Threatening Holy Cities Is What Terrorists Do
A MECCA MISTAKE We expect the Muslim world to leap up as one and denounce its violent extremists and hold it against them when they do not. But do we do the same? How many of us even know who Rep. Tom Tancredo is, never mind that the Colorado Republican congressman and presidential candidate is […]
CA: Is Big Brother at Your Mosque?
CA: IS BIG BROTHER AT YOUR MOSQUE? On the first Friday of each month, Mohammed Elsisy, an Egyptian-born software engineer, usually drives from his home in Irvine, Calif., to the King Fahad mosque in Culver City, Calif., to deliver the khutba, or sermon. Elsisy thought the first Friday of this past June would be no […]
OH Muslim Cleared After Internet ‘Witch Hunt’
CAIR: INVESTIGATION CLEARS HILLIARD MAN Abukar Arman of Hilliard had a busy July: He cared for his four children, chaperoned Habitat for Humanity volunteers, lost his job and resigned from a Franklin County board. He has spent most recent days denying that he is an Islamic extremist and terrorist sympathizer, and contending that fair-minded people […]
Israeli Soldiers Refuse to Remove Hebron Settlers
ISRAELI SOLDIERS REFUSE TO REMOVE HEBRON SETTLERS Backed by rabbis and far-right MPs, about one-dozen Israeli soldiers are refusing to take part in a forced removal of settlers from two houses in the West Bank flashpoint town of Hebron, the army said Monday. The soldiers are among some 3,000 troops and border police due Tuesday […]
CAIR/MI: Hijab-Wearing Muslim Women Blend Religion, Culture
Afaf Humayun was born and raised in Jackson, and says no one tells her she must wear a hijab on her head. She chooses to do so. “Women seem to cover more, but that just has to do with our anatomy,” she said. “Women are held high and are encouraged to be educated. Men are […]
At U.S. Base, Iraqis Must Use Separate Latrine
FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq The sign taped to the men’s latrine is just five lines: “US MILITARY CONTRACTORS CIVILIANS ONLY!!!!!” It needed only one: “NO IRAQIS.” Here at this searing, dusty U.S. military base about four miles west of Baqouba, Iraqis including interpreters who walk the same foot patrols and sleep in […]
CAIR: True Muslims Repudiate Terror
[Asma Mobin-Uddin, Board chairwoman Ohio chapter Council on American-Islamic Relations Columbus] I would like to address some of the questions raised in recent letters to The Dispatch about the Muslim community’s stance on terrorism. Bernie Iven (letter, Thursday) raised the issue of support for terrorism on “the Muslim street.” While any support for terrorism is […]
IL: Decatur Mosque Serves Wide Array of Muslims
DECATUR, Ill. – “In the name of Allah, most merciful” were the chants heard inside the Masjid Wali Hasan Islamic Center. A place that has brought two factions of Muslims _ American-born blacks and those from the Middle East _ together for worship. During a recent service at the local mosque, more than 20 men […]
WA: Christians Proselytize Muslims at Mosque
Members of a Christian group attempted to hand out scriptures and DVDs about Jesus on Friday outside a University Place mosque as part of a regionwide campaign to convert Muslims. “Would you like a gift, sir?” one woman asked as Muslims drove away from the mosque after their weekly congregational prayers. Eight members of the […]
NJ Teen Wins Physics Medal in Iranian Olympiad
A Newark teen who traveled to Iran to represent the United States in the International Physics Olympiad recently returned home with a silver medal — one of five the U.S. team earned. Rui Hu, a senior at The Charter School of Wilmington, said he enjoyed the intense two-day competition as well as the chance to […]