NY: Campaign Flyer Offends Muslim Community
There is a new debate in Monroe County related to Governor Spitzer’s plan to give driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. The debate has worked its way into the county legislature races. It has to do with a campaign mailing sent out by the Republican Party. It is not so much what it says but what […]
VA: Muslim Candidate Upset with Flier’s Smears
In Prince William County, a Muslim state House of Delegates candidate wants to find out who circulated an anonymous flier that claims he has ties to a terrorist. That controversy erupted Thursday in the District 51 race pitting Republican Faisal Gill against Democrat Paul Nichols. Gill is a Muslim and a U.S. Navy reserve officer. […]
CAIR: Group Feels Savage-d by Michael’s Slam of Islam
An Islamic advocacy group is asking radio listeners to write “letters expressing concern” to sponsors of Michael Savage over his anti-Muslim commentaries.Savage, a nationally syndicated host heard locally 6-9 p.m. on WOR (710 AM), has long warned that “Islamic fascism” is destroying the West.The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is specifically citing a recent commentary […]
CAIR Criticizes Michael Savage’s Anti-Muslim Tirade
Talk Radio Network-syndicated Michael Savage was condemned by an Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today, calling on radio listeners of all faiths to boycott Savage’s program over his recent “anti-Muslim tirade.” In a release, Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said Savage screamed attacks on Muslims, Islam and the Quran during his October 29 […]
NJ: Arab Leader Says State Sen. is Race Baiting
Arab-American activist Hussein Ibish, who was attacked by State Sen. Gerald Cardinale yesterday for his connection to Democratic Senate candidate Joseph Ariyan’s law partner, says that “this turn of events in New Jersey shows that some unprincipled politicians still feel that ethnic baiting of this kind might still be an effective campaign tactic.” Read the […]
TX: Holy Land Family Fights Terrorist Label
That Tuesday morning, Noor Elashi awoke to red and blue lights flashing through her bedroom curtains as FBI agents swarmed across the freshly cut lawn in front of her small Richardson house. In the early morning mist, the armed agents rushed to her door and began pounding. “They stood in front of my house as […]
MN: Ellison Presses for Answers on Cameraman Held at Gitmo
A campaign to free a journalist imprisoned at Guantanamo gained support Thursday from the first Muslim member of Congress, who urged authorities to prosecute or release him after more than five years without charges. Sami al-Haj, a Sudanese cameraman for Al Jazeera, was captured in 2002 as he tried to enter Afghanistan to cover the […]
WI: Speaker Debunks Myths about Islam
Peace is a central theme of Islam, according to a visiting professor from St. Mary’s University who spoke at the University of Wisconsin Thursday. Jamal Badawi, a member of the Islamic Juridical Council of North America, used the Quran to give what Muslim Student Association Vice President Sarrah AbuLughod called a comprehensive and balanced view […]
Jerusalem Exhibition Honors Muslims Who Saved Jews
Tears welling in his eyes, an elderly Holocaust survivor on Thursday embraced the son of the Albanian man who saved him from the Nazi death camps, highlighting the little-known role played by European Muslims in helping Jews during World War II. The two met for the first time at a photography exhibition at Yad Vashem, […]
CT: Eid Stamp Belongs Among Holiday Series
Bravo to the U.S. Postal Service for reissuing the Eid stamp in its Holiday Celebrations Series. For Muslims, Eid is a joyous occasion – a day of forgiveness, fellowship, brotherhood and unity. I was driven to write this letter after I received a very disturbing, hate-filled chain e-mail. The e-mail listed a number of acts […]