Poll on Attitudes Toward U.S. Muslims
AMERICANS AND ISLAM Americans are largely accepting of their fellow citizens who are Muslims, but remain worried about radicals inside the United States, according to a new NEWSWEEK Pollthe first the magazine has conducted on attitudes toward Islamic Americans. Forty percent of those surveyed believe Muslims in the United States are as loyal to the […]
Islam in America: A Special Report
AMERICAN DREAMERS Fareed Siddiq is a successful businessman and a father of two. He lives in Chagrin Falls, Ohioa 19th-century mill town built on a river and known for its scenic waterfalls and damsin a five-bedroom house he recently paid for, in cash, with his savings. Prominent in local civic and religious organizations, including the […]
Video: CAIR-FL Announces $10K Reward in Arson Case
CAIR-FL NEWS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE $10K REWARD IN ARSON CASE
CAIR-FL: Reward Offered in Arson at Muslims’ House
CAIR-FL: REWARD IS OFFERED IN ARSON AT MUSLIM FAMILY’S HOUSE Islamic activists and state officials announced Friday that they are offering a $10,000 reward for any information about an arson that destroyed a Muslim family’s home. Ahmed Bedier, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said someone knows who started the blaze and spray-painted […]
CAIR-CA: Tragedy of Hate Crime Rallies Community
CAIR: TRAGEDY OF HATE CRIME, MURDER RALLIES COMMUNITY America has always represented hope for a better life to people around the world, but for some new Americans, that dream can become a nightmare. Satender Singh was attacked on July 1 in an apparent hate crime at Lake Natoma and removed from life-support four days later. […]
Panamanian Jews, Muslims Work Together
JEWS AND MUSLIMS NEAR CARIBBEAN GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS PEACEFULLY COLON FREE ZONE, Panama (JTA) — While conflicts in the Middle East make the prospect of peaceful coexistence between Jews and Arabs seem distant, a walk along the crowded streets of this trading zone shows Jews and Arabs can get along. Asian goods seeking Latin […]
CAIR: Terror Fears Shape Jury in HLF Trial
CAIR: TERRORISIM FEARS HELPED SHAPE JURY IN TRIAL OF MUSLIM CHARITY – TOP DALLAS Of the first 26 people interviewed for jury duty in the case of Muslim charity officials accused of financing Hamas terrorists, three said they feared for their safety, including one man who said he wouldn’t put anything past the Middle […]
MA: Islamic Scholar is a ‘Fundamentalist Moderate’
MA: THE FUNDAMENTALIST MODERATE After the suicide bombing in Islamabad last week that killed 17 civilians, I picked up a slick hardbound book called “The Islamic Shari’ah of Jihad” in a local bookstore. As I read through the first few pages it became clear to me that this was no apology for Islamic holy war. […]
CAIR: Muslim Workers in Neb. Claim Religious Harassment
CAIR: SOMALI MEATPACKING WORKERS COMPLAIN OF RELIGIOUS HARASSMENT OMAHA, Neb. – An American-Islamic advocacy group has drafted a complaint to federal officials that is awaiting the signatures of dozens of Muslim Somali workers who allege they were fired or harassed by supervisors at a Grand Island meatpacking plant for trying to pray at sunset. The […]
WI: Outlet for Muslims Who Follow a Halal Diet
WI: A FEW MADISON BUSINESSES PROVIDE AN OUTLET FOR MUSLIMS WHO FOLLOW A HALAL DIET Among the complications of being a strict Muslim in the United States is finding food that complies with the religion’s dietary laws. But that might change soon, according to a recent Marketing to Muslim study by JWT, a prominent New […]