that some of Iraq’s sectarian violence is being mirrored in the Detroit area, particularly in recent months. As the Muslim communities have […]
CAIR-TX: Woman Fights Discrimination Against Muslims
CAIR-TX: WOMAN FIGHTS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MUSLIMS SAN ANTONIO – Before the Sept. 11 attacks, Sarwat Husain rarely wore a hijab – the Muslim headscarf. But just as the attacks on the United States changed the world, they transformed Husain. Practically overnight, this product of a privileged upbringing in Pakistan became an activist, determined to defend […]
CAIR-CA: Muslims Struggle to Teach the Truth of Their Faith
CAIR-CA: MUSLIMS STRUGGLE TO TEACH THE TRUTH OF THEIR FAITH IN U.S. A recent article about a Yermo mosque being burned down reminded me about my time in the High Desert, living and working as an American Muslim. According to news reports, the mosque was randomly set on fire along with other structures. If the […]
CAIR-CAN Welcomes Poll Showing Muslims Well-Integrated
CAIR-CAN WELCOMES POLL SHOWING MUSLIMS WELL INTEGRATED – TOP Muslim group says survey raises concerns about religious accommodation (OTTAWA, CANADA, 2/13/2007) – The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) today welcomed results the Environics survey indicating that the vast majority (81 percent) of Muslims are satisfied with their lives and that only a small minority […]
CAIR: Congress Asked to Hear Both Sides of Mideast Conflict
CONGRESS ASKED TO HEAR BOTH SIDES OF MIDEAST CONFLICT (WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/13/07) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on the House Foreign Affairs Committee to invite experts from both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to speak at a subcommittee hearing Wednesday. Speakers at the Subcommittee on the Middle East […]
CAIR Joins New NPR Legal Blog
CAIR JOINS NEW NPR LEGAL BLOG (WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/13/07) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)has joined some of the nation’s leading legal analysts and commentators in anew online blog and discussion forum called Talking Justice, at www.justicetalking.org. The new feature is a project of Justice Talking, the award-winning NPR program that airs in almost […]
Action: Contact Congress
Action: Contact Congress CONTACT the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia to ask that BOTH sides ofthe Israeli-Palestinian conflict be heard. GO TO: http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/members.asp?committee=mideast