CAIR Op-Ed: Obama Smears Tap into Anti-Muslim Bigotry
Opponents of Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama recently circulated a photo taken during his 2006 Africa tour that shows him in traditional Kenyan attire. The use of the image of Obama in a turban was clearly designed to make a visual link between the candidate and Islam, a political tactic that seeks to exploit existing […]
CAIR-MI Seeks to Empower Muslims
The Council on American Islamic Relations- Michigan Chapter (CAIR-MI) hosted a workshop, “How do we explain our faith,” devoted to empowering Muslims to respond to today’s most difficult questions about Islam and Muslims. Around 100 people attended on Saturday March 1, at the MCWS Mosque, Canton, Mich.Dawud Walid, the executive director of the CAIR-MI, mentioned […]
CAIR: U.S. Muslims, Jews United by Basketball
A Jewish school’s plea to get basketball games rescheduled to times other than Saturdays has got backing from the most unlikely of sources. Civil-rights group the Council on American Islamic Relations has come to the defense of the Herz/Rocky Mountain Hebrew Academy in Denver, Colorado. “Student athletes should not be forced to choose between their […]
CT: Islamic Center Dinner to Honor 7 Women
In the nearly 30 years that the Al-Aziz Islamic Center has held its annual dinner honoring the community’s outstanding women, more than 300 have been recognized. They have come from all over the state. Some have been educators. Some have worked with the state’s prisons. Al-Aziz Imam Nasif Muhammad said one woman was simply a […]
NY: Mayor Says Muslim Holy Days Shouldn’t Be School Holidays
Mayor Bloomberg is rejecting calls from lawmakers to make two Muslim holy days official school holidays, saying students cannot afford more days off. “The truth of the matter is we need more children in school,” Mr. Bloomberg said yesterday. “More, not less.” Council Member Robert Jackson of Manhattan, who is Muslim, and 12 co-sponsors introduced […]
IA: Christian Prayer Didn’t Bother Muslims
In his Feb. 20 letter to the editor, Bill Horine asks “Are Muslims tolerant of Christian ideals?” It is my experience that Muslims are tolerant of them. The English-as-a-second-language class at my church had a potluck dinner several weeks ago. I explained to our Muslim students that it is our tradition to precede dinner with […]
NY: Mosque Thieves Come For Seconds
The seemingly professional thieves who have spent two months preying on Queens mosques have struck some targets more than once, victims said. Some groups also claim that they are being treated unfairly by the NYPD specifically because they are Muslim. Najee Hassan, security guard and maintenance worker at the Ahlul-Quran-Qa-Sunnah mosque in Jamaica, said that […]
MN: Ellison Escaped Usual Freshman ‘Obscurity’
When Keith Ellison and Virgil Goode meet each other on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives these days, they are almost chummy. “I say, ‘How you doin’, Virgil?’ ” said Ellison. “He says, ‘Doin’ fine, Keith. And yourself?’ ” Ellison started laughing while we talked. “I understand ol’ Virgil,” said Ellison. “He’s what […]
CAIR-MI: Racial Slur Alleged in Suit
A 36-year-old Macomb Township man said he was called a “stupid Arab” by a supervisor at the Detroit Medical Center and then fired because he was an Arab-American Muslim.Yasser Sharif, a former employee at Children’s Hospital of Michigan, has filed a discrimination lawsuit against the hospital and the center. Sharif worked at the hospital, which […]
MN: Muslim Rep Says Clinton Taking Advantage of Obama Smear
In an interview with the Huffington Post’s Sam Stein, Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., the first Muslim ever elected to Congress, says the Clinton campaign is “opportunistically trying to reap the benefit” of the smear campaign that Obama, whom Ellison supports, is a Muslim Manchurian candidate. “People are going to throw some stuff on the wall […]