CAIR-OK Co-Hosts Benefit Dinner for Orphans
Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City, “Orphans – Think. Care. Act,” benefit dinner to support orphans, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2945 Northwest Expressway. Event is in partnership with Islamic Relief and Council on American-Islamic Relations-Oklahoma City. 210-4475.
TX: Anonymity for Israeli Agent in Holy Land Case
The Holy Land Foundation was part of a global network of organizations that raised money from Muslims throughout the world and funneled it to Hamas, according to a second Israeli secret agent who testified under a pseudonym Wednesday. The testimony of an anonymous agent as an expert witness could be a first in the U.S. […]
NY Muslims Pan Terrorism Report
Long Island Muslim leaders yesterday criticized a report by the New York City Police Department on homegrown terrorism, saying they are all for fighting terrorism but that the findings may help perpetuate stereotypes about Muslims. The report warns of “radicalization” among otherwise unremarkable young Muslim men in the United States who grow disillusioned with life […]
VA: Davis Outraged Over Tancredo Comments
I write to join in the outrage over comments made by one of my congressional colleagues, Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo. His comments were clearly inappropriate. In response to a question about potential future attacks on the United States, Rep. Tancredo reportedly said, “If it is up to me, we are going to explain that an […]
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 […]
MO: Council Approves Plan for Mosque
The St. Louis County Council on Tuesday unanimously reversed a previous vote and decided to let a group of Bosnian Muslims build a new mosque in south St. Louis County. Before casting his vote, Councilman John Campisi – in whose district the mosque will be located – addressed the Muslims’ 100 or so supporters. “I […]
German Court: Teacher Must Stop Wearing Hijab
A court in western Germany has ruled that a teacher who converted to Islam must stop wearing a headscarf at her school. The court in Dusseldorf ruled Tuesday that wearing the garment at schools violates state law prohibiting religious headwear. The teacher who challenged the ban, Maryam Brigitte Weiss, started wearing a headscarf last year. […]
Iranian Women Barred from Karate Games
Eleven Iranian women have been banned from the Konishi Cup karate competition in Kalmar, Sweden, after they refused to remove their hijab. The women ended up watching the competition from the stands at the beginning of August when head referee Javier Escalante declined to give them a special dispensation, a Swedish-based English-language online newspaper The […]
CO: Symposium Focuses on Muslim Women
Of all the differences between the Muslim world and the West, perhaps none is more potentially explosive than the roles of women, whether in domestic relationships or in their potential as leaders in Islamic and world affairs. And that, in part, is to be a topic of discussion in the upcoming symposium at The Aspen […]
Syndicated Radio Host Compares Muslims to ‘Cockroaches’
Summary: On his radio show, Neal Boortz claimed that because “Muslims don’t eat during the day during Ramadan” and “fast during the day and eat at night,” they are “sort of like cockroaches.”