Somali Workers Resolve Language Issue with Macy’s (AP)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations says complaints by Somali employees at an Edina Macy’s have been resolved. The employees had complained that a manager at the Southdale Mall Macy’s store told them they could lose their jobs if they spoke any language besides English at work. According to […]
NY: Empire State Building Shines Green for Eid
For the second year, the Empire State Building will shine its world-famous tower lights in green on Tuesday, September 30 and Wednesday, October 1, 2008 for its annual celebration of Eid-al-Fitr, the “Festival of Fast-breaking,” which marks the end of Ramadan. The lighting for Eid is an annual event in the same tradition of the […]
Ramadan Sees Birth of Emerging Muslim Labor Movement
Hundreds of Muslim workers at two meat processing plants in Colorado and Nebraska walked off the job earlier this month, protesting their employer’s refusal to grant time to pray and break a 12-hour fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.About 100 workers were fired in Greeley, Colo., followed by about 80 in Grand Island, […]
CAIR: Fired Muslim Workers Face Hurdle in Prayer Dispute
An agreement between Muslim workers and a Nebraska meatpacking plant reached late Tuesday could be an outline for an accord in a similar dispute in Greeley, people involved in the discussions say. But a major hurdle in any agreement over Muslim prayer times will be whether 103 workers who were fired for walking away from […]
CAIR-FL: ‘Obsession’ DVD Raises Concerns over Propaganda
One Newspaper In North Carolina Refused To Circulate The DVDhttp://cbs4.com/local/obsession.muslim.religion.2.818889.htmlView the video.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB-U4ELbCsEMIAMI (CBS4)- The documentary, “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West,” a controversial DVD distributed nationally inside certain newspapers, is being alluded to as inflammatory by Muslim groups in South Florida, showing scenes encouraging children to become suicide bombers. Altaf Ali was shocked when […]
Republican Rep Would Bar Entry To, Deport Muslims
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Amid disturbing revelations that the verdicts of Islamic Sharia courts are now legally binding in civil cases in the United Kingdom, U.S. Representative Tom Tancredo (R-Littleton) moved quickly today to introduce legislation designed to protect the United States from a similar fate. According to recent news reports, a new network of Sharia […]
Incitement Watch: GOP Women’s Group Promotes Anti-Muslim Hate
INCITEMENT WATCH: GOP WOMEN’S GROUP PROMOTES ANTI-MUSLIM HATE CAIR has located an online video of a virulent attack on Islam and Muslim by a speaker at a convention of the National Federation of Republican Women held in September 2007. The speaker, a leader of an anti-Islam hate group, is applauded loudly as he calls Islam […]
Video: Muslim Girl Scouts Thrive in Minnesota (CBS)
View the video: Now almost 300 Muslim girls are in 10 mostly Muslim troops in the city. Sara Mustabshira’s family moved here from India 12 years ago. She goes to a private Muslim school where she joined the girl scouts. Her mother says scouting has helped the fifth-grader bridge two worlds – Islam and America. […]
Survey: Most Muslims Practice Religion Faithfully
Kansas City area Muslims are committed to their faith, perhaps even more deeply than Muslims in other parts of the country. For example, 62 percent of area Muslims who responded to an informal Star survey this month said they attend prayer at a mosque once a week or more. That compares with 40 percent in […]
CAIR: Halal Foods Demand Drives Up Availability (Atlanta Journal)
Halal, an Arabic term for “permissible,” means a lot more than “no pork or alcohol.” For example, meat is halal only if the animal is blessed in the name of Allah and then slaughtered facing Mecca.Industry experts say more and more Muslims are choosing to be observant, fueling demand for halal products. Also spurring growth […]