MN: Letter Writers Clarify Situation at Academy
Letters to the editor for Tuesday, April 15 High achievement I have worked at Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy (TIZA) for three years, and as a lead teacher I am responsible for helping to implement the teacher-pay incentive program and curriculum. I am writing to correct misconceptions created by a substitute teacher’s aide who worked at […]
NJ: U.S. Attorney Opens Dialogue with Muslim Community
Authorities say they want Muslims to be vigilant and vocal about extremists in their neighborhoods, and the Islamic community says it needs authorities to be protective of their civil rights. That dynamic played out Monday afternoon when U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie, visited the Interfaith Dialog Center in Newark, a Turkish Muslim organization. Levent Koc […]
DC: Jewish Liberals to Launch Counterpoint to AIPAC
Some of the country’s most prominent Jewish liberals are forming a political action committee and lobbying group aimed at dislodging what they consider the excessive hold of neoconservatives and evangelical Christians on U.S. policy toward Israel. The group is planning to channel political contributions to favored candidates in perhaps a half-dozen campaigns this fall, the […]
Canada: Muslim Women Thrive in Hijab
At age 12, Ramzah Khan made a bold decision to don a traditional Muslim head scarf. She was nervous, uncertain how her friends would react to her wearing a hijab. Five years later, the 17-year-old Calgary high school student says that decision defined who she is today — a vibrant, confident, outgoing young woman. “It […]
CAIR-MI Rep Speaks at Event Promoting Diversity
Dozens of community members attended a dinner promoting diversity. The Muslim Students’ Association of Michigan State University hosted the annual event. The lecture was by Dawud Walid, entitled “developing a Muslim American identity.”Dawud Walid, Executive Director, CAIR: “Through the difficulties this community has been going through since 9/11, we have a peak interest in trying […]
Move to Digitize Muslims’ Scientific Heritage
The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and the US Library of Congress started a joint project to digitize the records of Arab and Muslim scientific heritage with the aim of documenting them in the World Digital Library, according to a KAUST statement quoted by the Saudi Press Agency. An international consultative committee […]
OH: Muslim Congressman Encourages Political Involvement
Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., made history last year when he was sworn in as the first Muslim congressman. On Sunday, he urged local Muslims to make history of their own. “Since I’ve been in Congress, I’ve learned a few lessons. Perhaps the most important lesson I’ve learned is that the Muslim community in America really […]
Pat Robertson Claims ‘Islam is Not a Religion’
During the April 10 edition of MSNBC’s Countdown, host Keith Olbermann named Pat Robertson the “winner” of his nightly “Worst Person in the World” segment for, as Media Matters for America documented, stating: “I want to say it again, and again, and again: Islam is not a religion, it’s a political system meant on — […]
PA: Imam Brings Message of Reconciliation
On a stair rail in a West Philadelphia mosque, three balloons, emblazoned with “Welcome Home,” said it all. Yesterday, more than 1,000 Muslims poured into the Philadelphia Masjid to welcome the eminent Imam Warith Deen Mohammed “home” to members of the first congregation to which he preached in the late 1950s. The 75-year-old Chicago head […]
OH: Muslim Group to Operate Free Clinic
Dayton Mercy Society, a Muslim group that promotes community service and authentic values of Islam, is opening a free health clinic for the uninsured. Beginning May 1 and every Thursday thereafter, the clinic will operate from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Reach Out of Montgomery County clinic, 25 E. Foraker St., near Miami Valley […]