CAIR: Exploding Bottle May Have Been Hate Attack
Police in suburban Glendale are investigating a series of incidents involving exploding bottles thrown by men from moving vehicles, one of which landed near a Muslim religious leader standing outside a mosque. No one has been injured in the attacks, but a Muslim civil rights group worried that the incident involving the imam early Monday […]
CAIR Seeks Help for Tenn. Family Trapped in Gaza
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/7/2007) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group is calling on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to help evacuate a Tennessee Muslim mother and her three children trapped in the Gaza Strip.
AZ: Another U.S. Muslim Family Stuck in Gaza
Mohamed “Moe” Hegazy has barely slept for the past month and a half. He has waited 44 days for his family to return from vacation in the Gaza Strip, but they cannot come back to the United States because Hamas, a radical Palestinian faction, seized the region in June. Hegazy has no timetable for his […]
Incitement: Idaho Rep Objects to Muslim in Congress
U.S. Rep. Bill Sali is making waves on the blogosphere (oh, here we are!) for comments regarding Muslims in Congress. SEE: http://sali.house.gov/ Muslim Congressmen and Hindu prayers, he said, don’t belong in the House built by the Founding Fathers. He’s got Bryan Fischer at his side, who agrees that anyone who worships “cows, monkeys and […]
TX: Holy Land Trial Turns to Israeli Agent
The federal judge presiding over the Holy Land Foundation terror finance trial ordered his courtroom cleared of spectators Thursday as a secret agent for the Israeli Defense Forces took the stand. The agent, referred to only by the pseudonym Major Lior, testified through a translator about a cache of documents, videos and posters that his […]
Prosecution of Muslim Group Brings Charges of Bias
Washington – The Bush administration’s most recent effort to prosecute alleged funders of terrorism is raising charges of Islamophobia and causing ethnic tensions in Texas, where the case is being tried.
Official: Linking Groups to Terror Trial a ‘Tactical Move’
An Unwelcome Guest The Justice Department this summer abruptly cancelled a high-profile “Muslim outreach” event featuring Attorney General Alberto Gonzales after discovering that one of the invited guests was an officer of an organization just named as an “unindicted co-conspirator” in a major terrorism case. The scheduled event was slated to take place in the […]
CAIR-FL: Authorities Asked to Keep SC Bomb Suspect Safe
The parents of Yousef Megahed have asked authorities to take any action necessary to protect their son during his stay in jail on charges of possessing a pipe bomb, the leader of a Muslim advocacy group said Wednesday. Ahmed Bedier said the national media attention, widespread speculation about terrorism links and local community reaction has […]
CAIR-FL: Parents of Arrested USF Student Speak Out
TAMPA — The parents of Youssef Megahed, one of two University of South Florida students being held on an explosives charge in South Carolina, say their son is a dedicated student who works with mental health patients and would not be involved in any terrorist acts. The parents, Samir and Ahlam Megahed, spoke for the […]
Overstretched US Cuts Aid to Israel
America has been forced to withhold funding from its key ally in the Middle East amid the strain of paying for its expensive military campaign in Iraq. Washington had promised Israel a substantial increase in its financial support to bolster it against Iran. But US officials decided to amend their pledge because of escalating costs, […]