U.S. Muslims’ Beliefs Vary Like Other Believers
U.S. MUSLIMS’ BELIEFS VARY LIKE OTHER BELIEVERS, AUTHOR FINDS Most Americans don’t know many Muslims, familiar only with those whose names evoke fear, hatred and defiance. But others are curious, even concerned, about Islam, its American adherents and the creeping fundamentalism we’ve heard so much about. A new book by Paul M. Barrett, a Business […]
CA: Mosques Enlisted to Help Fight Breast Cancer
CA: MOSQUES ENLISTED TO BATTLE TABOO Inland mosques and public health researchers in Los Angeles hope to improve breast cancer awareness among Muslim women through local educational programs and a broader study of attitudes about the disease. Muslim women get breast cancer less frequently than the general population — largely because of cultural and religious […]
ME: Feds Won’t Charge Man Who Rolled Pig’s Head Into Mosque
NO CHARGES AGAINST MAN WHO ROLLED PIG’S HEAD INTO MOSQUE LEWISTON Maine – U.S. prosecutors are not pursuing charges against a man who rolled a pig’s head into a mosque. Brent Matthews faces a state misdemeanor charge of desecration of a place of worship. State prosecutors also won a court order requiring him to stay […]
Il est interdit de lapider les femmes!
IL EST INTERDIT DE LAPIDER LES FEMMES! (LA PRESSE) FREE TRANSLATIONhttp://www.google.com/language_tools
Canadian Village Acts on Anti-Muslim Stereotypes
CANADIAN VILLAGE ADOPTS DOCUMENT BASED ON ANTI-MUSLIM STEREOTYPES The Quebec village of Hérouxville, 1300 inhabitants, has formally banned this week the stoning of women, face veils, female genital mutilation, or throwing acid at unveiled women’s faces, reports Montreal daily La Presse. André Drouin, a municipal counselor in Hérouxville, told La Presse, a document detailing the […]
Islam-Basher to Speak in Michigan
MI: SPEAKER CHALLENGES ISLAMIC CULTURE WYOMING — Nonie Darwish remembers being told as a child living in Gaza never to take candy from a stranger because it might be a Jew trying to poison her. Such was her education as the daughter of an Egyptian military leader who terrorized Israel before his martyrdom in 1956. […]
CA: Shots Fired at Islamic Center
CA: ISLAMIC CENTER ATTACKS TAKE MORE VIOLENT TURN Repeated vandalism at the Islamic Center of the East Bay over the past two years has some local Muslims concerned. The most recent and violent came last week, when clergy workers arrived at the Antioch center Monday morning to discover that someone had shot up the center […]
Israel to Buy US Bomb Kits for $100 M
ISRAEL TO BUY US BOMB KITS FOR $100M The Israeli air force has decided to buy smart munitions kits from the Chicago-based Boeing aerospace company for an estimated $100 million, Israeli defense officials said Monday. The Jerusalem Post daily said the planned purchase was for the Joint Direct Attack Munition, or JDAM, which converts conventional […]
Israel ‘Broke US Arms Deal Terms’
ISRAEL ‘BROKE US ARMS DEAL TERMS’ Israel probably violated the terms of its arms deals with Washington by using US-made cluster bombs in Lebanon last year, a US government report says. The state department looked into Israel’s use of cluster bombs in civilian areas of southern Lebanon during its conflict with Hezbollah. US-made weapons are […]
MN: Open House Lifts Veil of Mystery at Islamic Center
MN: OPEN HOUSE LIFTS VEIL OF MYSTERY AT ISLAMIC CENTER Like many people in Rochester, Bill and Peggy Marshall have often wondered about the downtown Islamic Center, the people who worship there and what they believe. On Saturday morning, at the first in a series of monthly open houses sponsored by the mosque, they got […]