Comic Series a World Class Brand with Muslim Values
What is common between Spider-Man, Batman, and X-Men? Well they all are comic books with Judeo-Christian archetypes that shape the minds of the younger generation the world over. However, since these characters do not sync with the culture of the children brought up in different traditions they can’t be superheroes to all. In order to […]
Islamic Indexes, Mutual Funds Attractive to All Investors
Quick — let’s say you want to invest in a broad-market index fund, but you don’t like that the index includes alcohol producers such as Anheuser-Busch (NYSE: BUD) and Molson Coors Brewing (NYSE: TAP). OK, you might look for a socially responsible mutual fund, which excludes certain objectionable industries. But what if you also wanted […]
CAIR: Dunkin’ Donuts Ad Pulled over Alleged ‘Keffiyah’ Link
Dunkin’ Donuts poked a hole in its own advertising, ditching a picture of frontwoman Rachael Ray wearing a scarf that looks like a traditional Arab headdress, officials said yesterday.The ad in question featured Ray wearing a gray pattern scarf that conservative bloggers – led by syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin – complained bore a striking resemblance […]
CAIR, ACLU Call for Probe of Marine Records Theft
Muslim and civil liberties organizations are calling for a congressional investigation into a news report that surveillance records on California mosques were illegally obtained by a group of Marine reservists at Camp Pendleton.The Council on American-Islamic Relations and the ACLU of Southern California were among organizations on Wednesday who asked senators on the Judiciary Committee […]
CAIR: Concerns of Surveillance Spark Calls for Hearings
A report that mosques in Los Angeles and San Diego are under federal surveillance has resurrected fears in the Muslim community about government monitoring and led two civil rights groups Wednesday to call for congressional hearings.The request for public hearings followed a newspaper article last week that cited FBI and Defense Department files pertaining to […]
Canada: Mosque Attacked for Third Time
Muslims arriving for their regular morning prayers at the Makkah-al-Mukarramah mosque before dawn Saturday were dismayed to discover one of the plate glass windows in the double front door had been smashed. It was the third time this year their building on Gouin Blvd. W. in Pierrefonds has been vandalized. In January, the mosque was […]
Experts Urge U.S. to Talk with Islamist Movements
Since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, there has been growing American interest in checking the spread of radicalism in the Middle East by communicating more effectively with the region’s Islamist political groups. At the annual conference of the Washington-based Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, several scholars urged the U.S. to seek more […]
NY: Muslim Girls Sports Teams Compete in Hijab
“Defense!” the players yell to one another as the clock winds down and the opposition bears down on their basket in the dying minutes of the championship game. “Play defense!” The event could be any high school girl’s basketball tournament, but for the fact that the players are all wearing loose-fitting sweatshirts and Islamic hijab […]
CAIR-MN: Muslims Claim Bias in Company Dress Code
A group of Muslim workers allege they were fired by a New Brighton tortilla factory for refusing to wear uniforms that they say were immodest by Islamic standards.Six Somali women claim they were ordered by a manager to wear pants and shirts to work instead of their traditional Islamic clothing of loose-fitting skirts and scarves, […]
CAIR-OH: Poetry Gives Look at Guantanamo Prisoners’ Lives
Local human rights activists will come together Wednesday for a reading of “Poems From Guantanamo: The Detainees Speak” at the Whetstone branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library.The book contains the writings of 17 prisoners currently being held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facilities in Cuba.“These are poems from real people, sharing their frustrations, grief and […]