CAIR: Rumsfeld Comments on Muslims Reflect ‘Stereotypical Attitude’
The White House on Thursday sympathized with Arab-Americans who took offense to a memo that former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld wrote saying that “oil wealth has made Muslims averse to physical labor.”Rumsfeld’s belief is “not at all in line with the president’s views,” White House press secretary Dana Perino said.As Pentagon chief, Rumsfeld wrote scores […]
CAIR-TX: Muslim Student Objects to N-Word Lesson
The racial epithet leapt from the chalkboard.It was listed along with other emotionally charged words designed to illustrate the power of language in an introductory lesson to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.For 17-year-old Ibrahim Mohamed, encountering such a hateful word written so clearly in front of him was painful.So he asked his teacher to shorten […]
CAIR-FL: Univ. Worker Spits on Muslim Woman
The head of a state civil rights group wrote a letter to Florida Atlantic University officials Wednesday after reading reports of a school employee spitting on a young Muslim woman protesting a controversial speaker Tuesday night.“I’m very concerned,” said Altaf Ali, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. “I intend to follow up on […]
DC: Muslims Veterans to Lay Wreath at WWII Memorial
(Washington, DC – 11/01/2007) – On Veteran’s Day, American Muslim service members will lay a wreath at the National WWII Memorial to honor Muslims and all those who served in that conflict. Additionally, three surviving American Muslim WWII veterans will be honored, including Army Sgt. Nazeem Abdul Hakeem who fought at Normandy. Who: Muslim American […]
TX: Officials Apologize to Student for Slur
A superintendent will apologize and teachers will get cultural sensitivity training after a black student was offended by a lesson on “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” that included a racial slur. Those agreements were reached Wednesday after a 90-minute meeting between Richland High School officials, the 11th-grader, his parents and a coalition of activists. They […]
NJ: Man Indicted for Allegedly Yelling Slurs at Muslim Woman
A Little Falls man has been indicted by a state grand jury on charges he shouted racial slurs at a Hispanic Muslim woman while sitting in traffic. David Liscio was arrested last spring after police said he drove his pickup truck on Main Street and began yelling derogatory names relating to the woman’s gender and […]
MI: Arab American Men Sue Airline for Profiling
Six Michigan men who in August were escorted off an American Airlines flight and then detained filed a race discrimination lawsuit Wednesday against the airline, saying the incident was a clear case of racial profiling, false imprisonment and a violation of civil rights. Filed in U.S. District Court by Allen Brothers PLLC of Detroit, the […]
CAIR-OH: Muslim Marriage Contract Decision to be Appealed
A woman plans to challenge Ohio’s first court ruling involving a traditional Muslim marriage agreement in a case that could set a precedent about how such religious contracts are handled in the state.The ruling says Mohammed Zawahiri does not have to pay his former wife, Raghad Alwattar, the $25,000 he promised as part of a […]
WA: University Students Tout Ignorance of Islam
Their campaign of terror keeps spreading. They want to wipe out those who don’t agree with their way of life. They’ve spilled blood across the planet for eons, finding justification for the evil they do in holy texts. What do we call them? What else? Christian-o-fascists! While we’re at it, let’s give them a calendar […]
CA: Horowitz Disguises Racism as ‘Awareness’
Last week marked the beginning of a social and political wave of hatred and racist xenophobia emanating from the violent rhetoric of conservative students, politicians and academics everywhere. The perpetrator responsible for what was called “Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week” is David Horowitz. For those not familiar with Horowitz, a little background information: Horowitz began as a […]