Shifting Targets: The Administration’s plan for Iran
In a series of public statements in recent months, President Bush and members of his Administration have redefined the war in Iraq, to an increasing degree, as a strategic battle between the United States and Iran. “Shia extremists, backed by Iran, are training Iraqis to carry out attacks on our forces and the Iraqi people,” […]
Bolton: Attack Iran, ‘Remove’ Its Leader
Former US ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton told Tory delegates in Britain Sunday that efforts by the UK and the EU to negotiate with Iran had failed and that he saw no alternative to a pre-emptive strike on suspected nuclear facilities in the country. Bolton said that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was “pushing […]
WI: Muslim Women Focus on Community Service
A dozen years ago, several Muslim women in Milwaukee decided to become more involved in their community. Today, this small group has evolved into an active organization called Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition. Group members focus on public service and public perceptions of Muslim women and their faith. Insherah Farhoud is a pediatric nurse practitioner at […]
CAIR-OH: Muslim Author’s Book Educates about Faith
Why the two sisters weren’t wearing new clothes for prayers was beyond Aneesa’s understanding. After all, it was Eid al-Adha.The 6-year-old girl was feeling sad knowing that on the biggest Muslim holiday her parents were thousands of miles away in Saudi Arabia for the Hajj pilgrimage. Her grandmother was doing her best to cheer her […]
CAIR: U.S. Faith Communities Fast for End to Iraq War
A multi-faith coalition that includes Buddhist, Christian, Islamic and Jewish groups has called on faith communities in the United States to observe a one-day fast in October to protest against the U.S.-led war in Iraq.Organizers say the dawn-to-dusk Oct. 8 fast is intended for U.S. religious communities to “act as catalysts to transform the meaning […]
CAIR: Muslim Sect Resisted in MD
Intisar Abbasi looks over the rolling farm field that his Muslim sect hopes to buy for a worship center and annual convention site. The Pakistani immigrant knows many in this small town of unpainted barns and church suppers are “troubled by foreigners” and suspicious of Muslims in particular.If the local people who spoke out against […]
Muslim ‘Eid’ Stamp Reissued at New Rate
The Eid stamp commemorating Muslim holy days was reissued Friday, the Postal Service said. The stamp, first issued in 2001, was released at the new 41-cent first class rate that took effect in May. The stamp observes the two most important festivals in the Islamic calendar: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha… The image on the […]
MA: University has Female Muslim Chaplain
After three decades in the military, the ivory tower is a new deployment for Shareda Hosein, Tufts University’s first female Muslim chaplain. Yet the campus culture wars, while nonlethal, can be nasty. Interning as an adviser to the university’s Muslim Student Association before her appointment as chaplain last month, Hosein was present for the ruckus […]
McCain Casts Muslims as Less Fit to Lead
Senator John McCain said in an interview posted on the Internet on Saturday that the Constitution established the United States as a Christian nation and that his faith is probably of better spiritual guidance than that of a Muslim candidate for president. “I just have to say in all candor that since this nation was […]
MD: Muslims Provide Food, Clothing, Health Screenings
Mallory Terry, who lives on a Northwest Baltimore block in Upton where half the rowhouses are vacant, wasn’t expecting to see a throng of people collecting food and clothing outside the Ul-Haqq mosque when she took her two sons for a walk yesterday. After pausing briefly to ask if the bonanza was open to anyone, […]