CAIR: Peace Burden on Israel at Annapolis Conference
The much-anticipated Annapolis peace conference apparently has shrunk to a one-day affair, to be held next Tuesday at the Naval Academy.To prepare for the international event, Annapolis flags will be replaced by American flags throughout the town starting tomorrow, according to a spokesman for the mayor.“We are proud to host the conference on behalf of […]
CAIR-CA: Schools to Allow Head Scarves
A change in dress code rules for Monterey Peninsula Unified School District was approved Monday, months after a Muslim American student was reprimanded for wearing a head scarf at school.Issra Omer, 13, was confronted by a campus supervisor during summer school at Seaside High in June for wearing her hajib, an Islamic head scarf. She […]
CAIR-FL: County Tops State in Hate Crimes
At a time when national civil rights leaders are calling for a renewed federal focus on hate crimes, Florida reported the lowest level in nearly a decade, according to a report released Monday by the state Attorney General’s Office.Broward County had the most incidents statewide, however, with 50 crimes motivated by hatred of the victims’ […]
CAIR-CAN: Agency Reviews Skirt Policy
An Ottawa agency is to review its hemline policy and in the meantime will offer wages to a Pearson airport employee suspended for wearing a long skirt.“We do not want her to be financially penalized,” said Ana-Karina Tabunar, spokesperson for the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority.Whether the agency might also offer three months of back […]
IN: Meaning of ‘Jihad’ Misunderstood by Many
The word “Jihad” arouses the images of sword- or gun-waving individuals or suicide bombers, bent on killing or getting killed. The American Heritage Dictionary of English Language translates Jihad as “Holy War” undertaken as a sacred duty by a Muslim. Since Sept. 11, 2001, it has also become synonymous with terrorism. Neither is true. The […]
NC: Church Says ‘No’ to Muslims
Oriental’s Episcopal Church has ‘un-invited’ a Muslim group that was to speak at the church to quell a parishoner revolt against ‘”non-Christians” and keep peace in the parish. “Concern was expressed that non-Christians should not be given a voice in our church,” Senior Warden George Robinson wrote in the church’s October newsletter, The Moorings. “Others […]
TX: Church Refuses to Host Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
Organizers of an Austin interfaith Thanksgiving celebration scrambled to find a new location for the annual event after an evangelical Baptist megachurch objected to Muslims worshipping on its property. Hyde Park Baptist Church notified Austin Area Interreligious Ministries this week that it would not allow the event scheduled for Sunday at Hyde Park’s sports complex, […]
TX: Muslims Host Interfaith Thanksgiving Service at Synagogue
For 23 years, Thanksgiving in Austin has come with huge crowds of people in saris, hijabs, clerical robes and yarmulkes, celebrating their similarities. Sunday’s 23rd annual Austin Area Interreligious Ministries Interfaith Thanksgiving Celebration marked the first time the service was hosted by Muslims — and it was at a Jewish temple, no less. But the […]
KS: Speaker Preaches Anti-Muslim Hate
On Nov. 4, Eastminster Presbyterian Church hosted Brigitte Gabriel, a self-proclaimed expert on Islam, to give a speech about radical Islam. Gabriel’s performance resonated with an audience hungry for hate speech. Not once did she offer a credible source for her personal story or alleged claims against Islam and Muslims. Nonetheless, she was honored with […]
NH: Tancredo Confronted by Arabic Speaker
Describing the United States as “the last best hope” for carrying on the ideals of western civilization, Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo called last night for an end to the nation’s “bilingualization” and “Balkanization.” “I think Europe can not be counted on to help us in this endeavor,” Tancredo said last night at Magdalen College […]