OH: Muslims Examine Security, Civil Rights
One of the lasting repercussions of the 9/11 terror attacks is the continual tension between national security and civil liberties. Many American Muslims feel caught in the middle of these two objectives, and a local group is hoping to find a suitable balance by discussing the issue in a seminar next weekend at the Islamic […]
American Accused of Spying for Israel
A former civilian employee of a military arsenal in New Jersey has been indicted by the federal government for allegedly conspiring to pass U.S. military secrets to the Israeli government more than 20 years ago. According to court documents, Ben Ami Kadish allegedly spied for Israel from 1979-1985 and provided an official from the Israeli […]
ID: Iraqi Refugees Find Renewal in U.S.
Alaa Amir fled Iraq for Jordan a decade ago after years of being harassed for his liberal views by Saddam Hussein’s regime. Amir, a Sunni, lost his house to Baathists, then Shiites. When English speakers like him began getting kidnapped and killed in Iraq, he knew he could never go home again. As sectarian violence […]
SC: Church Sign Links Obama with Osama bin Laden
A South Carolina pastor says he wasn’t trying to be political when he posted a sign in front of his church linking Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. Pastor Roger Byrd said he just wanted to make people think when he put up a sign reading “Obama, Osama — humm, […]
CAIR-FL: Lawsuit Loosens Citizenship Backlog
Iman Kadom’s invitation to her naturalization ceremony landed in her Carrollwood mailbox in early March.Her husband, Akram Jawad, was pleased: “I said, ‘Oh, I’m married to an American now.’”They celebrated with cake. Kadom wasn’t so festive because her husband’s letter hadn’t arrived. It still hasn’t.Jawad, a retired Iraqi surgeon-turned-Realtor, has waited almost four years to […]
CAIR-PA: US Muslims Call on Obama for Change
As the US city of Philadelphia prepares for its most closely watched political primary in generations, one significant part of the population seems to have already picked their man.Muslim-American community leaders, activists and voters in the city of brotherly love, as Philadelphia is known, say Barack Obama is by far their preferred candidate.Philadelphia’s Muslim community […]
TX: Was Palestinian Activist’s Death Suicide or Murder?
I have known and worked with Riad Hamad, founder of the Palestine Children’s Welfare Fund for over three years. It was reported to me he committed suicide two days ago. Riad was found bound with duct tape on his mouth. (MORE)
CAIR: Slights leave Many U.S. Muslims Wary of Pope
Pope Benedict XVI has said he would like to reach out to the Muslim community through dialogue, and Muslims were included in the pontiff’s meeting with interfaith leaders in Washington on Thursday night. But many Muslims in America remain wary, saying the pope has created the impression that he is insensitive to their faith.On Sunday, […]
Advertisement Creates Hardship for Muslim Students
Terrorism, in the modern sense, is violence against civilians to achieve political or ideological objectives through creating fear. Last time I checked, that was the accurate definition. Last Monday, an ad was published which created a lot of confusion and fear in our school, especially for the Muslim student community. The ad claimed the Muslim […]
Trials of Muslim Charities Likened to a Witch-Hunt
The U.S. government’s anti-terrorist financing programmes are based on the “guilt by association” tactics of the McCarthy era and have had a widespread negative impact on U.S. charities, critics say. That is the view of Kay Guinane, director of the Nonprofit Speech Rights Programme for OMB (Office of Management and Budget) Watch, an independent not-for-profit […]