NV: Witnesses – Shooting of Muslim Mother Wasn’t Fair
One is certain she saw a knife. Another says he watched an officer put his boot to her neck and hold it there. A third thinks the EMTs who responded to the officer-involved shooting were disturbed by how police handled the body. In the month and a half since a Henderson police officer fatally shot […]
MO: Imam Merges American Roots, Islamic Faith
The imam, he’s the one that’s supposed to have all the answers. I thank God for some of the life experiences that I did have because it’s given me the ability to have a little bit of wisdom, not a lot, but a little bit of wisdom in dealing with certain situations. “I need God […]
CAIR-OK: Event to Examine Faith, Violence
Related InformationWhat: “Denouncing Violence in the Name of God: The Case of Islam.”Who: Institute of Interfaith Dialog and community partners.When: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. April 5.Where: Oklahoma City University, Freede Center, NW 27 and Florida.Cost: Free. Lunch provided.Information: 426-5425.The relationship between religion and terrorism will be the focus of a conference set for April […]
Navy Chaplain Fired After Anti-Islam Views Exposed
A top Navy chaplain who wrote a book several years ago attacking Islam, calling the religion “evil,” and urging the United States to launch a “jihad” against the faith, has been fired from a prestigious theological institute after officials at the school recently became aware of the chaplain’s controversial book. The chaplain’s dismissal comes nine […]
MI: Halal Food Lands on Menus
Growing up in Dearborn, Zeinab Chami often was tempted by ads for Col. Sanders’ original recipe, the finger-lickin’ meal sold by fast-food giant KFC. However, Chami was an observant Muslim, and the restaurant’s chicken was not halal, meaning it wasn’t prepared according to Islamic law. Her choices usually were limited to what her immigrant parents […]
CAIR-OH: McCain ‘Spiritual Guide’ Remarks ‘Threatening’
On the road to clinching the Republican party nomination for president, John McCain worked hard for the endorsement of influential Evangelical Christian ministers.The ministers are helping shore up McCain’s support on the party’s right wing, which has always been sceptical about whether the Arizona senator is a true-blue conservative.But one of those minister’s beliefs about […]
‘Ex-Terrorist’ Speaker Exposed as Fraud
When he was 16, says Walid Shoebat, he was recruited by a PLO operative by the name of Mahmoud al-Mughrabi to carry out an attack on a branch of Bank Leumi in Bethlehem. At six in the evening he was supposed to detonate a bomb in the doorway of the bank. But when he saw […]
Five Former Secretaries of State: Close Guantanamo
Five former U.S. secretaries of State said Thursday the next president should move quickly to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. That single act would improve America’s dismal reputation in the world immediately, agreed Henry Kissinger, James Baker, Warren Christopher, Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell. The five former secretaries, who served under Presidents […]
Speaker Likens ‘Islamophobia’ to Anti-Semitism
Contemporary stereotypes of Arabs and Muslims as inferior, primitive and untrustworthy should have a familiar ring, according to Hussein Ibish. Similar stereotypes were perpetuated historically by those who hate or mistrust Jewish people, said Ibish, executive director of the Foundation for Arab-American Leadership. “It is impossible to look at anti-Semitic discourse and say it was […]
CAIR-NY Joins Rally Against Hate Crimes
A coalition of religious and community groups called “We Are All Brooklyn” gathered in Brooklyn’s Borough Hall on Thursday to demonstrate their opposition to hate crimes in the borough.The event, called “Stand United Against Hate,” brought dozens of religious and political leaders from across the city to come together to express bias crimes of any […]