TSA: Fears About ‘Middle Eastern’ Passenger Unfounded
TSA: FEARS ABOUT PASSENGER TAKEN OFF PLANE UNFOUNDED The Transportation Security Administration said that a passenger taken off an international flight in an emergency stop on Thursday, because of a crew member’s suspicions, had done nothing wrong and had posed no security threat. The American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to London was diverted to […]
CAIR Rep Debates Muslim Prayers in School on CNN
CAIR Rep Debates Academic Bias with David Horowitz on CNN
Museum of Tolerance’ to be Built on Palestinian Graves
IAA SET TO OKAY MUSEUM ON SITE OF MUSLIM CEMETERY The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) told the High Court of Justice that it was prepared to allow construction of the Museum of Tolerance on the site of an ancient Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem’s Mamila area. . . In the opinion, to be submitted to the […]
Visit Gone Awry: Detention Roils a US-German Family
VISIT GONE AWRY: DETENTION ROILS A US-GERMAN FAMILY Ever since Jimmy Carter was president, summer has meant one thing for Majed Shehadeh and his wife, Joanne Mulligan: time to pack. From their modest house in Bavaria, they migrate annually to their summer home in Massachusetts, where Ms. Mulligan was born and raised, with the accent […]
CAIR-CA: Student Claims Head Scarf Cost Her a Job
CAIR-SV: CSUS STUDENT SUES, CLAIMS HEAD SCARF COST HER A JOB A Muslim woman has filed a discrimination suit against a national chain of jewelry stores, alleging that she was “enthusiastically” recruited to return to work at a Fairfield shop in 2006 but then turned away after managers saw she had begun to wear a […]
MI: Young Muslims Speak Out
MI: YOUNG MUSLIMS SPEAK OUT When Sofia Latif sees news reports portraying Muslims as terrorists, she sometimes sends e-mails to journalists deploring coverage she views as one-sided and urges them to publicize good works done in the name of Islam. Latif, 21, of Dearborn Heights is the co-owner of a marketing company, active in her […]
CAIR-PA: Faith Betrayed
CAIR-PA: FAITH BETRAYED As the investigation of the terror plots in London and Glasgow unfolds, American Muslims are experiencing the shock and outrage we always do in hearing that people associated with our faith are involved once again in these heinous acts. Each time our sense of disbelief and betrayal reaches a new level. Their […]
DC: Evangelicals, Muslims Meet
EVANGELICALS, MUSLIMS MEET Muslims and evangelical Christians are talking – at least behind closed doors at the Egyptian Embassy – according to several guests at a top-secret lunch last week. The July 2 gathering lasted two hours and featured ambassadors from nine Arab states plus their umbrella group, and several prominent evangelical leaders or their […]
CAIR: Muslims Aren’t Silent About Terror
CAIR: WE REPUDIATE TERRORISM In the wake of the recent terror plot in Britain, American Muslims are once again being asked why we are “silent” on the issue of terrorism committed in the name of Islam. It is a valid question, but one that frustrates those of us who repeatedly and consistently condemn terrorism in […]