CAIR: Muslim workers Claim Wrongful Terminations (Jurist)
Muslim union workers at the JBS Swift & Co. meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colorado have filed grievances and wrongful termination claims stemming from alleged employment conflicts with their observance of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Initially there were attempts to work out a deal with Swift that would allow night shift workers to take […]
CAIR: Plant Owner ‘Uncooperative’ in Muslim Prayer Fight
A civil-rights group holds little hope that a week-old dispute between Muslim workers and their bosses at a Greeley slaughterhouse will end quickly, based on the company’s recent response in a similar standoff in Nebraska. A mediation session between Brazilian-owned JBS Swift & Co. and the Council on American-Islamic Relations to discuss issues involving Muslim […]
‘Muslim Massacre’ Game Stirs Debate
A new computer game promoting “modern religious genocide” against followers of the Islamic faith is causing an uproar among Muslims in the Arab world and elsewhere. According to media reports, the game, “Muslim Massacre” (available on a website that appeared to be down Monday morning), allows players to be in control of an “American hero” […]
Pro-McCain Group Dumps Terror Scare DVDs in Swing States
(UPDATE 9/13 – 70 newspapers in swing states have been paid to distribute Obsession this weekend and next, which means not all of the DVDs have been delivered yet. Check the list at the end of this post to see if your newspaper is one of them, and let them know how you feel about […]
Anti-Muslim Film by Pro-Israel Partisan Boosts McCain
You do the hanky-panky and you smear the other guy That’s what it’s all about. Yes, the right-wing pro-Israel crowd is up to its usual shenanigans I’m afraid…and going about it in their typically sly, surreptitious way. Greg Mitchell reports that the Clarion Fund, founded by Israeli-Canadian Raphael Shore, is distributing 28-million copies of the […]
Papers Deliver Millions of ‘Terror’ DVDs in ‘Swing States’
The arrival of tens of millions of DVDs of a controversial film on doorsteps around the nation — but almost exclusively in election “swing states” — via newspaper home delivery continues this weekend, with explanatory articles and subscriber feedback appearing on some of the papers’ Web sites. The DVDs of the 60-minute film, made in […]
Controversial Film on Islam Delivered Nationwide
Bundled in home-delivered editions of The News & Observer today is a paid insert featuring a controversial DVD on Islam that has stirred anger nationwide. The documentary, “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West,” features scenes of Muslim children being encouraged to become suicide bombers, interspersed with those of Nazi rallies. The two-year-old film was […]
GOP Should Accept Muslim-Americans (Atlanta Journal)
I never expected to spend the first day of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, in the Twin Cities for the Republican National Convention. Many Republicans did not expect a person like me to be there either. From the minute I stepped into the airport in Minneapolis, I met uncomfortable glances in my direction. The reason? […]
CAIR-FL: Myths, Stereotypes of Islam Hide the Truth
Ask the average person what they know about Islam, they might say, “It is the religion of the Arabs” or “Jihad means holy war.”Some would even say that the Quran, Islam’s revealed text, “promises terrorists 72 virgins when they die.”Unfortunately, there are many myths and stereotypes about Islam. The “72 virgins” belief is probably the […]
CAIR: Muslims Rap DVD Ad in Swing State Newspapers
A decision by The Charlotte Observer and other newspapers to distribute as paid advertising a DVD about Islamic fundamentalism brought objections Friday from Muslims, who condemned the documentary as “hate speech.”The DVD – called “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West” – was inserted in about 200,000 copies of today’s Observer.More than 70 other U.S. […]