CAIR-CA Congratulates New Monterey County Bishop
CAIR-CA CONGRATULATES RICHARD GARCIA ON HIS APPOINTMENT AS BISHOP (SACRAMENTO, CA, 2/5/2007) – The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) today congratulated Richard Garcia on his appointment as Bishop of the Diocese of Monterey, California. In a multilingual ceremony this week, the Diocese of Monterey officially installed the fourth bishop in its […]
CAIR-St. Louis: FBI, ICE, CIS to Meet with Muslim Community
CAIR-ST. LOUIS: FBI, ICE, CIS TO MEET WITH MUSLIM COMMUNITY (MANCHESTER, MO, 2/5/07) – On February 9th, the St. Louis chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-St. Louis) and the Adult Education Committee of the Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis will host a town hall meeting with representatives of the FBI, U.S. Citizenship […]
CAIR: Police Officers Punished for Alleged Harassment
CAIR: POLICE OFFICERS PUNISHED FOR ALLEGED HARASSMENT OKLAHOMA CITY — A police officer in the small eastern Oklahoma town of Webbers Falls was fired and another was demoted after a Muslim woman claimed they harassed her about her religion during a traffic stop in November, a town official confirmed Thursday. The town’s council members agreed […]
CAIR-Chicago: Mosque Cheers Salah Verdict
CAIR-CHICAGO: BRIDGEVIEW MOSQUE CHEERS SALAH VERDICT Moments after learning that Muhammad Salah was cleared Thursday afternoon of federal charges of helping to fund terrorism, Abubakr Meah rushed out of the Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview grinning and waving a thumbs-up to a passing vehicle. The driver honked his horn and waved in approval. Standing next to […]
NJ: Mental Care Providers Learn to Understand Muslim Patients
NJ: MENTAL CARE PROVIDERS LEARN HOW TO UNDERSTAND MUSLIM PATIENTS PATERSON — Ancient. Clannish. Observant. Diverse. Exotic. Rehan Seyam wrote each answer down after asking her audience to free-associate on the term Arab-American. The exercise was part of an awareness training called “working with the Arab-American community” at Barnert Hospital on Thursday, conducted by Seyam, […]
NJ: Corrections Officer Fired for Being Muslim?
NJ: FIRED FOR BEING A MUSLIM? A case of locker room ribbing and flat out abuse of power, that’s what a New Jersey corrections officer said is exactly what his colleagues did to him — all because of his Muslim faith. One image shows the body of a camel with the head of a Passaic […]
TX: Detention of Palestinian Children Draws Criticism
TX: FAMILY CAN’T STAY, CAN’T GO Four years ago, members of the Ibrahim family sat in a Dallas immigration courtroom and calmly cataloged the years of violence in their Palestinian village: the deaths of children, the bombs and beatings. But now, denied asylum and confined for a third consecutive month inside a pair of Texas […]
IL: Two Men Acquitted of Conspiracy to Fund Hamas
IL: TWO MEN ACQUITTED OF CONSPIRACY TO FUND HAMAS ACTIVITIES IN ISRAEL A federal jury in Chicago acquitted two men yesterday of charges that they were part of a long-running conspiracy to finance Hamas activities in Israel — marking the latest defeat for the Justice Department in cases involving support for radical Palestinian groups. Abdelhaleem […]
GA: Mayor Converts to Islam, Wants Name Change
GA: ELLIS SAYS HE’S CONVERTED TO ISLAM AND WANTS NAME CHANGE Macon Mayor Jack Ellis has converted to Islam and is working to legally change his name to Hakim Mansour Ellis. The mayor, raised as a Christian, said Thursday that he has been studying the Koran for years and made the religious switch at a […]
GA: US Mayor Converts to Islam
US MAYOR CONVERTS TO ISLAM MACON, Ga. – Macon Mayor Jack Ellis has converted to Islam and is now working to legally change his name to Hakim Mansour Ellis. Ellis, who was raised Christian, said Thursday that he became a Sunni Muslim during a December ceremony in the west African nation of Senegal. Ellis said […]