FL: Community Comes to Aid of Muslim Center
FL: COMMUNITY COMES TO AID OF MUSLIM CENTER Akram Al-Asadi couldn’t forget what a Catholic priest from New York said after offering tearful prayers inside the Islamic Education Center of Tampa’s charred remains. “This is a house of God, like any church or synagogue,” Al-Asadi remembered the priest saying. “We should respect it. What happened […]
NH: Host Families Needed for Muslim Students
NH: HOST FAMILIES NEEDED FOR MUSLIM STUDENTS Southern New Hampshire has been selected as a host community for teenagers participating in a new State Department initiative to build understanding between America and the Muslim world. As hosts to three teenagers enrolled in the Youth Exchange and Study Program, local families and high schools will serve […]
MO: Quilt Commemorates Massacre of Bosnian Muslims
MO: A TRIBUTE TO MASSACRE VICTIMS ST. LOUIS – Senahid, 17, student. Saban, 48, father of six children. Nino, 20, a journalist. These are just three of the 20 Bosnian genocide victims whose names were woven into a quilt unveiled Sunday in St. Louis – because it is here where their loss is understood best. […]
CAIR: GA Muslim Woman: ‘I Was Born Here’
CAIR: MUSLIM WOMAN: ‘I WAS BORN HERE’ The Muslim woman who was denied access to the Valdosta Municipal Courtroom for wearing a traditional Islamic headscarf won’t comment on the city’s official response because she hasn’t reviewed it yet. Aniisa Karim, 20, is aware, however, of some of the sentiments directed at her since the June […]
CAIR-CT: Conference Confronts Stereotyping of Islam
CAIR-CT: CONFERENCE CONFRONTS ISLAMIC STEREOTYPING East Lyme resident Imran Ahmed recently received an e-mail in response to comments he posted on the Internet about terrorism and the war in Iraq. The e-mail, Ahmed said, came from a former U.S. serviceman who opined that Islam was a bankrupt religion and that Muslims subscribe to terror and […]
WI: Islamic Leader Decries U.K. Terror Attacks
WI: AREA ISLAMIC LEADER DECRIES U.K. TERROR ATTACKS Disturbed by terrorist bombing attempts in England and Scotland, the head of Milwaukee’s Islamic Society has decried supporters of such violence and endorsed a task force report by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs that cautions against marginalizing Muslims in the United States. Othman Atta, a Milwaukee […]
IL: Window Into ‘Hearts and Minds’ of Muslims
IL: WINDOW INTO ‘HEARTS AND MINDS’ OF MUSLIMS A recent poll by the non-partisan Pew Research Center showed that Muslims in America are “largely assimilated, happy with their lives, and moderate with respect to many of the issues that have divided Muslims and Westerners around the world.” In other words, exactly what American Muslims have […]
VA: Charlottesville Mosque to Facilitate Unity
VA: CHARLOTTESVILLE MOSQUE TO FACILITATE UNITY Inside an aging white house on 10 1/2 Street, Khalid Mohammad chants a mellifluous incantation of the salat al-jumu’ah, the Friday afternoon prayer. Behind him more than 70 men and boys, kneeling on the green carpet, bow their heads to the ground in unison and respond: Allahu akbar. The […]
CAIR-TX: Dallas Discussion on Islamophobia
CAIR: ADVOCACY GROUP PLANS DISCUSSION ON ISLAMOPHOBIA A national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group will kick off a nationwide discussion of Islamophobia, or fear and hatred of Islam and Muslims, with a panel discussion from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Crowne Plaza Park Central, 7800 Alpha Road in Dallas. The panel is […]
NY: Muslim Woman Threatened with Sexual Assault
NY: HATE CRIME CHARGED IN THREAT TO MUSLIM A 17-year-old male charged late Friday with a hate crime is accused of threatening to sexually assault a Muslim woman who at the Amherst Metro Rail station, Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority police said. Darelle Drayton of East Depew Avenue is charged with felony aggravated harassment and criminal […]