Muslims Settle Dispute with Northwest
CAIR-MI: MUSLIMS SETTLE DISPUTE WITH NORTHWEST Local Muslim leaders met Friday with Northwest Airlines officials at the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn to resolve concerns by Muslim pilgrims who were denied entry onto a connecting flight to Detroit. Northwest agreed to reimburse the passengers for extra flight and hotel costs. “The people are satisfied,” […]
CAIR-MI: Northwest, Muslims Settle Clash
CAIR-MI: NORTHWEST, MUSLIMS SETTLE CLASH DEARBORN — Northwest Airlines officials met behind closed doors Friday with some local Muslims who were banned a flight from Germany this month. One of the advocates for the travelers said all issues had been resolved. Both sides agreed not to issue public statements, according to Dawud Walid, executive director […]
Muslims Bring Home Zamzam Water
MUSLIMS BRING HOME REVERED ZAMZAM WATER AFTER ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE It makes perfect sense to carry water to the desert. But why would anyone take the trouble to bring some back? If it is Zamzam water, the answer is 1,400 years old: Muslims returning from the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, value it as a […]
Canada: Doubt Cast on Islamophobes’ Terror Claims
CANADA: DOUBT CAST ON ANANI’S TERRORIST CLAIMS Zachariah Anani, a self-proclaimed former terrorist who now warns against Islam’s so-called teachings of terror against Canada and the West, is imagining his past exploits as a mass murderer, according to a top jihad expert. Tom Quiggin, Canada’s only court-qualified expert on global jihadism and a former RCMP […]
FL: Muslims Honor Prophet Abraham
FL: MUSLIMS HONOR PROPHET AT ULOOM INSTITUTE IN PINES Muslims honored the Prophet Abraham during a recent celebration at Darul Uloom Institute in Pembroke Pines. Eid ul-Adha, or the feast of the sacrifice, commemorates an act by Abraham of utmost devotion and servitude to God, said Imam Maulana Shafayat Mohamed, spiritual leader at the institute […]
CAIR-CA: A Celebration of Abraham
CAIR-CA: COMMON GROUND For the fourth year in a row, Christians, Jews and Muslims will gather together to recognize their common heritage. This year’s “Celebration of Abraham” will take place Sunday, Jan. 28, at St. James Catholic Church in Davis. The goal of the interfaith celebration is to explore the common roots of the three […]
NC: Muslim Group Donates Meat to Charity
NC: MUSLIM GROUP DONATES 300 POUNDS OF MEAT TO CHARITY FOR HOLIDAY The local chapter of the Muslim American Society donated 300 pounds of beef to the North Carolina Food Bank as part of Eid al-Adha, one of the most important holidays of the Islamic calendar. “We need to be partners in this society,” said […]
CAIR-Philly: A Journey to Spiritual Growth
CAIR-PHILLY: A JOURNEY TO SPIRITUAL GROWTH The journey from being Muslim in name only to being a pilgrim in Islam’s holiest city was more than 40 years in the making for Osama Al-Qasem. The marketing manager at a Warminster manufacturing firm didn’t practice the religion of his birth until the wife he had known for […]
PA: Muslims Seek Equality in School Holidays
PA: VALLEY MUSLIMS SEEK EQUALITY IN SCHOOL HOLIDAYS Kulsum Soonasra is one of perhaps 50 Muslims at Parkland High School but 1.5 billion in the world. And, while her argument for public school recognition of Islam’s holiest day isn’t a statistical one, those numbers mean something. “We’re a huge religion,” the 17-year-old junior from Upper […]
Shameful U.S. Islamophobia Spreading
SHAMEFUL U.S. ISLAMOPHOBIA SPREADING Imagine the scene: The year is 1492, two tribal leaders are standing on the seashore as a ship drops anchor and several smaller boats make their way toward land. One of the tribal leaders turns to the other and says: “We need to overhaul immigration or before you know it there […]