Canada: ‘Little Mosque’ Filming Second Season
Little Mosque on the Prairie is back on the Prairies. CBC’s hit TV series about Muslims in a fictional Saskatchewan town is wrapping up production in Regina on its second season. Producer Michael Snook says on-location shooting for parts of 12 episodes will begin Monday and continue into September. Broadcasts of the second season episodes […]
Dubai: World’s First Muslim History Image Library Launched
Dubai-based Muslim Heritage Consulting has launched the world’s first online image library dedicated to the history of the Muslim world, aptly named www.MuslimHeritageImages.com ACM presents the best advantages and solutions for banks, brokers and traders- while offering Islamic trading conditions The library includes thousands of images, such as manuscripts starting from the 10th Century, as […]
CAIR: Most US Muslims Against Iraq War, But Say Aid Needed
A vast majority of Muslims in America feel the use of force in Iraq was wrong — even more so than the general public, according to survey results — but some say a continued U.S. presence is necessary for stability.The most recent Pew Research Center survey on the subject, published May 22, found that 75 […]
WA: Inflaming Fears Doesn’t Make Anyone Safe
It’s official: We live in a republic of fear. And when fear runs rampant, our good sense escapes us. Photos, which spread across the city and state last week, showed two Middle Eastern-looking men accused of seeming suspicious on state ferries. A ferry crew member (who took the photos) and the FBI (which released them) […]
The Cost of Hidden Bias at Work
When an Arab-American working for a US bank heard that a colleague was buying a house, he went to Google Maps to check it out. Another colleague, noticing he was looking at satellite pictures, quipped: “What, are you selecting a target?” The banker did not find it funny. A short while later he left the […]
CA: Sikh Men Feel Targeted at Airports
A new Homeland Security Department policy singles out Sikh men for rigorous airport security searches at the discretion of screeners, a national civil rights organization says. The United Sikh Coalition has written to Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff to protest the policy, implemented Aug. 4, which it says amounts to racial profiling. Nearly 2,000 have […]
DC: Muslim Patrol Quiets Crime in Neighborhood
On a sidewalk in Shaw, a dozen Muslim men wearing red T-shirts gather an hour before sundown. Half line up quietly behind an imam. Facing southeast toward Mecca, they bow their heads and read aloud verses from the Koran. The other half spread themselves out and look up and down the street. After a few […]
Austrian Governor to Ban Mosque-Building
Austrian right-wing firebrand Joerg Haider said on Monday he plans to change building laws to prevent mosques and minarets being erected in his home province of Carinthia. Haider, Carinthia’s governor, said he would ask its parliament to amend the building code to would require towns and villages to consider “religious and cultural tradition” when dealing […]
Swedish Cartoon Shows Muhammad on Dog’s Body
Iran summoned a Swedish diplomat to its foreign ministry on Monday to protest against a cartoon in a Swedish newspaper depicting the head of Prophet Muhammad on a dog’s body, Sweden’s foreign ministry said. (MORE)
Israel, AIPAC Won’t Parry Walt-Mearsheimer Book
Neither Israel nor the American Israel Public Affairs Committee are putting together a proactive campaign to combat the new Stephen Walt-John Mearsheimer book slamming the Israel lobby for allegedly hijacking US foreign policy. The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy is scheduled to hit the stores on September 5, but is already being sold on […]