AZ: Jewish-Muslim PeaceWalk
The sixth annual Jewish-Muslim PeaceWalk Tucson will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday. The two-mile walk starts at Congregation Or Chadash, 3939 N. Alvernon Way. People of all faiths who believe a peaceful co-existence is possible are invited to join in the event, organizers say. Afterward, participants can gather for a meal, beginning at 5:30 p.m., […]
CAIR-MN: Muslim Group Asks Holder to Probe Headscarves Proposals
The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations has asked Attorney General Eric Holder to determine whether proposed legislation in Minnesota and Oklahoma, which could prohibit headscarves in driver’s license photographs, would violate the U.S. Constitution. The council, which is the United States’ largest Islamic civil liberties and advocacy group, has contended that if passed both bills […]
CAIR-OK: Muslm Group Questions Driver’s License Bill
An American Islamic group asked U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Wednesday to determine whether legislation in Oklahoma and Minnesota prohibiting the wearing of religiously required head scarves in driver’s license photos is constitutional.In Oklahoma, language was added to a measure in committee that would not allow “hats, head scarves, head garments, bandanas, prescription or nonprescription […]
CAIR-LA: Man Claiming to be FBI Informant Spins Quite a Tale
…Monteilh said his assignment was to infiltrate mosques in Irvine, Tustin, Anaheim, Culver City, West Covina and San Pedro. His contact on the outside was an “FBI Agent Armstrong.” Monteilh was certain others were sent to infiltrate Southern California mosques as well.He arrived at the Islamic Center of Irvine in 2006 and befriended members, using […]
CA: Muslim Candidate Targeted Over Faith
Southeast Los Angeles County, which has struggled for years with public corruption investigations and bruising politics, is emerging from Tuesday’s municipal elections with a pair of black eyes. . . Over the weekend, Bell City Council candidate Ali Saleh was alerted about fliers someone found at a local grocery store. Someone superimposed Saleh’s face on […]
CAIR-OH: Muslims in U.S. More Satisfied with Life
Muslims in the United States are far more likely to say that they are thriving than are their counterparts in most other countries, a poll released today showed.Forty-one percent of American Muslims reported that they were thriving, trailing only the percentages in Germany and Saudi Arabia. They were far more likely to be more satisfied […]
Gallup Survey on U.S. Muslims Includes Essay by CAIR Director
Click here to read the full Gallup survey report.What is the most important thing Muslim Americans must do in the next 5 to 10 years?By Nihad Awad[Nihad Awad is the Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Washington, D.C.-based grassroots membership organization that seeks to empower the North American Muslim community through […]
CAIR-OK: Muslims Define Themselves Through Outreach
“None of you truly believe,” the Prophet Mohammad told his followers, “Until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.”President Obama recently quoted that statement at the National Prayer Breakfast. The president said in his Inaugural Address that the United States is reaching out to the Muslim world in a “spirit of mutual […]
Poll Finds U.S. Muslims Thriving (NY Times)
A Gallup poll of Muslims in the United States has found that they are far more likely than people in Muslim countries to see themselves as thriving. n fact, the only countries where Muslims are more likely to see themselves as thriving are Saudi Arabia and Germany, according to the poll. And yet, within the […]
U.S. Islamophobes Tied to Far-Right European Group
The fiercely anti-Islam Dutch MP Geert Wilders has been traveling through the U.S. this week on a highly-publicised trip to meet with politicians, promote his controversial film ‘Fitna’, and raise money for his legal defence back home. Although Wilders’s stated goal has been to campaign for free speech, his trip has been sponsored and promoted […]