Obama Says He Used ‘Poor Phrasing’ on Jerusalem
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said on Sunday he used “poor phrasing” in a speech supporting Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel. “You know, the truth is that this was an example where we had some poor phrasing in the speech. And we immediately tried to correct the interpretation that was given,” he said […]
DC: Ex-Diplomat Sentenced for Anti-Arab Threats
A retired Foreign Service officer was sentenced yesterday to one year in prison for making threats against Arab American Institute President James Zogby and other employees there. W. Patrick Syring, 50, who served two tours in Beirut during his 25-year State Department career, pleaded guilty to violating civil rights laws. The charges stem from messages […]
PA Suit: Penn. McDonald’s Served Up Harassment
A Breinigsville woman who says she was denied service at a McDonald’s in Whitehall Township because she is a Muslim filed a federal lawsuit Thursday, claiming her civil rights were violated. Tanveer Walli alleges that a manager at the restaurant, which is in the Wal-Mart off MacArthur Road, behaved rudely and refused to serve her […]
Video: Penn. Muslim Sues McDonald’s for Discrimination
Their motto is more than 99 billion served…but right now, they’re down at least one customer. A Whitehall woman says a local McDonald’s wouldn’t serve her because she is Muslim. So now, she’s serving McDonald’s with a religious discrimination suit. WFMZ’s Stephanie Esposito has the story. Click here to view the video. >>About this time […]
CAIR-TX: Church Plans to Build 150-Foot Tall Crosses
Grace Community church’s Tim Dillard says the idea is to change our moral compass. “What the crosses are there to do is shock people’s paradigm and get people to start thinking about doing something a little bit differently, I think.”But Humanists of Houston president Daniel Strain says the church’s money could be better spent. “I […]
DC: Young Muslims Gather for Leadership Summit
Dr. Naba Sharif, a former pediatric resident at Hasbro Children’s Hospital, in Providence, was one of 25 Muslim Americans selected to speak with national political leaders and public officials shaping national policy during last week’s Young Muslim American Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C. For Sharif, 28, a new graduate of Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical […]
CAIR: Young Muslim-Americans Gather to Network
It was a packed room Thursday on the first floor of the building that houses the Council on American-Islamic Relations, and even though the air conditioner was running full blast, it hardly made a dent in the conversational heat generated by the 50 up-and-coming Muslim-American leaders gathered to network with Hill staffers and snack on […]
MN: New Story Emerging About Imams Kicked Off Flight
Moments after boarding US Airways Flight 300 for Phoenix, Michael McCombie, a 3M sales rep from Santa Clara, Calif., jotted a note and handed it to flight attendant Terri Boatner: “6 suspicious Arabic men on plane, spaced out in their seats. All were together, saying ‘… Allah … Allah …’ cursing U.S. involvement w/Saddaam before […]
NJ: Spanish-Speaking Muslims Find a Home
A common misconception about Islam is that all Muslims come from the Middle East. In fact, there are an estimated 6 million Muslims living in America. Not only do they come from all corners of the world, but many are born and raised in the United States. Here is one Spanish-speaking family’s story. These days, […]
Religion Can Help End Wars, Too
Karl Marx famously called religion the opiate of the masses. My political philosopher friend says Marx was wrong. Religion isn’t like heroin so much as meth, my friend says — something that can whip us into a jagged frenzy, put our teeth on edge, make us agitated, even violent. The specter of violent religion certainly […]