DC: Muslim Pentagon Official Cleared
Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England cleared his special assistant of any wrongdoing related to a run-in with former Joint Staff analyst Stephen Coughlin, and amid questions about the Muslim aide’s background. “The deputy secretary’s office has thoroughly reviewed the issues of concern raised by a few members of Congress and the media and has concluded […]
NY: Muslim Prisoners Win Right to Diet Equality
Muslim inmates at the Westchester County Jail in Valhalla have won the right to be served a diet that includes meat prepared in accordance with their faith, under a settlement reached with the county last month. Judge Richard M. Berman of Federal District Court in Manhattan approved the settlement, which stipulates the county’s obligation to […]
NJ: Mosque Brings Worship Closer to Home
To fulfill his religious obligation, Rahway resident Hasan Thornton would drive to Plainfield or Irvington every Friday afternoon for the Muslim congregational prayer. But no more. With the opening of the new mosque in Roselle, Thornton travels a few minutes to join a handful of other congregants in the area who are trying to build […]
CA: Mayor Joins Mosque’s Tribute to MLK
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was the guest of honor Friday at a Los Angeles mosque. But it was the spirit of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. that held the crowd. “King was a leader who gave his life working for justice,” said Muzammil H. Siddiqi, religious director of the Islamic Society of Orange County, in […]
NJ: West Point Cadets Study ‘Peace Winning’
It sounds at first like a student’s worst nightmare: A long field trip to this gritty, gentrifying and altogether unlikely destination. But by Saturday afternoon, at the end of a three-day cultural adventure, 30 young men and women had seen a side of New Jersey’s second-largest city that few tourists or even locals had ever […]
CAIR: 1.2 Billion Believers Deserve Our Attention
For many Americans, the introduction to Islam came on a bright September morning in 2001, when in two horrific hours 19 suicidal terrorists invoked the ancient faith in laying waste to the World Trade Center and taking 2,749 lives. “Infidels,” the assassins called the Americans in answering the call to jihad—a struggle to defend their […]
CAIR-IL: Muslim Congressman Speaks at Symposium
The first Muslim elected to U.S. Congress shared some of his experiences as an elected official with those who hope to follow in his footsteps one day.Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) was keynote speaker at the Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium, hosted by the Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.The symposium was held at the Mosque […]
CAIR-IL: Muslim Headscarf Is All-American
It is a fundamental feminist conviction for a woman to have control over her own body, and a fundamental American one to protect the freedoms of others, including the freedom of religion. A Muslim woman’s choice to wear a scarf on her head as a way to practice her faith is no exception to either […]
CAIR-LA: Eid Presentation at School Draws Complaints
Last December when Kimberly Kanan was invited by her children’s school to discuss the Muslim holiday of Eid during the school’s study of traditions and cultures from around the world, she happily accepted the offer. But Kanan, an active parent of four, three of whom attend the same school where the presentation took place, did […]
CAIR: TX Woman Tapped for Board of National Islamic Council
San Antonio activist Sarwat Husain has joined the national board of the country’s largest Islamic civil rights group.Husain, 52, founder and president of the San Antonio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, was elected earlier this week to the Washington-based group’s board of directors for a three-year term.A native of Pakistan, Husain has been […]