President Bush to Close Guantanamo?
President Bush will soon decide whether to close Guantanamo Bay as a prison for al-Qaeda suspects, sources tell ABC News. High-level discussions among top advisers have escalated in the past week, with the most senior administration officials in continuous talks about the future of the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay–and how it will be dramatically […]
The Ongoing Persecution of Sami Al-Arian
There are few prospects in the justice system so grimly awful as when the feds decide never to let go. Rebuffed in their persecutions of some target by juries, or by contrary judges, they shift ground, betray solemn agreements, dream up new stratagems to exhaust their victims, drive them into bankruptcy, despair and even to […]
CAIR-MI: Palestinian Archbishop Calls for American Support
The top Christian leader for Palestinians is in metro Detroit this week, offering words of hope for Palestinians and criticizing Israeli occupation. His visit comes during a national convention in Dearborn for the American Federation of Ramallah, the biggest annual gathering of Palestinians in the United States.Archbishop Theodosius Attallah Hanna, of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate […]
Reject Endorsement of Intolerant Clergy
The pilgrim is making little progress. In a futile effort to convince faith-voters that he is one of them, John McCain paid a visit to the Grahams of North Carolina — father Billy and son Franklin. After the meeting, not a word was said about the Grahams’ past indiscretions concerning Muslims or Jews and neither, […]
LA: Muslim Leader to Help Erase Racist Sign
They say they are going to pull up desecrated ground. Members of various churches representing several faiths plan to spend part of their Fourth of July holiday at a Metairie residence. They plan to pull up racist symbols that somebody chemically etched into the grass. Then they will put down new grass. Roman Catholic and […]
VT: Group Seeks Anti-Al-Jazeera Referendum
Rebuffed by two city committees, a group that wants to get Al-Jazeera English off the city’s cable television system is seeking to put the matter to voters in a referendum. The Defenders Council of Vermont, which says its mission is to “support our armed services and educate Vermont’s citizens about the nature, reality, and threat […]
AR: Exhibit Aims to Shatter US Stereotypes of Islam
In the months following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Princess Wijdan Al Hashemi and her friend Aliki Moschis-Gauguet noticed that the only depictions they saw of Muslim women showed figures behind veils, oppressed by their cultures. Moschis-Gauget said, “‘Do you see what’s going on the media?… Muslim women are being portrayed as women living behind […]
IL: Summer Fashions for the Modern but Modest
For the many Muslim women who choose to wear modest clothing outside their homes, summertime fashion can be a challenge. Religious guidelines that suggest women wear head scarves, long-sleeved shirts and pants or long skirts are easy to follow during Chicago’s long, cold winters. The challenge comes when the weather heats up and the store […]
CAIR-Houston: Residents Upset Over Quran Distribution
The distribution of Qurans in a southwest Houston neighborhood has some residents worried about the motives of the group who dispersed the Islamic book.An English translation of the Quran began appearing two weeks ago on the doorsteps of hundred of homes in the BraesTimbers neighborhood. The books came in plastic bags with a note attached […]
CAIR-OH: Vigil for Gas Station Shooting Victim
When FOX 8 aired video this week of a man being shot as he pumped gas at an east side gas station, many Clevelanders were outraged.49-year-old Fazlidden Yakubov, an immigrant from Uzbekistan, had called out to his son in their native language, when a group of men began taunting him.A short time later, someone unleashed […]