CAIR-CA: Muslim Student Heads Toward Leadership Conference
TEMECULA —- Next month, 17-year-old Monsura Sirajee will receive a firsthand lesson in how state government works as part of a leadership conference for Islamic students held in Sacramento.The high school senior hopes the conference will advance a cause that has recently become dear to her: the fight to prevent persecution of members of the […]
VA: Station Drops Savage Show Over Autism Cracks
After comments blasting autism as just another over-diagnosed American problem, controversial radio personality Michael Savage has been dumped by a Charlottesville station. And for at least one local talk-radio host, the dismissal of “The Savage Nation” comes none too soon. “As the father of a six-year-old boy who has been diagnosed with autism,” says WINA […]
VA: Al-Arian Judge Seeks Record Review
A federal judge in Virginia has indicated that she wants to review the grand jury record that led to criminal contempt charges of a Palestinian Arab activist and former college professor, Sami Al-Arian. The order by Judge Leonie Brinkema of U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., may be nothing more than a signal that she […]
Hungry for Justice to Present Objections to HLF Retrial
Dallas Peace Center’s Hadi Jawad deems the government’s case against the Holy Land Foundation is weak and wasteful, and the proceedings undermine U.S. law, due process, and the civil liberties of Americans. Jawad along with other Hungry for Justice coalition members which represent national and regional civil rights and interfaith organizations will gather at Dallas […]
VA Terror Prosecutor Accused of Anti-Muslim Bias
A federal prosecutor who has led a series of investigations into Islamic militants and Muslim groups based in Virginia, Gordon Kromberg, may soon be facing a trial of sorts himself, if defense lawyers get their way. Attorneys for a former Florida college professor who pleaded guilty two years ago to aiding Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Sami […]
CAIR-PA: Local Doctor Wants to Help Iraqi Refugees
They intersect in the life of Dr. Mazhar Rishi, a resident of Kennett Square, Pa., and president of the medical staff at St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington.Rishi, a colonel in the Air Force reserves and a peace activist, believes in aiding refugees of the Iraq War.An estimated 2 million Iraqis have fled to neighboring countries […]
Video: ICNA Rep Discusses ‘Why Islam’ Subway Ads on CNN
Azeem Khan of the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) discusses on CNN an informational advertising campaign sponsored by his organization. The print ads, which are scheduled to appear on New York City subway cars from September 15 to October 15, offer a toll-free number (1-877-WHY-ISLAM) to anyone who is interested in learning more about […]
Video: CNN Report on NY Subway Ad Campaign Promoting Islam
CNN’s Mary Snow reports on a new subway ad campaign promoting Islam that’s getting backlash. Click here to see the video.
CA: Muslim Nurses Speak Out on Faith and Patient Care
When Zakiyyah El’Amin, RN, PhD, a Muslim nurse, began her nursing career in a Catholic hospital in Sacramento, Calif., in the 1970s, she did not wear the long flowing head scarf, called “hijab,” seen on many Muslim women. She kept her hair covered in the fashion of African women. People knew she was different, but […]
IA: Imam Hopeful for Renovations at Flooded Mother Mosque
Six weeks after the basement of the Mother Mosque of America filled with muddy water from the Cedar River, its executive director is optimistic about the building’s future. “The mosque will be stronger than it was before,” Imam Taha Tawil said. “Now we are able to make the mosque stronger physically. The windows downstairs were […]