CAIR-MN: File Federal Charge in Assault
CAIR-MN: GROUP: FILE FEDERAL CHARGE IN ASSAULT An Islamic civil liberties group called for a man to be charged with a federal civil rights crime for assaulting a St. Cloud man who is Muslim. Omar Merhi, executive director for the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said such incidents should not be tolerated […]
CAIR-CA: Girl Back at School with Scarf
CAIR-SFBA: FAMILY SEEKS PUBLIC APOLOGY Teenager Issra Omer said she feared for her safety when she returned to Seaside High School after she was confronted for wearing an Islamic head scarf on June 19. The girl, 13, said she was yelled at by a campus supervisor for wearing a hajib, an Islamic head scarf during […]
CAIR-MN, School Settle Anti-Muslim Harassment Case
CAIR-MN: BLAINE SCHOOL, RIGHTS GROUP SETTLE ANTI-MUSLIM HARASSMENT CASE A public school in Blaine has agreed to improve its internal communications and to revamp its geography curriculum to include world religions after an allegation of Anti-Muslim harassment last month. An eighth-grade Muslim girl reported that on Sept. 11 last year, a fellow student called her […]
CAIR-MN: Muslim Attacked Outside Mosque
CAIR-MN: FEDERAL CHARGES SOUGHT IN ATTACK ON ST. CLOUD MUSLIM (ST. PAUL, MN, 6/25/2007) – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today asked that federal civil rights charges be filed against a man alleged to have attacked a Muslim who was leaving a St. Cloud mosque this past weekend. According to […]
CAIR-IL: Report to Examine Muslim Role in Foreign Policy
REPORT TO EXAMINE U.S. MUSLIMS’ ROLE IN FOREIGN POLICY (CHICAGO, IL, 6/25/07) – On June 26, a representative of the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) will be available to discuss the findings of a task force of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs that considered how to engage American Muslims more […]
Neo-Cons Spinning Hearts and Minds in Arab World
POLITICS-US: NEO-CONS SPINNING HEARTS AND MINDS As the George W. Bush administration struggles through its last two years in office, it appears that the agenda of neoconservative ideologues has finally lost its appeal among strategic parts of the U.S. foreign policy apparatus. But as their influence has waned at the Pentagon and State Department, neo-conservative […]
More Afghan Civilians Killed by U.S., NATO than Insurgents
AFGHAN CIVILIANS REPORTEDLY KILLED MORE BY U.S., NATO THAN INSURGENTS U.S.-led coalition and NATO forces fighting insurgents in Afghanistan have killed at least 203 civilians so far this year – surpassing the 178 civilians killed in militant attacks, according to an Associated Press tally. Insurgency attacks and military operations have surged in recent weeks, and […]
VP Cheney: Pushing the Envelope on Torture
PUSHING THE ENVELOPE ON PRESIDENTIAL POWER Shortly after the first accused terrorists reached the U.S. naval prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Jan. 11, 2002, a delegation from CIA headquarters arrived in the Situation Room. The agency presented a delicate problem to White House counsel Alberto R. Gonzales, a man with next to no experience […]
NV: Methodists Welcome Muslim Leader
NV: METHODISTS WELCOME MUSLIM LEADER Methodists and Muslims are mingling in Reno. An imam discussed his Muslim faith Sunday at the Reno First United Methodist Church and has invited the Christians to Friday’s 1 p.m. service at the mosque in Sparks. The First United Methodist Church has been reviewing a PBS television show on the […]
IL: Where Muslim Heritage and Hip-Hop Meet
IL: WHERE HERITAGE AND HIP-HOP MEET Along the grass-lined streets of Marquette Park, women strolled in colorful hijabs, Islamic head scarves, with teens in miniskirts and tank-tops. Religious scholars gathered in white tents to discuss Islam, just a short walk from a stage where rappers spat socially conscious lyrics to a crowd of head-nodding youths. […]