RI: Religious Insensitivity Greets Muslim in Interview
Echoing allegations she made in a letter that has circulated via e-mail around campus in recent weeks, Qadira Abdul-Ali ’06 told The Herald Monday that she was asked inappropriate questions about her Muslim faith when interviewing for admission at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, including whether she had been “radicalized.” A letter of complaint Abdul-Ali […]
MI: Islamic Leader Writes a Story for Tolerance
When Imam Sayid Hassan al-Qazwini and other religious leaders met at the White House with Bill Clinton in 1999, something the president said encouraged Qazwini’s conviction that Americans needed to know more about Islam. It was only when his daughter, Chelsea, took a class in world religions, Clinton said, that he understood how much Islam […]
NC: Muslims Search for Havens for Prayer
A small group of Muslims working for Charlotte’s biggest banks have been spearheading efforts to find space uptown where Muslims can gather to say their daily prayers. For Muslims, praying five times a day — including two or three times during work hours — is one of the pillars of their faith. Right now, many […]
CA: Daniel Pipes Says All Muslims Should Be Feared
The questions that drew the most attention, however, were asked by Mariam Moustafa, a third-year international studies student and member of the MSU who chose to remain in the audience throughout the talk. Not speaking on behalf of MSU, Moustafa argued with Pipes’ belief that she, a law-abiding Muslim citizen who was born and raised […]
MD: Mistrial in Muslim Air Force Guard Case
A federal judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case of a former Andrews Air Force Base security guard accused of failing to include his Muslim name on a background check to hide his ties to an outspoken Washington imam and mosque. U.S. District Judge Deborah Chasanow made the ruling after jurors failed to reach […]
VA: AIPAC Secrets Case Eyes Jurors’ Religion
As two pro-Israel lobbyists near trial on charges of trafficking in classified information, a federal judge is preparing to grapple with some thorny questions, such as what to ask potential jurors about their religion and whether it is legal to knock jurors off the case based on their perceived religious affiliations. At a hearing last […]
CAIR: Advertiser Campaign Costs Savage $1 Million
A conservative radio talk show host sued an Islamic civil rights group on Monday for copyright infringement over the organization’s use of a portion of his show in which he called the Quran a “book of hate.”Michael Savage said the Washington, D.C.-based Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, violated his rights by wrongfully using a […]
CAIR: Savage Sues Islamic Group in SF Court Over Rant
Conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage sued the Council on American-Islamic Relations in federal court in San Francisco Monday over the group’s use of his words on its Web site.The San Francisco-based host claims the council violated his copyright by publicizing a four-minute segment in which Savage was strongly critical of Islam and the […]
CAIR: Savage Sues Group for Excerpting Show
Conservative talk show host Michael Savage sued an Islamic rights group Monday for rebroadcasting on its Web site several excerpts from his radio show in which he called the Quran a “book of hate” and said Muslims “need deportation.”Savage, in a suit filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, said the Council on American-Islamic […]
Canada: Muslim Professor’s Family Targeted on YouTube
A Dalhousie engineering professor went to police after someone circulated photos of his wife and daughters and accused him of pimping his family. The series of still images was posted briefly last week on the video-sharing website YouTube and an e-mailed link spread “very quickly” around the campus, a university spokesman said yesterday. Campus officials […]