TX: Weak Case Seen in Failed Trial of Charity
While the U.S. Justice Department ponders how it will retry its troubled terrorism finance case against a now- defunct Muslim charity, debris from the recent mistrial here shows signs of piling up at the White House doorstep. The nation’s biggest terrorism finance case ended so badly for the government that it has thrown into question […]
OK: Worldwide Notice of Quran Flap Surprises All Involved
Marjan Seirafi-Pour and state Rep. Rex Duncan can agree on one thing. Both were astounded by the state, national and international attention given to the lawmaker’s refusal nearly two weeks ago to accept a centennial copy of the Quran, the holy book of the Islamic faith. The Governor’s Ethnic American Advisory Council, whose members are […]
CAIR-PA Panel: Confronting ‘Islamophobia’
Ibrahim Souadda is only 12, but already he’s had a taste of what it means to be “the other.”Sometimes children tease him for being Muslim. “They say it like a joke,” he said yesterday, as he waited for the start of a panel discussion on “Islamophobia,” or the fear of Islam and its effect on […]
CAIR-NV: Council Puts Friendly Face on Islam
Yasser Moten grew up loving his Islamic religion, but hating the negative stereotypes some associated with it.As an adult, he decided he could continue being frustrated or try to do something to change those perceptions.So when he heard the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, was opening a Las Vegas office and looking for an […]
Video: CAIR Reps Discuss Campus ‘Islamo-Fascism’ Week
CAIR Reps Discuss Campus ‘Islamo-Fascism’ Week (Al-Jazeera in Arabic)Click here to view the video.
CAIR-FL: Employee Apologized for Spitting on Muslim Student
Responding to a Muslim civil rights group upset that a Florida Atlantic University employee spat on a young Muslim woman protesting a controversial speaker Tuesday, university officials released a statement Friday noting that the employee had apologized.“Upon review, there were differing accounts regarding the reported intensity of the exchange,” university spokeswoman Kristine McGrath said in […]
CAIR-TX: Assumptions about HLF Trial ‘Wrong Again’
As usual, Rod Dreher’s assumptions and accusations are wrong. This case had nothing to do with the Muslim Brotherhood nor was it about any organization attempting to take over the country, as Mr. Dreher wants us to believe. He accuses Muslim organizations of being “well funded” by the Brotherhood, which is untrue.After two months of […]
CAIR: A Radio Talk Show Host’s Anti-Muslim Tirade
Michael Savage (real name: Michael Weiner) is one of the army of Rush Limbaugh wannabes who have hacked a career out of fulminating on the radio. I think he’s on the air in Dallas; most of them, it seems, are. . .I have two questions:1. Why do people, by the millions, listen to this tripe? […]
CAIR-TX: HLF Trial a ‘Fear-and-Smear Campaign’
Re: “Justice Interrupted – Clarity denied in Holy Land Foundation mistrial,” Oct. 23 Editorials. We agree. Justice was interrupted and clarity was denied for the defendants and their families, for millions of taxpayer dollars spent prosecuting this trial and for the jurors whose lives were put on hold by the government’s overzealous pursuit of this […]
NC Muslim Woman: ‘Hijab is About Respect’
Alicia Angyal, 21, fastens her hijab in front of her bathroom mirror before she goes in to work. Angyal, who was born and raised in Southern California and moved to North Carolina last year, converted to Islam at the beginning of this year. The hijab, the Muslim women’s scarf, is a source of pride for […]