CAIR-NV Opens Office with Ribbon-Cutting
The Council on American Islamic Relations will hold a ribbon-cutting today in Las Vegas to mark the official opening of its first chapter in Nevada. Mayor Oscar Goodman is scheduled to assist in the ribbon-cutting at the new office, located at 501 S. Sixth St., and to deliver brief remarks during the 2:30 p.m. ceremony.Yasser […]
WA: Muslims Counter Campus Event
A controversial week of events, billed as Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, launches at the University of Washington and some 100 other colleges next week — drawing condemnations from Muslim groups here and across the country. The UW College Republicans, organizer of the local events, say the week is intended to foster awareness of the terrorist threat […]
MA: Muslim Chaplain Seeks ‘Truth Over Fear’
Anti-Islamic sentiment in the country swelled in the aftermath of the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. But for Mary Lahaj, Muslim chaplain at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, those energies had been taking root on US soil for decades prior. She remembers the telephone calls that came flooding into mosques around Boston after […]
Spying Bill Grants Immunity to Some Telecom Companies
Senate Democrats and Republicans reached agreement with the Bush administration yesterday on the terms of new legislation to control the federal government’s domestic surveillance program, which includes a highly controversial grant of legal immunity to telecommunications companies that have assisted the program, according to congressional sources. Disclosure of the deal followed a decision by House […]
NY: Def Jam Co-Founder to Moderate Muslim, Jewish Relations Panel
Co-founder of Def Jam Recordings Russell Simmons and Rabbi Marc Schneier are hosting a panel on Muslim-Jewish relations this Monday. The goal of the event is to “create a dialogue to build better relations between communities,” said Stern senior Eric Goldberg, who organized the event. The panel discussion will address the “challenges and complexities of […]
AZ: Family Pens Book to Demystify Islam
It was a trip to the bookstore and a classroom encounter that prompted the Hafiz family of Paradise Valley to write a book to educate Muslims and non-Muslims about Islam. Dilara Hafiz, 42; her son, Imran, 15, a sophomore at Brophy College Preparatory in Phoenix; and daughter Yasmine, 17, a senior at Xavier College Preparatory […]
AZ: Family Pens Handbook for Muslim Teens
Imran Hafiz was a fourth-grader when terrorists hijacked four airliners and wrought the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, on the East Coast. At school, “some kid accused me of being a member of the Taliban for no other reason than being brown and Muslim,” he said. Even when Hafiz emphatically said he had nothing to […]
CT: Islamic School Becomes First to Gain Accreditation
It’s located on 2.8 leafy acres in Shrewsbury, complete with a basketball court, small playground, and the traditional classes that can be found in any public school. But Al-Hamra Academy in Shrewsbury, a private school housed in a simple two-story brick building under an American flag, also teaches Arabic, Islamic studies, and the Koran. There […]
WA: Protest Fascism, Not Muslims
Ah, October. The time of year when the leaves are turning brighter colors, the skies are turning darker, and Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week is held on college campuses. Don’t worry if you haven’t heard of the last one. I-F Awareness Week (which is how we’ll refer to it for reasons explained below) is “the biggest conservative […]
Agenda of Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week
Muslim students, get ready. Next week you’ll find yourself in a position to defend your faith, publicly declare your opposition to terror, and denounce radicalism and the taking of innocent lives when Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week reaches college campuses beginning October 22. And since the oppression of women is slated as a major theme of Islamo-Fascism […]