GA: Mayor’s Conversion to Islam Gets a Broad Response
GA: ELLIS’ CONVERSION TO ISLAM GETS A BROAD RESPONSE Macon Mayor Jack Ellis’ chosen Islamic name, Hakim Mansour, means “wise person … who is helped by God’s decree.” That translation was provided by Adam Fofana, an imam at the Macon Islamic Center. Fofana, who is visiting from a university in Malaysia, further expanded his translation, […]
FL: Muslim School at ‘Dead End’ in Code Fight
FL: MUSLIM SCHOOL AT ‘DEAD END’ IN CODE FIGHT A hundred Muslim students are out of school as their administrators squabble with Orange County code enforcement over staying in portables until their $2.3 million building is finished. “We have 100 kids here with nowhere to go,” said Imam Tariq Rasheed of the Islamic Center of […]
CAIR-NJ: Death Threats to Muslims Reported
CAIR-NJ: DEATH THREATS TO MUSLIMS REPORTED Several prominent New Jersey Muslim leaders, including a Clifton attorney and an imam from a Paterson mosque, have received letters threatening their lives, according to the Washington, D.C.-based Council on American-Islamic Relations. The three letters, one of which was sent to Imam Zaman at the Muslim Center of Middlesex […]
FL: Torture at Issue in Terror Case
FL: TORTURE AT ISSUE IN TERROR CASE For 1,307 days, the U.S. military held terror suspect Jose Padilla in a 9 foot by 7 foot cell in a South Carolina Navy brig. His captors deprived him of sleep, Padilla’s lawyers say. They chained him in painful positions, injected him with mind-altering drugs, and left him […]
CA: Juror’s Anti-Muslim Comments Downplayed
CA: ATTORNEYS DOWNPLAY COMMENTS BY JUROR Federal prosecutors said Saturday there is little or no evidence to support allegations of juror misconduct in a motion for a new trial of a Lodi man convicted of terrorist activity. Misconduct claims on behalf of Hamid Hayat are barred by rules of evidence, cannot be substantiated, actually describe […]
Muslim Culture Focus of Law-Enforcement Video
ARAB, MUSLIM CULTURES FOCUS OF LAW-ENFORCEMENT VIDEO An Arab man is being questioned by law-enforcement officers and suddenly becomes uncooperative and refuses to make eye contact. Suspicious behavior or a clash of cultures? The latter, according to a new training DVD that will be distributed to nearly 200,000 Homeland Security employees. A panel of Arab […]
CAIR-CAN: Arar Apology an Opportunity
CAIR-CAN: APOLOGIZING TO MAHER ARAR: A BEGINNING, NOT AN END JURIST Special Guest Columnist Faisal Kutty, vice-chair and counsel to the Canadian Council on American Islamic Relations and a doctoral candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School York University in Toronto where he also practices law, says that Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s apology to Maher […]
Arabic Video: CAIR Rep on NC Assault
ARABIC VIDEO: CAIR REP DISCUSSES ASSAULT ON NC PALESTINIAN STUDENTS
Video: CAIR Rep on Sunni-Shia Relations in U.S.
VIDEO: CAIR REP ON SUNNI-SHIA RELATIONS IN U.S. (CNN)
CAIR-CA: El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz Scholarships
CAIR SEEKS APPLICANTS FOR MALCOLM X SCHOLARSHIPS (SACRAMENTO, CA, 2/5/07) – The Sacramento Valley chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SV) is seeking applicants for five $1,000 “El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X)” scholarships. Eligibility: * Currently enrolled high school seniors who are eligible to attend a two or four-year college, university, or vocational/technical school.* […]