TX: Holy Land Foundation Trial – The Family’s Perspective
THE HOLY LAND FOUNDATION TRIAL: THE FAMILY’S PERSPECTIVE FBI agent concludes direct examination (August 7, 2007)Submitted by Editor on Wed, 08/08/2007 – 4:33am. Prosecutor Jim Jacks stood behind the wooden podium in the center of the courtroom much of Tuesday, August 7, 2007 as he concluded the seven-day direct examination of FBI agent Laura Burns. […]
MN: Mayor Files Suit Over Rumors of Being ‘Muslim’
MN: LAWSUIT FILED, THEN QUICKLY DISMISSED In just three days Administrative Law Judge Barbara Nielson received and dismissed a lawsuit filed by Forest Lake Mayor Stev Stegner. On Wednesday, August 1 Stegner’s attorney Dale Swanson filed a lawsuit in the Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearings claiming five area community members violated campaign practices in the […]
VA: Young Imam Serves as Islam’s Face to Community
The day is sunny and hot, the hamburgers are on the grill, the kids are jumping on the moon bounce and about 400 people are milling around the brand new Dar Al Noor mosque in Manassas, Va. Neighbors and members of the congregation are here – even Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine is coming. James Dade, […]
IL: Islamic Center Refutes Claims by Wash. Post Reporter
When members of the Islamic Center of Macomb read an article by a Washington Post reporter and after it was printed in the Macomb Journal on Tuesday, July 24 they were outraged and shocked. The article about Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, who spent time in Macomb and has alleged ties to the Sept. 11 terrorist […]
CAIR-MI: Agents Target Charity Offices
Federal agents were looking for information on terrorist operations and Hizballah activity when they raided two Muslim charities last month, court records show. The agents hauled away computers, files, money and other items from the Dearborn offices of Al-Mabarrat Charitable Organization and Goodwill Charitable Organization, two Shi’ite Muslim groups that raised money in metro Detroit. […]
CAIR-MI: Charity Probes Worry South Asians
There is concern in the large South Asian community in Metro Detroit that efforts to provide relief for flood-ravaged Bangladesh and India will be discouraged by recent federal investigations of Muslim charities. “People are concerned about doing fund-raising and relief work amid some of these statements that, for example, contributing to orphans is used as […]
Video: CAIR-FL News Conference Reacting to SC Arrests
CAIR-FL: Muslim Community Reacts to Students’ Arrest
Friends and others in the Muslim community said Yousef Megahed and Ahmed Mohamed were arrested because of their race and faith. Deputies in Berkeley County, South Carolina, denied their background factored into their arrest for carrying what police claim are explosive devices. “They were stopped because they were speeding,” Lt. Vince Lombard of the Berkley […]
CAIR-MD/VA: Toddler Denied Immigration Arrives in D.C.
After two years not being allowed entry to the U.S., the 3-year-old son of a Muslim U.S. citizen will be allowed by immigration officials to join his family in Virginia. A spokesman for the Council on American Islamic Relations says the boy and his father arrived at Reagan National Airport about 10:30 p.m. Monday. Abdeloihab […]
CA: U.S. Muslims Appeal to Free Korean Hostages
Working together, Korean and Muslim American officials in Los Angeles are appealing to both Afghan and Taliban leaders to push for the release of the remaining 21 South Koreans being held hostage by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. In a letter hand-delivered by a representative of the Muslim Public Affairs Council on Monday to the Embassy […]