Breaking News: Feds Raid Muslim Charities in Michigan
FUND-RAISING OFFICES IN DEARBORN RAIDED ON SUSPICION OF TERRORIST TIES Federal agents are raiding today the Dearborn offices of two charities suspected of having ties to terrorist groups in the Middle East. A Dearborn police officer guarded the entrance to the office of the Goodwill Charitable Organization, a fund-raising office established by the Martyrs Foundation […]
Does the Quran Condone Acts of Terrorism?
DC: LEGITIMATE AND ILLEGITIMATE ACTS OF VIOLENCE Why is Islam such a violent religion? Does the Qur’an condone acts of terrorism? Why haven’t Muslims denounced the 9/11 attacks and suicide bombing? Whether in the media or public discussions, these are common and persistent questions. But, in fact, major Muslim religious leaders and Muslim organizations have […]
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 […]
CAIR: Islamic Charity’s Terror Trial Starts Soon
CAIR: ISLAMIC CHARITY’S TERROR TRIAL STARTS SOON Nearly six years after it shut down the nation’s largest Islamic charity for alleged ties to terrorism, the U.S. government begins the high-stakes prosecution this week of five top officials of the Holy Land Foundation, accused of funneling money to Palestinian militants. In a 2001 Rose Garden appearance […]
CAIR-FL: $10K Reward Offered in Anti-Muslim Arson Case
CAIR-FL: $10,000 REWARD OFFERED IN ANTI-MUSLIM ARSON CASE A Tampa Muslim advocacy group and the state Fire Marshall are offering a $10,000 reward for information that helps them catch and convict an arsonist. The $10,000 reward will be for information that leads to whoever set fire to a Sarasota Muslim family’s home earlier this month. […]
Israeli Textbook Tells of Arab Plight
ISRAELI TEXTBOOK TELLS OF ARAB PLIGHT For the first time in its 59-year history, Israel has approved a school textbook acknowledging what the country’s minority Palestinian citizens have been learning at home for generations: The Jewish state’s creation was a tragedy for them. The updated third-grade primer stirred controversy Sunday when the Education Ministry announced […]
CAIR-NY: DMV Says Hijab Is Cool
CAIR-NY: DMV SAYS HIJAB IS COOL The New York arm of the of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) is taking credit for reasserting the rights of Muslim women to keep their headscarf, or hijab, on when they take their driver’s license photo. Following an incident in the upstate town of Beacon, where a […]
Mideast: A Destination, Not a Road Map
A DESTINATION, NOT A ROAD MAP I vividly remember the weeks leading up to the first international conference for Middle East peace. U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker III, who had shuttled frantically to resolve the issue of Palestinian representation, kept the 1992 conference’s location under wraps. Once he declared Madrid the site, many […]
CAIR-MI Fundraising Banquet a Remarkable Success
CAIR-MI ANNUAL FUNDRAISING BANQUET A REMARKABLE SUCCESS More than 1,200 people-Muslims and non-Muslims alike-flocked to the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dearborn, MI for the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) of Michigan’s annual fund-raising banquet, dubbed “One Nation Under God.” This year’s event featured critically acclaimed British author and journalist Robert Fisk as a keynote […]
DC: Evangelicals, Muslims Start Rare Dialogue
DC: EVANGELICALS, MUSLIMS START RARE DIALOGUE They sat facing each other, 14 evangelical preachers on one side, 12 U.S-based Arab diplomats on the other. Nabil Fahmy, the Egyptian ambassador to the U.S., listened as introductions began, and he found himself amazed. “Robertson, Falwell, Youssef. … I had heard these names before,” Fahmy later recounted, “and […]