Evangelicals Press Issue of ‘Radical Islam’
Following last month’s Values Voter Summit in Washington, conservative Christian power-broker Gary Bauer sent an e-mail to supporters. He ticked off the issues dear to activists in attendance. Opposition to “abortion-on-demand” and preservation of traditional marriage led the way. Then the one-time presidential hopeful turned his attention to a different threat, one social conservative leaders […]
Muslims on TV, No Terror in Sight
RAJA MUSHARAFF is not the foreign exchange student the Tolchuck family of fictional Medora, Wis., was expecting. Tall and gangly with gentle brown eyes, Raja comes from a village in Pakistan. He is a practicing Muslim. He is dark skinned. He is anything but the blue-eyed Euro-teen the family envisioned from the brochure. The relationship […]
CAIR-MI: Governor Meets Mosque Leaders
One of the great benefits of Muslims uniting and working with each other is the respect we garner from non-Muslims, particularly from the religious and political communities. The Council of Islamic Organizations of Michigan (CIOM) has been successful in bringing together representatives from most ethnic and cultural groups; and especially Shia and Sunni groups. In […]
CAIR Addresses Threat to Muslim at FL School
A Muslim civil rights organization is calling on Pinellas County school officials to investigate a threat it says was made against a sixth-grade Muslim girl at Azalea Middle School in St. Petersburg.The Council on American-Islamic Relations held a news conference outside the school at 22nd Avenue North and 79th Street North.Ahmed Bedier, executive director of […]
CAIR-FL: Muslim Girl Allegedly Assaulted, Threatened
Questions are being raised by many after a sixth grade Muslim girl was allegedly assaulted by another student at school last week. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) planned a news conference for Monday afternoon to discuss the incident, which allegedly happened at Azalea Middle School last week. The school is located at 22nd Avenue […]
CAIR-LA Rep Discusses Proposal to ‘Map’ Muslims on NBC
Hussam Ayloush, executive director of the Greater Los Angeles Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA), debates an LAPD proposal to “map” Southern California Muslim communities on “NBC Nightly News.”To watch the video, click here.
Video: CAIR-LA Rep Debates ‘Mapping’ Muslims on CNN
Hussam Ayloush, executive director of the Greater Los Angeles Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA), debates an LAPD plan to “map” Southern California Muslim communities on CNN.To watch the video, click here.
CAIR-LA: U.S. Muslim Community Not Like Europe’s
The LAPD’s plan to map Muslim communities in an effort to identify potential hotbeds of extremism departs from the way law enforcement has dealt with local anti-terrorism since 9/11 and prompted widespread skepticism Friday.In a document reviewed Friday by The Times, the LAPD’s Los Angeles Police Department’s counter-terrorism bureau proposed using U.S. census data and […]
IL: Muslim Food Pantry Helps Feed the Less Fortunate
Anad Salem’s Muslim faith makes reaching out to those in need a priority for the Carbondale physician. “Our faith is littered with commandments to feed the hungry, to help the unfortunate, the sick, the orphans,” said Salem, a member of Masjid An-Nur mosque. “All fortune belongs to God and comes from God; therefore, we are […]
CT: New Haven Mosque Celebrating 20 Years
Members of Masjid Al-Islam, the eyes and ears of the George-Greenwood street block, are celebrating an anniversary. Twenty years ago, eight men and women established the mosque as a place for Muslims in Greater New Haven to come together and worship. That core group has grown to more than 300, and since 1995 their permanent […]