NY: Muslim Students Cast Light on Stereotypes
The Islamic Society of Brooklyn College recently hosted a series of lectures to educate the BC community about their religion. Given the increased media coverage of Islam in recent years, students in the society said they wanted to give a first-hand account of their religion. As part of a week of events, Muslim students handed […]
NY: English-Arabic Public School Faces Harsh Critics
Talk of the Nation, May 15, 2008 · The Khalil Gibran International Academy in Brooklyn, New York — an English-Arabic public school — provoked controversy before it even opened. Critics described it as a madrassa headed by a radical Islamist hoping to proselytize to her students. Supporters saw the project as an educational environment for […]
CAIR-MN: Groups Promote Understanding After Service Dog Threatened
A Minnesota college student drops out after a Muslim student threatens to kill his dog. Islamic groups are backing the dog owner and using the incident to start cross-cultural dialogue.30-Second SummaryTyler Hurd dropped out of St. Cloud State University in April after a Muslim Somali student threatened to kill Herd’s black Labrador while Hurd was […]
CAIR: Groups Not Impressed with Terrorism Report
A recent report from the Senate homeland security committee, which is headed by Sen. Joe Lieberman, has been criticized by Muslim groups. The report claimed the Internet is increasingly being used for the training and recruitment of terrorists by Islamist extremist groups — and is aimed at finding recruits within the U.S. borders.In response, four […]
FL: Media Gives McCain Pass on His Pins, Preachers
Is there a double standard for John McCain? Barrack Obama has seen and heard his former minister on an endless loop on network and cable news channels. He has also endured questions about why he doesn’t wear a flag pin (as if doing so makes one more patriotic). I have reviewed dozens of photos and […]
MI: Local Muslim Leader Meets Privately with Obama
A Muslim leader from Dearborn met privately with Sen. Barack Obama during his Wednesday visit to Michigan. Imam Hassan Qazwini, head of the Islamic Center of America, said in an email that he met with Obama at Macomb Community College. A mosque spokesman, Eide Alawan, confirmed that the meeting took place. During the meeting, the […]
CAIR: Arab Media, Islamic Scholars: Obama Is No Apostate
Editor’s Note: The recent New York Times op-ed claiming that Muslims view Barack Obama’s conversion to Islam as ‘apostasy’ has no basis in the Arab media, write the commentators. In fact, they argue, Obama has received more favorable coverage in the Arab media than in the American press. Jalal Ghazi and Souheila Al-Jadda are associate […]
CAIR-CA: Heed the Lessons of Wartime Bias
Sixty-six years ago, the U.S. government issued an order to all people of Japanese ancestry. Executive Order 9066 forced 120,000 Americans from their homes and placed them in internment camps across desolate and remote areas in the western United States, including two camps in California. Overnight, Japanese-Americans became the enemy. Families were torn apart, and […]
TX: Teens Find Fellowship, Support in High School MSA
The ring tone of a popular hip-hop song begins to play from a cell phone left on a classroom desk. The 15 or so high school students kneeling on the floor keep praying, ignoring the interruption. It’s 2:45 p.m. on a Wednesday. The students who missed the start of prayer are standing outside the classroom […]
KS: Muslim Soldier, Wife Raise Issue Over Son’s Death
A Muslim soldier and his wife in North Carolina, upset over how their infant son’s body was handled after his death, may join a legal battle in Kansas over whether the military respects religious freedoms. Pfc. Eli Agee and his wife, Mackenzie, are angry that an autopsy was performed – over their objections – on […]