CAIR-CA: Distrust Hinders FBI Muslim Outreach
CAIR-CA: DISTRUST HINDERS FBI IN OUTREACH TO MUSLIMS The FBI’s worst fears that hidden homegrown terrorist groups could take root in this country were fanned here in the summer of 2005, when four young Muslim men were charged with conspiring “to levy war against the United States” via deadly attacks on military installations and synagogues […]
CAIR: ‘Insensitive’ Video No Joke to Muslims
CAIR: VIDEO NO JOKE TO MUSLIMS A video by five students at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University depicting ski-masked “hostage-takers” speaking in cartoonish Middle Eastern accents has drawn condemnations from local Muslim leaders. The university dismissed the students from their jobs as residence hall assistants in Brookville Hall, saying they had engaged […]
CAIR-CA: Rights Groups Sue Over Citizenship Delay
CAIR-CA: Civil rights groups sue over delay in processing citizenship SAN FRANCISCO – Immigrants who waited years for their citizenship applications to be processed because of lengthy security checks claimed in a lawsuit Thursday that the delays violated their constitutional rights. The suit, filed in San Francisco federal court against the FBI and the Department […]
MD: Judeo-Islamic Mysticism Meets Hope
MD: CONVERGENCES: JUDEO-ISLAMIC MYSTICISM MEETS HOPE SILVER SPRING, Md. – Differences too often overshadow commonalities that could bring people together. Believing that humanity trumps hostility, two local artists seek to bridge the divide between Muslims and Jews through visionary art and a series of community dialogues. Having coexisted peacefully for centuries, Jews and Muslims traditionally […]
MI: Ellison Joins Jackson in Detroit
MI: ELLISON JOINS JACKSON IN DETROIT U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, a native Detroiter, is returning to his roots to discuss diversity in America. Some conservative wags criticized Ellison, who became the first African-American Muslim elected to Congress in November, for doing his ceremonial swearing in using a Quran (and not a Bible). Ellison, a Democrat […]
FL: Muslim Chosen to Lead Interfaith Alliance
FL: MUSLIM CHOSEN TO LEAD INTERFAITH ALLIANCE OCALA – Larry Collins was installed recently as president of The Interfaith Alliance of Marion County. He is the first Muslim to hold the office. Collins grew up an Army brat. He served in the Air Force and did a year in Vietnam. He has undergraduate degrees, in […]
FL: No Muslim Holidays on School Calendar
FL: ONLY GOOD FRIDAY MAKES THE CUT TAMPA – Good Friday is the only religious holiday recognized in the latest version of Hillsborough’s controversial school calendar. But the idea of treating Christians differently from Jews and Muslims divided the committee of teachers, parents and school administrators who are making calendar recommendations. “I think that opens […]
KS: Holy Books Have Contrary Passages
KS: HOLY BOOKS HAVE CONTRARY PASSAGES Almost every week someone contacts me to ask about troubling passages in Islamic literature or to cite passages to prove Islam is an evil religion. Today I’ll try to put such inquiries in perspective. A future column will look at specific citations within the Islamic traditions. Here are three […]
CA: Carter Accuses Wiesenthal Center of ‘Slander’
CARTER ACCUSES WIESENTHAL CENTER OF ‘SLANDER’ IN RESPONSE TO 25,000 PETITIONS, FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER CRITICIZES WIESENTHAL CENTER; RABBI HIER RESPONDS In reaction to your 25,000 signed petitions that were sent to former US President Jimmy Carter protesting his book, “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid,” Mr. Carter has responded. In a hand-written letter to Rabbi Marvin […]
Findley: Carter Enters Lions’ Den on Israel
FINDLEY: CARTER ENTERS LIONS’ DEN At the age of 82, Jimmy Carter entered the lion’s den. With the publication of his latest book, “Palestine: Peace not Apartheid,” he did what a patriot would do: rally Americans to vigorous debate of a critical issue that affects our future. He deserves a hero’s praise. Instead, he has […]