MI: Many Oppose New Mosque
MI: MANY OPPOSE NEW MOSQUE A hearing on a proposed mosque along Ellsworth Road in Ypsilanti Township drew more than 150 people Tuesday, with most of them opposing the project. “This is the wrong location for it,” said Peter Williamson, who objected to the size of the project. “I would want the Muslim community to […]
GA: Police Investigate Fire at Mosque
GA: POLICE INVESTIGATE FIRE AT SCOTTDALE MOSQUE DeKalb County officials said late Tuesday night that further investigation is required to determine what what caused the fire that damaged a mosque in Scottdale. The fire Tuesday night at the Jaffari Center of Atlanta destroyed one building at the Patterson Avenue property. The one-story, 5,000-square-foot building was […]
ME: ‘We Just Wanted to Be Left Alone’
ME: ‘WE JUST WANTED TO BE LEFT ALONE’ Tenants at 282 Main St. admit things got out of hand on July 16, when a confrontation with their Muslim neighbors erupted into a spectacle of barking dogs, baseball bats, taunts of “Taliban” and plenty of profanity. For them, it was all a misunderstanding about one neighbor […]
ME: Muslims Intimidated by Neighbors
ME: INTIMIDATION SPARKS SHOWDOWN BETWEEN MUSLIM COUPLE AND NEIGHBORS Some apartment residents in an area of Maine with a history of tension between Muslims and other local residents could face hate-crime charges after a Muslim couple claimed they were subjected to racial taunts and threats. Kenneth Post, a Muslim convert, and his Yemeni wife, Raihanah […]
CAIR-MI: Agents Raid 2 Muslim Charities
MI: AGENTS RAID 2 MUSLIM CHARITIES Federal agents raided two Shi’ite Muslim charities Tuesday in Dearborn, one of which the government said funneled money raised in the United States to Iran-backed terrorist groups in the Middle East. The agents hauled away documents and files from charities that raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from metro […]
Top Congressional Recipients of Pro-Israel PAC Funds
TOP TEN 2006 AND CAREER RECIPIENTS OF PRO-ISRAEL PAC FUNDS In any given election year, the months between the end of July and election day represent a political action committee’s (PAC) final opportunity to fill in the gaps, correct oversights, respond to late-breaking developments, and in general get one’s ducks in a row. So year-end […]
New Muslim Swimwear Caters to Modesty Concerns
THE NEW SWIMSUIT ISSUE Move over, Tankini. Since the full-coverage swimsuit dubbed the Burqini (as in burqa plus bikini) hit the international market in January, devout Muslim women have been snapping them up. The polyester suits were designed to accord with Islamic laws that require women to dress modestly and to eliminate the risk of […]
CAIR-FL: Hate Crimes Are Stains on Community
CAIR-FL: STAINS ON A COMMUNITY Ignorant people with spray paint and matches cannot destroy a society built on the principle of equality. And yet they try. On July 6, the Sarasota County home of a Bosnian family of five was set afire. Painted in red on the floor of were the words “Kill All Arabs.” […]
OH: Mother of Arab Family to Be Deported
OH: NO PLACE TO CALL HOME An immigration agent called Maha Dakar to his office a few weeks ago and told her the time had come to make a choice. Dakar began to weep. The choice was simple, yet impossible: leave behind her Green Township home, her four young daughters and her husband and move […]
CAIR Backgrounder: Islam Has No Ties to Terrorism
CAIR: ISLAM HAS NO TIES TO TERRORISM [Parvez Ahmed is chairman of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.] Five years into President Bush’s declaration of the “global war on terrorism,” the latest State Department report shows a 25 percent increase in worldwide terrorist attacks over the previous year. Terrorism is an abominable tactics, not an ideology. […]