Video: Incitement: ‘Christian Zionists’ Say Satan Is Behind Islam
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CA: Prayer OK at Lunch, Not Classes
CA: PRAYER OK AT LUNCH, NOT CLASSES AT CARVER A San Diego school that drew international attention for setting aside time for Muslim students to pray in the classroom will no longer do so. Instead, Carver Elementary’s schedule will be reconfigured so students can say their required midday prayers during lunch. Courts have long upheld […]
Afghanistan: Two US Soldiers Convert to Islam
TWO US SOLDIERS IN AFGHANISTAN CONVERT TO ISLAM Two American soldiers have converted to Islam and married in Afghanistan, a state newspaper said on Thursday. A U.S. military spokesman said he was checking the reports and pointed out that freedom of religion was enshrined in the U.S. constitution. The Hewad Daily reported the pair served […]
NJ: Albanian Muslims Seek OK for Site
A federal judge is weighing whether Wayne’s attempt to take property owned by an Albanian Muslim group fits the legal description of religious discrimination. . But first U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan must determine whether the law — which protects religious institutions from discrimination through land use regulations — applies in a lawsuit the […]
Muslim American Teens Search for Identity
MUSLIM AMERICAN TEENS SEARCH FOR IDENTITY Saba Anees fits her observance of Islam seamlessly into her jam-packed teenage schedule. The 16-year-old high-school junior from Sunnyvale, Calif.-an aspiring fashion editor-has tailored her headscarf for tennis practice. She chats with friends online, under the watchful eye of her Pakistani immigrant parents. Anees makes time for her mosque […]
NY: Hate-Mongering Hannity Targets Arab School
Just one day after Sean Hannity held himself up as a standard bearer for journalistic integrity, he and FOX News embarked on a smear campaign against a new NYC public school that will focus on Middle Eastern studies. An article in the New York Sun (hardly a liberal publication) makes clear that the school will […]
NY: Jail Guard Who Aided Muslims Faces Charges
The federal government is threatening an official at a Brooklyn jail with imprisonment if he gives legal assistance to several Muslim men who are suing over their detention following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The guard who received the unusual warning, Steven Barrere, is currently a defendant in a prison abuse suit brought by […]
CAIR: 9/11 Bill Prompts Warnings of Racial Profiling
As Democratic leaders crowed Wednesday about nearing completion of a bill to implement the 9/11 Commission recommendations, some civil liberty advocates and lawmakers were furious that conferees slipped in language that they said could substantially increase racial profiling across the country. The measure would grant liability protection for people who divulge information to authorities about […]
CAIR-NJ: Town Has Its Own Kind of Jihad
CAIR-NJ: NEW JERSEY TOWN HAS ITS OWN KIND OF JIHAD The working-class town of Paterson, New Jersey, with ties to September 11, 2001 both real and imagined, has its own jihad. Because of his name, 15-year-old Jehad Faleh knows there are many usages for the Arabic word jihad, and many Arabic speakers say the one […]
CAIR-MI: Feds Try to Tie Charity to Terror
The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday declared a Dearborn-based charity a front for the terrorist organization Hezbollah as FBI agents shut the group’s offices and carted away boxes of records. FBI agents raided the offices of Goodwill Charitable Organization Inc. on West Warren Avenue near Schaefer Road. They also raided the nearby offices of the […]