Video: Minn. Bill Would Ban Hijab on Driver’s Photos
Click here to watch the video. Most people don’t like their driver’s license picture, but if a state lawmaker has his way, one group of Minnesotans said they are going to like theirs even less. State Rep. Steve Gottwalt of St. Cloud is trying to pass a bill that would ban any kind of headwear […]
OK: Law Would Ban Hijab in Driver’s Photos
On Monday, the House Judiciary Committee approved a proposal that would prohibit people from wearing anything on their heads in their driver’s license photo. Committee Chairman Rex Duncan, R-Sand Springs, took another legislator’s bill (that was designed to deal with a completely different issue) and persuaded the committee to put in his ban on eyeglasses, […]
FL: Muslims Featured in ‘Unseen America’ Photo Project
The faces of Muslims are framed in an art exhibition at Reitz Union that offers a window into their lives and culture. University of Florida students Mohamed-Eslam Mohamed, Asaad Musba, Charissa Dawn Scott and Hena Waseem and UF graduate Muhsin Aziz Ahmad were asked to take pictures that documented Muslim life from a part of […]
Muslim Journalist with Valid Visa Denied Entry to U.S.
[The writer is president and founder of Search for Common Ground, a Washington-based nonprofit organization that works to find peaceful solutions to conflict around the world.] On Jan. 26, my office received a call from an immigration agent at Dulles International Airport, who said that my colleague Rashad Bukhari had been refused entry to the […]
CAIR-LA Rep Speaks at Day of Remembrance of Japanese Internment
On Feb. 19, 1942, President Frank­lin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 that authorized the Japanese American internment during World War II. On Saturday, the Japanese American National Museum held the 21st annual Day of Remembrance event that commemorates the signing of that document. Like previous years, this event was not only about the Japanese […]
CAIR-LA: Muslims Say FBI Surveillance Has Chilling Effect
The Islamic Center of Irvine is a beige stucco building that blends into the rows of office buildings surrounding it. But last week, it became the most publicized mosque in California with disclosures that the FBI sent an informant there to spy and collect evidence of jihadist rhetoric and other allegedly extremist acts by a […]
CAIR-LA: Retaliation Blamed for Arrest of Calif. Muslim
SANTA ANA – Ahmadullah Sais Niazi, a Tustin man accused of lying about possible terrorist ties, including having a brother-in-law suspected of being the security coordinator for Osama bin Laden, is scheduled to be arraigned in federal court this morning.Niazi faces several immigration-related charges, such as lying to obtain citizenship and a U.S. passport, and […]
NC: Duke’s Muslim Chaplain Builds Community Out of Diversity
One of the best things to happen to Duke during my time here was the arrival last fall of Abdullah Antepli, Duke’s first-ever Muslim Chaplain. For those of you keeping score, the only other American universities with a full-time Muslim chaplain are Princeton, Yale and Georgetown. I was wary of writing this column, dreading the […]
ACLU: Fusion Center Encourages Improper Investigations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: (202) 675-2312; media@dcaclu.org WASHINGTON – A Texas fusion center’s “Prevention Awareness Bulletin” made public last night is the latest example of inappropriate police intelligence operations targeting political, religious and social activists for investigation. The North Central Texas Fusion System bulletin states that it is “imperative for law enforcement officers to report” […]
CAIR-OK: Hijab Gives Testimony to Muslim Faith
Lobna Hewedi welcomes questions about her hijab, a traditional head scarf worn by Muslim women.The hijab serves as a symbol of her Muslim faith and an entry point for interfaith dialogue when people at fuel stations and grocery store checkout lines stare at the Norman woman’s apparel.“My feeling is that most of the time when […]