MI: In search of Islam in America
Often, the best way to learn about the mystery of faith is to hit the road and go see for yourself. That’s a timeless spiritual truth and it’s precisely what nine young Midwestern journalists, ages 12 to 18, did last week in their quest to explore Islam in the United States. Five were from Indianapolis […]
MI: Primary May Show Muslims’ Influence
HAMTRAMCK — This small city of immigrants is quickly regaining its reputation. Once a refuge for Catholic immigrants mostly from Poland and Ukraine, who staked their claim to the American dream in this 2.2-square-mile municipality, Hamtramck is now providing the same haven for Muslims from Bangladesh, Bosnia and Yemen. And the dream is coming to […]
NE: Judge Orders Prison to Meet Muslim’s Diet Needs
NE: JUDGE ORDERS PRISON TO MEET RELIGIOUS DIET NEEDS Tecumseh State Correctional Institution officials and a Muslim inmate are attempting to revise food service at the prison so the inmate can have access to kosher foods. U.S. District Judge Joseph F. Bataillon ordered the revision after the inmate, Mohamed El-Tabech, sued corrections officials under the […]
CAIR-MN Urges Blood Donations for Bridge Collapse Victims
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CAIR-WA: Missionaries to Accost Worshippers at Seattle Mosques
WA: CHRISTIANS TO SEEK CONVERTS AT MOSQUES’ DOORSTEPS [CONTACT: CAIR-Washington President Arsalan Bukhari, 206-931-3655] Led by a California pastor, a group of Christians will gather outside some Seattle-area mosques today in hopes of winning converts among Muslim worshippers coming to midday prayer. They will also take their message of salvation to those attending this weekend’s […]
Tajik Universities Bar Hijab-Wearing Girls from Exams
TAJIK UNIVERSITIES BAR HIJAB-WEARING GIRLS FROM EXAMS August 3, 2007 (RFE/RL) — Officials in Tajikistan’s State Teacher Training Institute have told RFE/RL’s Tajik Service that female applicants are no longer allowed to take university entrance exams there wearing Islamic head scarves.
Incitement: No Dialogue with Muslims Possible
INCITEMENT WATCH: MUSLIM DIALOGUE? DON’T BOTHER This June the Woolf Institute in Cambridge announced that the Jewish philanthropist Richard Stone had, through his family’s Stone-Ashdown Trust, facilitated the donation of £1 million to fund a Centre for the Study of Muslim-Jewish Relations (CMJR). The centre’s director, Dr Edward Kessler, was understandably delighted. “As far as […]
NY: Imam Offers a Lesson on Islam’s Media Image
NY: IMAM OFFERS A LESSON ON ISLAM’S MEDIA IMAGE War in Afghanistan and Iraq, bombings in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and, of course, 9/11 have cast Muslims as fanatics. Some now fear being targeted by the government as terrorists. At the same time, many people yearn for mutual understanding and respect, said Ahmed […]
Azerbaijan: Muslim Beards Forcibly Removed
Human rights defender in the sphere of the freedom of religion Ilgar Ibrahimoglu has released a statement regarding the shaving off of beards by force in the northern regions of Azerbaijan. The statement reads about the brutal violation of freedom of conscience and religion in the northern regions of the country, through the shaving of […]
Trial Date Set in AIPAC Spy Case
A federal judge has set a trial date early next year for two former pro-Israel lobbyists under indictment for trafficking in classified information. At a hearing Tuesday, Judge Thomas Ellis III said the ex-staffers for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Steven Rosen and Keith Weissman, will go on trial beginning January 14, 2008, at […]