CAIR: Hate-Crime Arrest in NY Quran Desecrations
CAIR: HATE-CRIME ARREST IN QURAN DESECRATIONS AT PACE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK (AP) – A 23-year-old man was arrested Friday on hate-crime charges after he threw a Quran in a toilet at Pace University on two separate occasions, police said. Stanislav Shmulevich of Brooklyn was arrested on charges of criminal mischief and aggravated harassment, both hate […]
NY: Student Nabbed in Koran Dunk
The 10-month-old mystery of who threw the Koran into the toilets at Pace University’s Manhattan campus was solved yesterday with the arrest of a student, cops said. Stanislav Shmulevich, 23, was confronted by detectives with a surveillance photo of himself leaving a Pace meditation room where the Muslim holy books were stored, police sources said. […]
Verse: Consult the Quran
VERSE OF THE DAY: CONSULT THE KORAN I do not know if the letter writer was misinformed herself or is trying to misinform the public. I disagreed with her on everything she said about how Islam teaches Muslims to deal with non-Muslims. The only thing I agreed with her on was when she said “read […]
CAIR-FL: School Bus Driver Fired for Cursing, Spitting
CAIR-FL: SCHOOL BUS DRIVER FIRED FOR CURSING, SPITTING Islamic leaders are praising a Panama City school district for firing a school bus driver accused of cursing and spitting at Muslim children. Thomas Plaisted has pleaded not guilty to showing prejudice while committing an offense. The 60-year-old Plaisted was arrested in May after he allegedly cursed […]
CAIR-IL Rep Discusses Prayer Breaks at NE Factory
CAIR-CHICAGO REP DISCUSSES PRAYER BREAKS AT NE FACTORY ON ‘ALAN COLMES SHOW’ [NOTE: Rima Kapitan is staff attorney for the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.] Host: Alan Colmes Alan talks with Rima Kapitan, an attorney who is advocating for Somali Muslim workers that were fired for praying on the job. TRANSCRIPT ALAN: […]
CAIR: Newsday Corrects Reference to Plaintiffs in Imams’ Suit
A story in Wednesday’s edition incorrectly stated the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against US Airways. Six Imams thrown off a flight in November filed suit against the airline and passengers on the flight. The Council on American-Islamic Relations is not listed as a plaintiff.
Muslim Societies Rediscover Spirit of Scientific Inquiry
In a Commentary, Ziauddin Sardar poses a question: can Muslim societies rediscover the spirit of scientific inquiry that prevailed during the classical period, when Islamic science enjoyed a golden era? The answer, he says, is yes. But it is not just the approach to science that has changed for the worse, so has the practice […]
Azizah Magazine a Voice of Muslim Women in US
AZIZAH – VOICE OF MUSLIM WOMEN IN US Bandar Seri Begawan – Responsibility to the truth is the epitome of Islam and journalism. This principle was recently the foundation of a roundtable discussion amongst members of the print media. The roundtable discussion on ‘Islam and Responsible Journalism: The US Perspective’ was lead by Tayyibah Taylor, […]
Queen Rania: Being Muslim ‘Intrinsic’ to Daily Life
QUEEN RANIA: THE TRUE MEANING OF ISLAM Let me start with the traditional greeting of Islam: peace be upon you. I welcome the opportunity to engage in this conversation, and I am glad to think global readers are interested in Islam, a religion shared and cherished by millions of men and women around the world. […]
Ellison: Born and Raised in the U.S.A.
BORN AND RAISED IN THE U.S.A. I didn’t need to watch the PBS series “America at a Crossroads” or read the recent Pew Research Center survey on American Muslims, to know that the Muslim community is under intense scrutiny. The day I won the Democratic Farmer Labor (DFL) endorsement for the Fifth Congressional District of […]