CA: LAPD’s Muslim Mapping Plan Killed
The LAPD on Wednesday abruptly scrapped a program to map the city’s Muslim population, a major retreat for a department that said the system was needed to identify potential hotbeds of extremism. The reversal comes after a week of protests from Muslim groups and civil libertarians, who equated the mapping with religious profiling. Others questioned […]
Richard Posner Favors Surveillance of All US Muslims
I guess we should be grateful that Richard Posner is airing the kind of theories that we may see turned into practice under a potential Giuliani presidency: Judge Richard Posner, a supposedly liberal-leaning jurist regarded by many as a future US Supreme Court candidate, said traditional concepts of criminal justice were inadequate to deal with […]
FL: Students Want Stronger Stand on Spitting Incident
A student group has started a petition demanding Florida Atlantic University take a stronger stand in denouncing an incident in which a school employee spat on a student protester. The incident happened Oct. 30 when some Muslims and their allies protested a speech given by Middle East historian Daniel Pipes, whom they view as anti-Islamic. […]
ME: Muslim Runner Claims Sand Thrown in Eyes
A police investigation into a claim that someone threw a substance in the face of a Somali runner during a regional cross-country race has raised fears of another racially charged incident targeting Lewiston Somalis. Mohamed Noor, Maine’s previously unbeaten Class A cross-country champ, fell from second place to finish 124th and reported afterward that someone […]
MN: Mosque Provides Learning, Worship
Many students might not know it, but since 1997 there has been a mosque tucked in the heart of the Southeast Como neighborhood. Dar Al-Farooq, which means House of Farooq in Arabic, is a mosque and community center located on 17th Avenue Southeast. Muslims from across the metro area practice and learn about their religion […]
MA: Lawsuit Over Visa for Muslim Academic
Adam Habib, a South African Muslim academic, has been told by the State Department that he was barred from entering the United States because of engaging in terrorist activities, prompting the American Civil Liberties Union to revise an earlier lawsuit. The suit, filed in Federal District Court in Boston in September by the A.C.L.U. for […]
CAIR: Muslim Pupils Diverge on Hijab
Manar Khalil’s sister and mother proudly wear the hijab.But the 12-year-old, who is obsessed with Disney’s Hannah Montana and High School Musical, is not ready to put on the head scarf worn by many Muslim females.And the controversy swirling around another Azalea Middle school student who wears the hijab has worried her.“I feel so bad […]
CAIR Guide to Improve Media Portrayal of US Muslims
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has launched a campaign called “Beyond Stereotypes,” featuring a new publication called American Muslims: A Journalist’s Guide to Understanding Islam and Muslims, which intends to educate the media and disabuse journalists of misinformation about the religion.The guide and the campaign were developed by the nonprofit advocacy group’s national office. […]
Video: CAIR Counters Negative Image of Islam
America’s largest Islamic civil liberties group is trying to tear down what it calls “negative stereotypes” about Muslims perpetrated by the media.The Council for American Islamic Relations is launching a major “media education campaign.”CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper told CBN News that misconceptions about Islam come from ignorance of the Koran’s teachings.He said that bad behavior […]
CAIR-OH Trying to Change Perceptions
The Council on American-Islamic Relations wants to change the perception you might have of most of the people in its community.Instead of terrorists and extremists, the council is trying to educate the public that most American Muslims are peaceful and very much like you.So they’re reaching out to journalists, announcing on Tuesday they’re sending these […]