IL: Islamic-Themed Comic Book Debuts in U.S.
Batman has brains, Superman has brawn, but Mumita has a great kick. She’s part of the superhero cast of “The 99,” an Islamic-themed comic book that debuts in select U.S. cities today, including Chicago. “Every child is looking for a superhero,” said Firas Ahmad, an editor at Islamica magazine. “When I grew up, the people […]
How to Manage a Company with Muslim Employees
The Muslim holy month of Ramadan drew to a close last Friday when observers broke their fast on Eid-ul-Fitr, a three-day-long period of prayers and festivities. But while the Islamic world allows time off for the entirety of Eid and shortened work hours throughout Ramadan, the roughly 120,000 Muslims here in the United States enjoy […]
David Horowitz Caught in a Lie
Poor David Horowitz. The long slide downward has been traumatic for him. Once an author of middlebrow biographies that sold fairly well, today he has become a neoconservative nutball whose descent into megalomania has taken on increasingly bizarre forms: e.g., he recently rebaptized his longstanding vehicle, the Center for the Study of Popular Culture, with […]
Maureen Dowd: Giuliani Roughs Up Arabs
Now comes “Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week.” David Horowitz’s conservative Freedom Center has designated next week the time to “break through the barrier of politically correct doublespeak that prevails on American campuses, if you want to help our brave troops, who are fighting the Islamo-Fascists abroad.” The Freedom Center’s terrorism awareness program is urging college students to […]
Coulter: ‘Jews Believe [Jesus] Was a Raving Lunatic’
On the October 15 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Michael Medved hosted right-wing pundit Ann Coulter to discuss her October 8 assertion on CNBC’s The Big Idea — documented by Media Matters for America — that “we” Christians “just want Jews to be perfected.” Before airing a clip of Coulter’s comments, Medved said: […]
CAIR-MI: Film Shows Dignity of Slaves, Muslims
It’s a story not well-known: A prince in west Africa who is heir to a sizable kingdom is enslaved and taken to America in 1788 at age 26 and fights for 40 years to regain his freedom.But now, the life of Abdul-Rahman Ibrahima, an African Muslim, may reach a wide audience through a new film […]
IL: Critics of Israel Lobby Gather at University
Collectively they have published more than a hundred books and countless articles. Four are tenured professors at elite American universities. Internet searches reveal them to be widely cited experts on international affairs and American foreign policy. In short, it’s difficult to imagine a collection of academics more secure in their posts or more prominent. But […]
CAIR-NJ: Suspect’s Sister Beaten in School Bias Attack
The 12-year-old sister of one of the men charged with plotting to attack Fort Dix alleges she was assaulted during an apparent bias incident at her Cherry Hill public school, according to a Islamic civil rights group.The sister of Mohamad Schnewer, one of six man arrested in May in connection with the alleged terrorist plot, […]
CAIR-NJ: Sister of Fort Dix Suspect Reports Attack
The 12-year-old sister of a Fort Dix terror suspect alleges she was attacked at a township school in an apparent hate crime, an Islamic group said Monday.The sister of Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer, one of six men accused of plotting an attack on the Burlington County military installation, says she was choked and punched at Carusi […]
CAIR: Ex-Teacher Protests Rebuke After Anti-Islam Talk
The former Enloe High School teacher who invited to his class a speaker who denounced Islam as a religion of violence, making national headlines, lobbied Monday to get his job back.Robert Escamilla, the teacher, met with Wake County school board members to appeal a decision by Superintendent Del Burns to transfer Escamilla from Enloe and […]