UT Muslim Couples Recall Pilgrimage to Mecca
6 UTAHNS RECALL PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA Throngs choked every alleyway and sidewalk in the city while a sea of white swirled ’round and ’round a cubical black building at its center. The city’s visitors came from every continent, and many will never return. Amid the crowds of ecstatic worshippers were six Utahns who traveled halfway […]
CA Radio Host: Islam Is Not the Enemy
CA: ISLAM IS NOT THE ENEMY! Last Monday on the Fox hit “24”, President Wayne Palmer made the point that American Muslims are our best allies in this war against Islamic terrorism. He’s right, but you wouldn’t know it listening to the callers on my show last week. I’m still disturbed by the volume of […]
Economist Slams New Hirsi Ali Book
DARK SECRETS Say what you will about Ayaan Hirsi Ali, she fascinates. The Dutch-Somali politician, who has lived under armed guard ever since a fatwa was issued against her in 2004, is a chameleon of a woman. Just 11 years after she arrived in the Netherlands from Africa, she rode into parliament on a wave […]
CA: Shoebat Omits Instances of Muslim Kindness
CA: SHOEBAT OMITS INSTANCES OF MUSLIM KINDNESS, TOLERANCE On Feb. 7, I was one of several hundred to go watch Walid Shoebat, a former PLO terrorist and now Christian. In his hour and a half speech, he warned that the Middle East has the potential to be that of several Nazi Germanys. I myself am […]
Israel Continues Construction at Disputed Jerusalem Site
CABINET ORDERS CONSTRUCTION TO CONTINUE NEAR DISPUTED JERUSALEM SITE JERUSALEM – Israel’s Cabinet voted to push ahead with construction work on a ramp leading to a disputed holy site in Jerusalem, despite objections from the Muslim world and violent Palestinian protests. Tensions in the city have been high since last week, when Israel began work […]
Israeli Settlers Alter Skyline of Jerusalem’s Old City
JEWISH INROADS IN MUSLIM QUARTER From the roof of his home just inside the Old City walls, Palestinian landlord Nasser Karain has a view of the valleys and plateaus where scriptures say Solomon built the first Temple, Jesus was betrayed and Muhammad rose to heaven. A new landmark may soon rise next to his family […]
MA: Bias Clouds Religious Views
MA: BIAS CLOUDS RELIGIOUS VIEWS Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Scientology and Hinduism are some of the religions to which members of our globe belong. Through common knowledge or rumors, each of us can make assumptions about every religion in the world. Besides the assumptions we make, what do we really know about each other’s religions or […]
NJ: Muslims Unveil True Selves
NJ: MUSLIMS UNVEIL TRUE SELVES PATERSON — Funny notions about Islam are a familiar topic for Jehad Faleh, 15. His first name, for one, provokes jeers from classmates. “They say ‘Yo, you got a gang over there in Palestine?’ or ‘What’d you get for Christmas, a nuke?’” said Jehad, an Elmwood Park High School student […]
PA: Media Cannot Keep Ignoring the Muslim Vote
PA: LOCAL MEDIA CANNOT KEEP IGNORING THE MUSLIM VOTE The word was out in mosques, community parties and Islamic schools, Ramadan feasts all over Pittsburgh: get the vote out. Why would a normally sleepy Muslim community thrust itself into the forefront of the most crucial election in recent history? Would it matter? Apparently it did. […]
CO: Identity Search: To Be Muslim in America
CO: IDENTITY SEARCH: TO BE MUSLIM IN AMERICA The food pantry occupies a storefront between a beauty salon and auto shop, a nondescript location off East Colfax Avenue that gives no indication the people volunteering inside symbolize a faith community in transition. Shirley Anderson doesn’t know who is helping her, doesn’t notice the framed Arabic […]