Mideast Hawks Help to Develop Giuliani Policy
Rudolph W. Giuliani’s approach to foreign policy shares with other Republican presidential candidates an aggressive posture toward terrorism, a commitment to strengthening the military and disdain for the United Nations. But in developing his views, Mr. Giuliani is consulting with, among others, a particularly hawkish group of advisers and neoconservative thinkers. Their positions have been […]
CAIR-CA: Mosques Open Doors to Evacuees, Offer Prayers for Rain
CAIR-CA: Bill May Revamp School Bias Rules
The state Department of Education will check to make sure school districts have policies and procedures in place to address reports of bias-related discrimination and harassment – something many California districts do not have. Several advocacy groups – the Asian Law Caucus, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California and the Council on American-Islamic Relations […]
CAIR: ‘Islamo-Fascism’ Week a Who’s-Who of Muslim-Bashers’
Rick Santorum is back.And, boy, is he angry! The former Pennsylvania senator spoke last night at the University of Pennsylvania on terrorism and Islamic extremism, saying that liberals are downplaying a grave threat to the United States.“The president says we’re at war with terror. Nobody wants to define who this enemy is because they don’t […]
CAIR-Tampa Director Honored as ‘Influencer’
Who? Ahmed Bedier, 33, is the executive director of the Tampa chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).Sphere of influence: Bedier heads up the second-largest CAIR group in the nation. The media regularly quotes him on Muslim-related events, and religious groups frequently tap him for educational lectures on Islam. Bedier also co-hosts True Talk, […]
CAIR-LA: ‘Islamo-Fascism’ Week ‘an Attack on Islam’
As Muslim students and their supporters protested outside, commentator Ann Coulter told a USC audience Wednesday night that Americans should get tough on terrorists and “stop genuflecting before Islam.”Coulter’s speech to a supportive audience of about 230 in Annenberg Auditorium was part of a nationwide series of events on college campuses that has been dubbed […]
WI: Horowitz’s ‘Islamo-Fascism’ Message Promotes Hate
After listening to David Horowitz’s comical speech Monday at the Memorial Union Theatre, I did not feel, as might have been expected, anger or disgust. Instead, his appearance — part of the nationwide “Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week” — elicited a sense of absurdity. Throughout the evening, the ex-Trotskyist Mr. Horowitz did his pathetic best to convey, […]
PA: Santorum’s ‘Islamo-Fascism’ Address Challenged
Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum said he wants to hear from people who disagree with him — and there was no shortage of them during a speech he gave on campus last night. Students packed 119 Osmond to hear Santorum speak as part of “Islamo-Facism Awareness Week,” an event aiming to expose the danger that […]
OK Lawmaker: No ‘Spiritual or Scholarly Need’ for Quran
Saying he had no “spiritual or scholarly need” for it, Norman state Rep. Scott Martin confirmed Tuesday that he refused a copy of the Quran, the Muslim world’s holy book. On Monday, a “Centennial” copy of the Quran was offered to all members of the Oklahoma Legislature from the Governor’s Ethnic American Advisory Council. And […]
MD: Official Denies Muslim Opposition
A town commissioner denied yesterday that he gave $500 to a citizens group that opposes plans for a Muslim worship and conference center in the rural Frederick County community. Commissioner Chad Weddle also denied having advised the Citizens for Walkersville on how to defeat the project proposed by the Silver Spring-based Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA. […]