MI: Event Billed as Speech by Ex-Terrorists Draws Ire
MI: EVENT BILLED AS SPEECH BY EX-TERRORISTS DRAWS IRE Although Zachariah Anani is being billed as one of three ex-terrorists who will speak at 7 p.m. in Rackham Auditorium tonight, he said the label doesn’t apply to him. “I wasn’t a terrorist,” he said. “I was only a militant fighter in a civil war.” The […]
CAIR-San Diego: Muslims Meet with Philippine Senator
CAIR-SAN DIEGO: ISLAMIC COMMUNITY MEETS WITH FORMER PHILIPPINE SENATOR (SAN DIEGO, CA, 1/31/07) – A delegation of Filipino American Muslims attended a gathering yesterday for former Philippine Senator Santina Tillah-Rasul. In 1987, Senator Rasul was the first Muslim woman to be elected to the Philippine Senate. The gathering was sponsored by the University of Philippines […]
DC Lecture: Rights for Women with Headscarves in Turkey
CSID LECTURE: HUMAN RIGHTS FOR WOMEN WITH HEADSCARVES IN TURKEY The Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy (CSID) cordially invites you to its upcoming Brown Bag Lecture Series: Human Rights for Women with Headscarves in Turkey Speakers: Fatma Benli and Ayse BasibykIntroduction by Merve Kavakci, former Member of Turkish Parliament WHEN: Wednesday, Jan. […]
Action Alert: Urge Senators to Oppose Iraq Troop Escalation
Action Alert: Urge Senators to Oppose Iraq Troop Escalation CAIR ACTION ALERT #506 URGE SENATORS TO OPPOSE IRAQ TROOP ESCALATION (WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/29/2007) – CAIR is asking members of the American Muslim community and other people of conscience to urge their senators to support a resolution (Senate Concurrent Resolution 2) in the U.S. Senate opposing […]
CAIR-FL: Anonymous Anti-Muslim Flier Raises Ire
CAIR-FL: ANONYMOUS ANTI-MUSLIM FLIER RAISES IRE Joel Harper couldn’t believe his eyes. The piece of paper that hung on his front door didn’t advertise the usual pizza deal or offer to trim his trees. Rather, it was selling a message of hate in the name of God. It accused Muslims of stockpiling anthrax in America […]
CAIR-CA Helps Organize Interfaith Event to Honor Abraham
CAIR-SACRAMENTO VALLEY: RELIGIONS MEET IN THE MIDDLE During a time of global religious divide, members of Christian, Islamic and Jewish faiths are gathering together to find and explore commonalties in their beliefs, rather than focusing on their differences. “Strangers in Our Midst” is the theme for the fourth-annual Celebration of Abraham, which will be held […]
OR: Human Rights Awards Honors Local Mosque
OR: HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS CELEBRATE BEAVERTON’S DIVERSITY Beaverton’s four diversity awards presented Monday night honored citizens working to encourage cultural understanding, diversity awareness, tolerance and acceptance. The Beaverton Human Rights Advisory Commission presented its annual Individual Achievement Award to former Southridge High School theater director Wade Willis. Its Business and Industry Award was given to […]
CAIR: Muslims Slam TV Portrayals as Unfair
CAIR: MUSLIMS SLAM TV PORTRAYALS AS UNFAIR You can’t be a devoted watcher of Fox TV’s “24” and not have questions — about the suitcase nuke attack on Los Angeles, or the fatal neck bite Jack Bauer puts on a terrorist, among other outrageous plot twists. Toqeer A. Chouhan, a 28-year-old Atlanta attorney and Muslim, […]
South African Muslims Seek ‘Travel Treaty’ with US
WE NEED TRAVEL TREATY WITH US, SAY SA MUSLIMS South African Muslims claiming to have been discriminated against by international authorities for their religious beliefs have demanded that the government stand up for their rights. This week eight Muslims and Islamic scholars sent a petition to several South African cabinet ministers and President Thabo Mbeki. […]
NY/NJ: Imam Moves from City Mosque to Suburbia
NY/NJ: A CLERIC’S JOURNEY LEADS TO A SUBURBAN FRONTIER MIDDLETOWN, N.J. – Sheik Reda Shata pushed into Costco behind an empty cart. He wore a black leather jacket over his long, rustling robe, a pocket Koran tucked inside. The imam, a 38-year-old Egyptian, seemed not to notice the stares from other shoppers. He was hunting […]