IL: Chicago Mosque Vandalized
Chicago police this morning are questioning two teenagers who were arrested overnight inside a vandalized mosque on the North Side. A witness who called 911 saw the two boys, 16 and 17, enter the Jame Masjid in the 6300 block of North Maplewood Avenue around 12:45 a.m. and later saw that one of the mosque’s […]
NY: Arab Principal Was a Casualty of Fear
What’s Arabic for “witch hunt”? In any language, a witch hunt is what led Debbie Almontaser to step down as principal of the Khalil Gibran International Academy. Due to open in Brooklyn this fall, it will be New York City’s first Arabic-themed public school. The city was right to approve the school in the first […]
NJ: Diverse Muslim Groups Join Community Fair
In most cases in recent years, when a community event for Muslims happened, it would be held by Arabs for Arabs. Or by Pakistanis for Pakistanis. Or by African-Americans for African-Americans. And rarely did the groups mingle. So a group of progressive mosques and Islamic centers in Bergen, Hudson and Passaic counties took a chance […]
Incitement: Brigitte Gabriel Says Arabs ‘Have No Souls’
Brigitte Gabriel at the second annual “Christians United For Israel” conference, held at the Marriott Wardman hotel in Washington, D.C., on the 16th through the 18th of July 2007: “The difference, my friends, between Israel and the Arab world is the difference between civilization and barbarism. It’s the difference between good and evil [applause]…. this […]
U.S. Stops UK Muslim Boy Over Terror Suspicions
For seven-year-old Javaid Iqbal, the holiday to Florida was a dream trip to reward him for doing well at school. But he was left in tears after he was stopped repeatedly at airports on suspicion of being a terrorist. The security alerts were triggered because Javaid shares his name with a Pakistani man deported from […]
CAIR: Religious Leader Should Not Advocate Violence
This is in reference to Marsha Hurwitz’s letter last Monday, “Some Muslims don’t renounce all attacks.” Hurwitz suggested that her hope is shattered in regard to some statements about suicide bombings. In a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, former Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu indicated that the correct response to rocket attacks on the […]
CAIR-MI: Racial Profiling Discussed at City Council Meeting
Dawud Walid of CAIR said his organization feels that police should not ask questions about immigration status based on ethnic and religious attire. Immigrants are less likely to call the police. Visitors to Hamtramck are effected as well as residents. It is the responsibility of the federal government to enforce immigration law. Local police agencies […]
Muslim Character Featured in New CW Sitcom
Justin Tolchuck (Dan Byrd, “The Hills Have Eyes”) is a sensitive, lanky 16-year old just trying to make it through the social nightmare of high school in Medora, Wisconsin, with the help of his well-meaning mom Franny (Amy Pietz, “Caroline in the City”), aspiring-entrepreneur dad Gary (Scott Patterson, “Gilmore Girls”) and his beautiful and popular […]
Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain
Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain, broadcasting Wednesday, August 22, at 9 p.m. on PBS (check your television listings as local times may vary).
Labs Explore Health Effects of Ramadan
Next month, observers of the Muslim holiday of Ramadan will fast daily between sunrise and sunset, and feast thereafter, while scientists in a handful of labs around the world will examine what’s happening inside their bodies. Ramadan, it turns out, has become a useful phenomenon for researchers studying circadian rhythms – and what happens to […]