Advertisers Drop Savage Program Over Autism Remarks
Michael Savage, the incendiary radio host who last week characterized nearly every child with autism as “a brat who hasn’t been told to cut the act out,” said in a telephone interview on Monday that he stood by his remarks and had no intention of apologizing to those advocates and parents who have called for […]
CAIR-Chicago: Official Forwards Anti-Muslim E-Mail
An e-mail sent by Frankfort Township assessor Paul Ruff to many in the Frankfort/Mokena area is filled with anti-Muslim sentiments.The e-mail, circulated in June, said America should follow the lead of Australia’s former prime minister John Howard, who said Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law should get out of Australia.“Once you are […]
CAIR: Obama Clothing Ban Puzzles Mideast Experts
An Obama campaign ban on green clothing during the candidate’s visits to Israel and Jordan has created wide puzzlement among observers of the Middle East.In a memo to reporters, described as “a few guidelines we sent staff before departure to the Middle East,” Obama advance staffer Peter Newell laid out rules on attire for Jordan […]
CAIR: Israelis, Palestinians Look to Obama with Hope, Skepticism
As Barack Obama heads into the world’s most complicated region in a bid to establish his foreign-policy credentials as a presidential hopeful, Israelis and Palestinians are voicing a mixture of hope, skepticism and curiosity. The Illinois Democratic senator, who arrives here Tuesday from visits to Iraq and Afghanistan, has promised a new approach to U.S. […]
CAIR-OK: Muslims Speak out Against Obama Cartoon
A satirical cartoon depicting U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama has caused a stir with some Oklahoma Muslim leaders.Razi Hashmi, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Oklahoma chapter, said the cartoon illustration on the July 21 cover of The New Yorker magazine is offensive to Muslims in more ways than one.The illustration was […]
SC State Sen. Posts Osama-Obama Photo
South Carolina State Senator Kevin Bryant has removed a classy photo from his website showing Osama Bin Laden next to Barack Obama with text claiming the difference between them is “just a little B.S.” Update: Interview with Bryant added below. The photo was highlighted by Wonkette and The Hill, among other sites, and when I […]
Islamic Mutual Fund Outperformed the Market
The funny thing about faith-based mutual funds is, well, that there’s anything called a faith-based mutual fund. For one thing, Scripture is full of exhortations against accumulating wealth. The New Testament, especially, repeatedly reminds followers of Christ that earthly wealth means nothing in heaven. “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye […]
DC: Lieberman to Speak to Hagee’s Group
Sen. Joe Lieberman will speak tonight at a conference hosted by the controversial pastor John Hagee. Hagee was spurned by presumed Republican presidential nominee John McCain for his claim that God sent Adolf Hitler to help Jews reach the promised land. A Lieberman spokesman on Monday confirmed that the independent Connecticut senator plans to speak […]
Presidential Candidates and Their ‘Irreverent Reverends’
John McCain’s pastors have gone to ground. It’s been a rough year for the Republican presidential candidate’s prominent evangelical supporters. The Rev. John Hagee got in hot water for suggesting that God was behind the Holocaust and that the Roman Catholic Church is a “great whore.” The Rev. Rod Parsley had some uncharitable thoughts on […]
Israel Fears Scathing U.S. Report on Its West Bank Policies
The United States security coordinator for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, retired general James Jones, is preparing an extremely critical report of Israel’s policies in the territories and its attitude toward the Palestinian Authority’s security services. A few copies of the report’s executive summary (or, according to some sources, a draft of it) have been given to […]