NY: Principal Appointed to Arabic School
A veteran teacher who helped develop an Arabic-themed public school has been named its acting principal now that the original principal has resigned under heavy criticism. Acting principal Danielle Salzberg had been working with the team setting up professional development services at the Khalil Gibran International Academy in Brooklyn, which will open Sept. 4 with […]
CAIR-CA: Suspicious Fire at Mosque
Arson investigators are looking into a suspicious fire Sunday morning that gutted an Islamic mosque that has been the target of repeated vandalism, leaving hundreds of East Contra Costa County Muslims without a place of worship. Contra Costa Fire crews and Antioch police responded about 12:30 a.m. to reports of smoke and flames spewing from […]
NY: New Leader Picked to Run Arabic School
An education official experienced in starting new schools in New York City, but not in speaking Arabic, will take over immediately as the interim acting principal of the city’s first public school dedicated to the study of Arabic language and culture, Chancellor Joel I. Klein said yesterday. The official, Danielle Salzberg, 35, a senior program […]
CAIR-CA Calls for Hate-Crime Probe in Mosque Arson
An Islamic group called on authorities Monday to launch a hate-crime investigation into a fire that caused $200,000 in damage to an Antioch mosque. Investigators with the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District said they are treating the fire that broke out early Sunday morning at the Islamic Center of the East Bay as possible […]
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CAIR: Tancredo’s Comments Inflamed Anti-U.S. Sentiment
[Ahmad Al-Akhras is national vice chairman of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.] It was shocking to hear Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., a presidential candidate, threaten to bomb the Muslim holy sites of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia as retaliation for any future terrorist attack on the United States (“Pakistan rejects Obama stance,” Associated Press […]
UK: Imam Attacked as Anti-Muslim Violence Grows
A brutal assault on a London imam has highlighted fears that Muslims are suffering a sharp increase in race attacks after the failed car bombings in June. The 58-year-old imam from Central Mosque in Regent’s Park, is in a critical condition after emergency surgery to both of his eyes. Attacks on Muslims and mosques in […]
Video: Arson Suspected in Mosque Blaze
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WA: Mosque’s Barbecue Calls Faiths Together
They sat next to each other in the Sunday sunshine chatting. Smiling and gesturing, they looked like familiar friends sharing familiar stories. But the two women — one with her head and body wrapped in cloth, the other blond and wearing a floral dress — were strangers until that afternoon. They met at the annual […]
NY: Mortgages Test Muslim Faith
Most New Yorkers leave their finances in the hands of brokers, bankers and planners, but Muslims often turn to their religious leaders. Soulemaine Konate knows: As imam of the 1,500-member Masji Aqsa Mosque in Harlem, he said he gets money questions daily. For strict Muslims, financial decisions must adhere to Sharia, or Islamic law, as […]