Photos: CO Muslims Mark Muhammad’s Birthday
More than 75 Muslims from around Colorado gathered in the Silverthorne Pavilion early Thursday morning chanting and singing during a celebration of the Islamic prophet Muhammad’s birthday. Mawlid is the term used to refer to the observance of the Islamic prophet Muhammad’s birthday which occurs in Rabi’-al-awwal, the third month in the Islamic Calendar. Check […]
CAIR-OH: Islamic Center Sees Little Backlash with War
Relatively few acts of violence or vandalism have been seen at the Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati in West Chester in the years since the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington D.C.That’s thanks to help from area police, said Sadar Tanveer, the principal of the International Academy of Cincinnati at the center. Tanveer, […]
TX: Muslim Leader Has Opposed War
We first sat and talked in those numb days right after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.We mourned together, and Mohamed Elmougy helped me understand a little more about what had befallen us. I returned several times over the years to visit with the local Muslim community leader. And this week’s fifth anniversary of the […]
MA: Interfaith Lecture on ‘Reality of Islamophobia’
The Weston/Wayland Interfaith Action Group (WWIAG) held their annual Kerwin lecture at the Josiah Smith Tavern on March 12 with Dr. Mohamed Lazzouni speaking to the group on “The Reality of Islamophobia in America Today: Challenges and Opportunities.” According to Lazzouni, a visiting scholar of Islamic Studies at Boston College, “When it comes to dealing […]
Palestinian Americans Warned of Profiling
Authorities may question Palestinian Americans on arrival in Israel and require them to obtain a Palestinian Authority travel documents, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday. Israel’s airline security also faced a legal challenge Wednesday from a civil rights group charging that its practice of ethnic profiling is racist because it singles out Arabs for […]
Arab Americans Press Sec. of State on Israel Entry
Nearly 30 Arab-American groups asked Condoleezza Rice to press Israel to lift restrictions on the entry of Arab Americans. A letter to the U.S. secretary of state claims that Israel is violating a 1951 treaty with the United States that guarantees unhindered passage to the citizens of both countries by denying entry to some Arab […]
CAIR-CA: War’s Costs Will Be Felt for Years
The cost of five years of the war in Iraq can be seen in almost any community in the United States.Families whose loved ones were killed or wounded struggle to put their lives back together. The economy teeters, thanks partly to what a renowned economist projects will ultimately be a $3trillion war bill. Gas prices […]
CAIR: Speaker to Encourage Muslim Political Involvement
Encouraging Muslims to get involved in the upcoming elections will be the topic of a lecture on Thursday.Parvez Ahmed, chairman of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a nonprofit civil rights advocacy group, will be discussing the political role of Muslims at a forum at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, in Room 22 in Tate Hall at MU. […]
Is the Pentagon Policy Shop Funding Likudist Fronts?
Remember the curious and intriguing interconnections between One Jerusalem, a Likud/settler group chaired by Natan Sharansky, and two U.S-led “NGOs” with overlapping or interchangeable directorates — the “Policy Forum on International Security Affairs (PF)” and the newly minted “Case for Freedom” — that we discovered in the participants list of the “Prague Democracy and Security” […]
McCain Escapes Questions About Embraces of Bigoted Pastor
Whatever their true private beliefs, presidential candidates in America are constantly required to provide proofs of their faith, often through their connections with various religious figures. Benedictions from the pulpit can bestow an aura of righteousness — except, of course, when the pastor or minister is a disreputable kook whose endorsement should be an embarrassment. […]