CAIR-LA Co-Hosts Screening of ‘A Mighty Heart’
CAIR-LA: IN A FILM ABOUT A TRAGEDY, SIGNS OF HOPE Can a high-profile film about a horrific event, the 2002 kidnapping and killing of American journalist Daniel Pearl, serve as a vehicle to promote religious and cultural understanding? For many who attended an interfaith discussion that followed a screening of “A Mighty Heart” at Paramount […]
CAIR-FL: Islamophobia Symposium
CAIR-FL: ISLAMOPHOBIA SYMPOSIUM Islamophobia, symposium, 2-4:30 p.m. June 30 at Nova Southeastern University, Terry Building, 3301 College Ave., Davie. Topics: anti-Americanism, the war on terror, Islam in the popular media. Speakers: Robert Pape, professor of political science, University of Chicago; Mohammed Nimer, research director, Council on American-Islamic Relations; Aisha Musa, assistant professor of Islamic studies, […]
CAIR: American Muslims Care
CAIR: AMERICAN MUSLIMS CARE NEW YORK American Muslims are making the best of their summer engaging in different volunteering activities across the nation, to give back to society and also clear misconceptions that they care about Muslim countries more than they do about their own. “Muslims are volunteering, but we just don’t see it […]
UK: Hijab Ban Red-Cards Muslim Soccer Team
UK: HIJAB BAN RED-CARDS MUSLIM TEAM SCOTLAND’S first female Muslim football team has been prevented from playing competitive matches after soccer chiefs imposed a worldwide ban on wearing religious headdress during games. Ansar Women’s FC, from the east end of Glasgow, were looking forward to their first league games this summer, until it became clear […]
NY: Muslim Teen Returns $12K in Lost Cash
NY: HONEST TEEN RETURNS 12GS IN LOST CASH STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Had someone else stumbled upon an envelope stuffed with almost $12,000 cash in a New Jersey restaurant, this story might have turned out differently. Luckily, it was Yousry Desooky who found the missing wad, which he gave back to its rightful owner yesterday […]
MA: Museum Reflects Islamic Heritage
MA: MUSEUM REFLECTS ISLAMIC HERITAGE NORTHAMPTON – If you are interested in Islam, you might get some insights into the religion at the Islamic Arts and Crafts Museum of America. With proprietor Bashir Ahamed showing you around, you are likely to get a lot more. Ahamed’s new museum, located in the basement of his 213 […]
Report: Right Wing Domination of Talk Radio
REPORT: THE RIGHT WING DOMINATION OF TALK RADIO AND HOW TO END IT The Center for American Progress and Free Press today released the first-of-its-kind statistical analysis of the political make-up of talk radio in the United States. It confirms that talk radio, one of the most widely used media formats in America, is dominated […]
Keeping Talk Radio Pro-Israel
KEEPING TALK RADIO PRO-ISRAEL Three years after Air America first came on the air, intended to be a leftist voice in the mostly conservative world of talk radio only to go bankrupt as ratings sank, it has been newly “relaunched” under former Democratic politician Mark Green on 64 stations (1600 AM, WWRL in New York). […]
PBS to Air Bill Moyers Interview with Imam Zaid Shakir
BILL MOYERS INTERVIEWS IMAM ZAID SHAKIR PBS Airdate: Friday, June 22, 2007 at 9PM (check local listings) Bill Moyers interviews Imam Zaid Shakir, who has been called a voice of conscience for American Muslims, but his views on Islam in America put him at the center of a heated debate about faith and culture. SEE […]
US Air Strike Kills 25 Afghan Civilians
US AIR STRIKE KILLS 25 AFGHAN CIVILIANS A US air strike in southern Afghanistan has killed up to 25 civilians, a local police chief said today. The victims included women, children and a cleric as well as 20 suspected Taliban militants, according to Mohammad Hussein Andiwal, the Helmand province police chief. The air strike – […]