FL: Attorneys Grill Deputies over Traffic Stop
The South Carolina sheriff’s deputy who stopped a car with two University of South Florida students in August says he initially suspected the silver Toyota with a Florida tag was involved in drug trafficking. But under questioning by defense attorneys for the two men, Deputy James Lamar Blakely said that when he was told by […]
LA: ‘Bigoted Commentary’ Stereotypes Islam
American culture’s view of American Muslims and Islam is steadily deteriorating under an onslaught of “bigotry” on cable news shows, newspaper op-ed pages and in the blogosphere, an Arab-American activist told an audience at Tulane University Tuesday. That’s a significant shift, said Hussein Ibish, founder of the Foundation for Arab-American Leadership in Washington. For decades […]
IL: Film Turns Stereotypes into Satire
“The thing about stereotypes is there’s always a grain of truth in them. That’s why they’re so insidious,” said Seattle-based playwright Yussef El Guindi, whose newest work about Arab-Americans begins performances Thursday in a production by Silk Road Theatre Project. Writing with a satirical edge, El Guindi incorporates swaths of irony-laced humor into “Our Enemies: […]
Young Filmmakers Put Lives of Muslims in Focus
Muslim Americans say they often feel like strangers in their own country, and the struggle to overcome stereotypes became more complicated after 9/11. So when given the chance to tell their stories, more than 100 young Muslim American filmmakers poured their creative energies into producing four- to five-minute films about Islam and its followers for […]
MO: FBI Investigating Threats Made Against Mosque
Click here to view the video. The FBI is just beginning its investigation into threats made against a mosque in south St. Louis. The mosque has had no problems until threats popped up on the internet just this week. The American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Tuesday asked the FBI to investigate the apparent threats that were posted […]
NC: Students Embracing Hijab
Sophomore Nadiah Song, a Singaporean exchange student, was first asked by her parents to wear a hijab when she was 14. “Singapore has a secular system of schools, so I would wear a hijab out of school when I was with friends,” Song said. “After I graduated, it became full-time.” Although Song was warned by […]
CAIR: ‘Reformed Terrorists’ Preach Christ to College Kids
The Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs came under fire earlier this month for inviting to a conference on terrorism three men who make questionable claims to being former terrorists, and whose message was more about religious conversion than counterterror strategies.Claiming to be reformed Muslim jihadists who have since embraced evangelical Christianity, the three men […]
CAIR: Muslim Group Says Mosque Threatened
A national Muslim civil rights organization has asked the FBI to investigate what it considers threats made on the Internet against a Bosnian mosque in St. Louis. One blog post cited by the group made reference to vandalism and another to the use of dynamite.Zachary Lowe, a special agent in the St. Louis office of […]
Video: Deputy Uses Anti-Muslim Slurs in Traffic Stop
Two USF students accused of making bombs are trying to get a lot of the evidence against them thrown out of court. Their lawyers say the deputy who stopped their car in South Carolina made comments that show racial profiling.Click here to view the video.
CAIR-NV: Wal-Mart Apologizes to Muslim Woman
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. apologized to a Muslim woman who said she was mocked because of her face veil.“Please don’t stick me up,” a cashier told the shopper on Feb. 2, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations.Wal-Mart apologized Monday in a letter signed by Rolando Rodriquez, a vice president and regional general manager. It was […]