CAIR-OK: EEOC Shows Shunning Muslims is a Rising Trend
A religious discrimination complaint filed on behalf of a Muslim teen alleging she was turned away from a job because of her headscarf is the latest example of a rising trend, officials said.The teen, who has not been identified, said she was denied employment after applying for a job at an Abercrombie & Fitch clothing […]
CAIR-OK: Muslim Teen Not First to Complain
Abercrombie & Fitch, the megaclothier that’s accused of not hiring a Muslim teenager because she wears a religiously mandated head scarf, has a history of discrimination complaints. The unnamed Tulsa teenager, who has not responded to requests for an interview, filed a complaint with the Oklahoma office of the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in […]
CAIR-OK: Agency Issues Discrimination Guidelines
Citing changing demographics and a steady increase in complaints from people of faith, a federal agency recently released an updated compliance manual on religious discrimination in the workplace.The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the guidance after consulting with religious groups, employers and labor organizations. The number of religious-discrimination charges reported to the agency has […]
CAIR-DFW: Texas Employers Answer Prayer Room Requests
Manzur Mahmud used to hide when he prayed.He’d duck down in his cubicle at Dallas’ Texas Instruments or scramble to a friend’s office to conduct two of his five daily Muslim prayers. Now the Bangladeshi engineer walks down the corridor and enters a small prayer room. North Texas companies are increasingly making space for quiet […]
NY: Muslim Volunteers Help Fight Hunger on Long Island
It was Muslim Serve Day at the Mary Brennan soup kitchen in Hempstead. Wearing a bright smile beneath her white head scarf, volunteer Homa Khowaja, a recent graduate of Stony Brook University, was popping delicate cherry tomatoes and carrot pieces into 400 cups of salad. Nearby Zamir Hassan, a computer consultant, was tasting the rice […]
VA: Christian Pastors Found Hospitality, Tolerance on 1.5 Year Iran Trip
Two Christian pastors have returned to Martinsville after a year and a half of study in Iran, where they set out to learn and build trust and love between the people of both nations. Husband and wife David Wolfe and Linda Kusse-Wolfe, both Quaker ministers, studied Islam and Iranian culture at the Imam Khomeini Education […]
GA: Pastor Tries to Bridge Gap with Christians, Muslims
During lunch 18 months ago, Dr. Ben Johnson had an epiphany as Dr. Aisha Jumaan, a Muslim, spoke to him about her faith and her experience of God. “It came to me that this woman loves and worships the same God I do,” says Johnson, a Christian. “I had this sharpened awareness that in that […]
NJ: Imam Finds Passionate Ally in Rabbi
One witness’s testimony riveted the courtroom at the deportation trial of a Muslim spiritual leader accused by U.S. officials of having had ties to Hamas. It was the account of David Senter, an Orthodox-trained rabbi from Pompton Lakes, in defense of Imam Mohammad Qatanani as a man of peace and love and an asset to […]
KS: Muslims Begin to Copy the Megachurch Multi-site Model
Mosques across the country are beginning to use a model similar to the one used by some megachurches, operating multiple sites to serve a large and dispersed congregation. Many of these “mosque chains” brand themselves as progressive and sometimes feature gymnasiums and mixed-gender prayer areas for men and women. Some groups even have weekly services […]
White House Officials Told FBI to Blame Anthrax Scare on Al Qaeda
WASHINGTON – In the immediate aftermath of the 2001 anthrax attacks, White House officials repeatedly pressed FBI Director Robert Mueller to prove it was a second-wave assault by Al Qaeda, but investigators ruled that out, the Daily News has learned. After the Oct. 5, 2001, death from anthrax exposure of Sun photo editor Robert Stevens, […]