MI: Religious Leaders Support Mosque
MI: RELIGIOUS LEADERS JOIN IN SUPPORT OF MOSQUE In a show of unity, religious leaders linked arms Thursday in front of a Detroit mosque that was vandalized this week with graffiti that read “Go Home 9-11 Murderers.” Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and Arab leaders joined together at the old Islamic Center of America to condemn the […]
MI: Religious Leaders Decry Mosque Vandalism
MI: CHRISTIANS, JEWS JOIN MUSLIMS DETROIT — In a striking display of determination to stand against hatred and bigotry, about 30 leaders of the Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities in Metro Detroit gathered Thursday to say that vandalism and other incidents at four mosques in the past month are attacks not only against Islam, but […]
NC: Campus Brawl Brings FBI
NC: CAMPUS BRAWL BRINGS FBI Two more Guilford College football players were charged Thursday with beating a group of Palestinian students during a drunken weekend brawl, and the FBI is investigating whether a hate crime occurred on the small Quaker campus. Five members of the Greensboro school’s football team now face charges of assault and […]
AFI/Discovery Channel Call for Documentary Film Entries
SILVERDOCS CALLS FOR FILM ENTRIES: DOCUMENTARY FEATURES AND SHORTS SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival is a six-day international Festival held each June, just outside Washington, DC. Created through a unique alliance between the American Film Institute and the Discovery Channel, SILVERDOCS honors the creativity and passion of independent filmmakers and the power of the moving […]
CAIR-LA: Media and Civil Rights Activism Workshop
CAIR-LA: MEDIA AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISM WORKSHOP (ANAHEIM, CA, 1/26/07) – The Southern California office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) and the Islamic Institute of Orange County will present a workshop called “Activism 101,” in which participants will learn how to engage the media and to protect their civil rights. WHAT: Activism 101 […]
CAIR-CAN: Government Settles with Detained Muslim
CAIR-CAN APPLAUDS GOVERNMENT SETTLEMENT WITH MAHER ARAR (OTTAWA, CANADA, 1/26/07) – The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) applauds the settlement reached today with Maher Arar over his illegal detention and torture in Syria after the RCMP wrongly labeled him an Islamic extremist. The settlement comes after two reports were handed down by Justice Dennis […]
CAIR Hosts Reception for Outgoing Saudi Ambassador
CAIR HONORS PRINCE TURKI AL-FAISAL Washington, Jan. 25, SPA — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) held at the council’s headquarters in Washington last night a reception party in honor of the Saudi Ambassador to the United States, Prince Turki Al-Faisal. At the beginning of the ceremony, Prince Turki delivered a speech in which he […]
Carter: ‘Apartheid’ an Accurate Description of West Bank
JIMMY CARTER DEFENDS ‘PEACE NOT APARTHEID’ Apartheid is a word that is an accurate description of what has been going on in the West Bank, and it’s based on the desire or avarice of a minority of Israelis for Palestinian land. It’s not based on racism. Those caveats are clearly made in the book. This […]
UK: Muslims Get Angry at ‘Bad Guy’ Film Images
FROM ALADDIN TO LOST ARK, MUSLIMS GET ANGRY AT ‘BAD GUY’ FILM IMAGES Popular films ranging from Hollywood blockbusters to children’s cartoons are depicting “crude and exaggerated” stereotypes of Muslims and perpetuating Islamophobia, according to a study published today. A report by the Islamic Human Rights Commission argues that films as diverse as The Siege, […]
American Muslim Woman Featured on ‘Oprah’
AMERICAN MUSLIM WOMAN FEATURED ON OPRAH For devout Muslim Mubarakah, a 30-year-old mother of four, life in her 30s is about family and career. Married for 14 years, Mubarakah never had to worry about the dating scene. “Dating in Islam is forbidden,” she says. “When you meet someone and you’re talking to them, the purpose […]