CAIR-IL: Univ. to Reimburse Meals Missed in Ramadan
Muslim students are adapting their campus lifestyles to the observance of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. Occurring this year from sunset on Sept. 12 through Oct. 11, all willing able-bodied Muslims are required to fast between sunrise and sunset in addition to following other various practices.University Housing is offering two options to […]
GA: Practicing Islam at Armed Forces Installations
Talib M. Shareef and Rashad Abdul-Azeem see no disconnect between their Islamic faith and their jobs at Robins Air Force Base. Certainly no mixed loyalties. No lack of purpose or focus. No argument with the mission. Chief Master Sgt. Shareef – a 28-year veteran of the Air Force – is chief of personnel service delivery […]
MA: Jewish, Muslim Students Break Fast Together
Members of Harvard’s Jewish and Muslim communities broke fasts together Saturday night to celebrate two of the holiest holidays in each religion and to highlight the commonalities between the two faiths. Saturday was the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, and Muslims are observing Ramadan, a month which focuses on […]
CA: ‘March Against Hate’ Unites Faiths
With religious strife rampant all over the world, one Contra Costa city made a vow Sunday that whatever pits community against community elsewhere, it must not and will not happen here. A “March Against Hate” from Antioch City Hall to Antioch High School by Muslims, Jews, Christians, Sikhs, Baha’is, Zoroastrians and other believers was a […]
IN: Foot-Washing Sink Proposal Causes Stir
A proposal to install a foot-washing sink at Indianapolis International Airport is prompting debate over ethnicity, religion and the U.S. constitution. Muslims use the sinks to wash their feet before praying but some say that allowing the sinks on public property violates the separation of church and state, 6News’ Cheryl Jackson reported. Airport officials said […]
NY: Muslim Students Lack Place to Cleanse
Hands and arms, mouth and nose, face and head, ears, neck and feet. Washing each in succession, Muslim students prepare for their daily ablutions. They balance precariously upon the sink, flamingo-like, with one leg on the floor. These students are performing a sacred Muslim ritual – in the Bobst Library second floor bathroom. In the […]
OH: Leaders Gather to Support Vandalized Mosque
U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, Sylvania Police Chief Gerald Sobb, and other community leaders voiced their support last night for a mosque in Sylvania whose high school was vandalized two days earlier. “We wrap our arms around you today,” Miss Kaptur (D., Toledo), said. She praised members of Masjid Saad for “turning outward” instead of inward, […]
‘The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy’
America is about to enter a presidential election year. Although the outcome is of course impossible to predict at this stage, certain features of the campaign are easy to foresee. The candidates will inevitably differ on various domestic issues-health care, abortion, gay marriage, taxes, education, immigration-and spirited debates are certain to erupt on a host […]
CAIR-FL: Rabbi Says CAIR’s Mission Like ADL’s
Two years ago on Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, Congregation Beth Shalom in Clearwater had an unusual guest speaker — a Muslim.Ahmed Bedier, head of the Tampa chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, discussed similarities between Judaism and Islam. He answered questions about the Koran. One woman called the talk […]
CAIR-NY: Ahmadinejad Visit Opportunity for Dialogue
Last year, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to the United Nations as an outspoken antagonist of the United States but was upstaged by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s declaration to the General Assembly that George W. Bush was “the devil.”This week, the Iranian president has the stage to himself, and the reviews are in.“‘TEHRAN’TING LUNATIC … bloody handed […]