NH Rep on Trip to Israel with 17 Other Congressmen
U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes, D-N.H., is in the second week of a privately funded trip to Israel with 17 other Democratic House members. The trip is being paid for by the American Israel Education Foundation, a non-partisan, non-profit organization that regularly sponsors what it calls education trips to Israel for members of Congress. The group […]
U.S. Goes Online to Reach Muslim Youth
The U.S. State Department chose a novel way to publicize baseball legend Cal Ripken Jr.’s appointment this week as its special sports envoy. It went on YouTube. Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes, who appears in the video, said Thursday it was part of her campaign to bring a positive image of the […]
CAIR-Orlando: Muslim Shopper Alleges Bias Attack
The Council on American-Islamic Relations of Orlando is calling for an investigation into a possible assault and battery case at the Prime Outlet Mall in Orange County. Mustapha Elmejjati said he was attacked by a woman at the Children’s Place department store earlier this month. “You know I was just behind her,” Elmejjati said. “I […]
AZ: Rep Helps U.S. Muslims Trapped in Gaza
A Tucson family is grateful to be back in its adopted country after surviving a civil war and fearing that it would never be able to leave its troubled homeland. Husain Gharbia and his wife, Fatina, planned to make 2007 the year they returned to the Middle East and introduced their families to their daughters, […]
CAIR-Tampa: SC Bomb Allegations May Be False, FBI Says
TAMPA – Behind bars in a South Carolina jail, it’s unlikely 21-year-old Youssef Megahed and 24-year-old Ahmed Muhammed know how much media attention their case is getting… The FBI says they’re in the process of analyzing information gathered from the many interviews, record checks, and searches they’ve conducted over the past couple of weeks. They […]
MN: Ellison Gets Apology from Critical Colleague
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Bill Sali has apologized to the nation’s first Muslim congressman, whose election Sali deemed in an interview as “not what was envisioned by the Founding Fathers.” The Idaho Republican has exchanged conciliatory e-mails with U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, a Minnesota Democrat who became the first Muslim in Congress last year. Both […]
CAIR-CA: Why Was a California Mosque Torched?
Aug. 16, 2007 – Abdul Rahman’s first reaction was disbelief. As the chairman of the Islamic Center of the East Bay walked through the charred walls and torched roof of his Antioch, Calif., mosque last Sunday, he couldn’t comprehend how anyone would want to destroy it. But hours earlier, someone had done just that. Using […]
HLF Trial Update: Israeli Witness Falters
An Israeli intelligence agent whose earlier testimony linked a U.S.-based Islamic charity to Hamas acknowledged Thursday that none of the overseas charities it supported has appeared among hundreds of names on U.S. government terrorist lists. The testimony seemed to cast doubt on a central element of the government’s criminal case against former officials of the […]
CAIR-OH: Young Muslims Want Fashion, Faith
Mariam Aboukar’s closet contains the typical staples of an 18-year-old. She has a short, red halter-top dress with flowers on the skirt. A pair of black skinny jeans. A bikini. But Aboukar wouldn’t wear any of them in public. She is well-accustomed to the balancing act of being an American teenager as well as a […]
ID: Rep’s Comments on Muslim Congressman Stir Debate
The election of a Muslim congressman by Minnesota voters was not “envisioned by the Founding Fathers,” Idaho Congressman Bill Sali said this week. But that doesn’t mean Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison doesn’t have every right to serve in Washington, D.C., Sali said. He told the Statesman Friday that his comments quoted on a conservative Web […]