MI: Federal Prosecutor Seeks Reports of Mosque Spying
The top federal prosecutor in Detroit has encouraged Muslims to report allegations the FBI hired informants to infiltrate mosques and spy on leaders and worshipers. (Full Article)
FBI Meets with Muslims to Quell Spy Allegations
Federal law enforcement officers met with a group of Arab American leaders today to combat rumors the FBI is forcing people of Middle Eastern ties to work as informants. Over the past six months, the rumors have intensified that FBI agents are coercing people across the country to spy for the agency at mosques and […]
Mich. Muslims Say FBI Mosque Informants Cause Strains
A task force formed after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 to bring Arab- and Muslim-Americans together with local and federal authorities became a national model. But members say recent allegations that the FBI hired informants to infiltrate mosques have shaken the group’s foundation. (Full Article)
CAIR: Muslims Mediate for US-Iran Journalist
America’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group is preparing to send a delegation to Iran in a mediation effort seeking the release of jailed American journalist Roxana Saberi. “We are hoping to secure Ms. Saberi’s release and to remove a roadblock to better relations between our two nations,” Nihad Awad, Executive Director of the […]
CAIR-FL: Anti-Islam summit Sought to Avoid Dialogue
Poor George Orwell, dying before blogs were born. He’d have had a field day with the folks behind the Free Speech Summit, who have proven themselves adept at silencing debate. That summit was staged last night, not at the Delray Beach Marriott as originally planned but at an undisclosed location in Boca Raton. Though organizers […]
Video: Jailed Texas Imam Speaks from Immigration Prison
We look at the case of Sheikh Zoubir Bouchikhi, who has been held without bail at a private immigration prison in Houston for the past four months. Bouchikhi, a native of Algeria, has lived in the United States for the past eleven years and has four children, three of them American-born citizens. In 2007, he […]
Surveillance Effort Draws Civil Liberties Concern
A growing number of big-city police departments and other law enforcement agencies across the country are embracing a new system to report suspicious activities that officials say could uncover terrorism plots but that civil liberties groups contend might violate individual rights. Here and in nearly a dozen other cities, including Boston, Chicago and Miami, officers […]
CAIR: Religious Leaders Urge Caution During Flu Outbreak
In the midst of a swine flu scare, Sacramento religious leaders are recommending caution when it comes to certain worship practices, including sharing Communion cups. The Catholic Diocese of Sacramento is urging parishioners to give “careful consideration” to several traditional observances, according to a letter that will be read during Mass in the 20- county […]
CAIR-LA: Reflections at 40th Manzanar Pilgrimage
MANZANAR – Forty years after a group of 100 to 200 went back to the desolate site of the Manzanar concentration camp, more than 2,000 returned to the desert on a windy, cool day to reflect on the Japanese American internment experience and the lessons it continues to teach about racism and tolerance… Thirteen buses […]
WA: In Seattle, Somalis Denounce Terrorism, Piracy
SEATTLE — With headlines about pirates hijacking ships and terrorist groups recruiting their countrymen to fight in Africa, Somali community leaders in the Seattle area are speaking out in an effort to counter negative public perception. (More)