TX: Islam’s Nonviolent Teachings Inspire March
Sharida McKenzie recently heard someone on a cable news show say that Muslims in the United States rarely stand to denounce terrorism. Then McKenzie, who is Muslim, heard her non-Muslim in-laws say something similar. The 29-year-old Round Rock accountant soon came to agree and began to recruit Austin-area Muslims to join her in what she […]
OH: Cartoon Disrespectful of Iran, Its People
The editorial cartoon by Michael Ramirez in Tuesday’s Dispatch that pictured Iran as a sewer with cockroaches coming out of it was extremely offensive. Iran, once known as Persia, has a long and cultured history. I am not a Muslim nor of Middle Eastern descent, nor do I like terrorists. But to reduce a nation […]
Muslims Parade in NYC, Face Hecklers
Thousands of Muslims from across the New York region marched down Madison Avenue in Manhattan Sunday, waving flags and flashing peace signs to protesters. The 22nd annual United American Muslim Day parade was a peaceful affair on a warm, bright day that drew hundreds of beaming children. Though few people gathered on the sidewalk to […]
Brawl Over Islam on Facebook
The social networking site Facebook from afar can look a lot like college, with cliques and the familiar range of personalities. In another imitation of college life, the Facebook campus is wrestling with the contentious issue of speech codes. The latest concern centers on a group with a crude title denouncing Islam that had more […]
CAIR-MO: Muslims Raise Funds for Fallen Officers
The American Muslim Coalition of Saint Louis is a recently formed group to expand on the local Muslim communities’ civic and interfaith activities through networking, cooperative effort, and organization. The coalition is dedicated to the goals of: increasing the active participation of American Muslims in the activities of our local communities in Saint Louis and […]
CAIR-IL: The Islamophobe Who Cried Islamist
It is a token of the farcical times in which we live when an agenda-driven “scholar” with a track-record of attacking his “subject matter” should feel entitled to be taken seriously.Daniel Pipes is as much a scholar on Islam and Muslims as David Duke is a scholar on Judaism and Jews. He does not seem […]
NY: LI Muslims Bring Funeral Rituals Into Mosque
In the basement of the Bay Shore mosque, beneath the spacious green-carpeted prayer hall and next to the multipurpose room filled with Ping-Pong tables, is a small room with a wide doorway. It has two sinks and a row of cupboards. It also has two metal tables, each about the size of a human body. […]
CAIR-TX: Muslim Peace March
Austin’s Muslim community and friends unite today to take a stand against violence. The march begins at the Capitol at 9:30am, followed by speeches from Imam Mohammed Umer and Sister Sarwat Hussain [CAIR-San Antionio]. Sun., Sept. 9, 9-11am. Texas state Capitol, 1100 Congress, 305-8400. www.muslimpeacemarch.org
Muslims Parade in New York, Condemn 9/11 Attacks
NEW YORK – Hundreds of Muslims chanted and waved flags from around the globe as they marched Sunday in the 22nd annual American Muslim Day Parade. About 20 protesters shouted anti-Muslim slogans from behind police barricades along Manhattan’s Madison Avenue and sought to link the marchers to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
CAIR-FL: Forging Interfaith Bonds in S. Florida
Whether they’re ushering in Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, or the monthlong prayers and fasting of Ramadan or already shifting their thoughts toward the glimmer of Advent, South Florida religious leaders have stepped up efforts to help the faithful look beyond prejudice and discord and cross bridges of reconcilation, acceptance and understanding. This morning, […]