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 – […]
CAIR: ‘Obsession’ Stokes Fears, Controversy
CAIR: ‘OBSESSION’ STOKES PASSIONS, FEARS AND CONTROVERSY A documentary produced in Israel and screened widely throughout the U.S. is stirring furious debate over its depiction of Muslims. The film, “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West,” is gaining a quick following among conservative Americans, evangelicals and Jews. U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney is said to […]
Majority Says Iraq War Made U.S. Less Safe from Terror
MAJORITY BELIEVES INVASION OF IRAQ HAS MADE U.S. LESS SAFE FROM TERRORISM The War on Terror: What is it? Who Are Our Enemies and How Likely Are Different Types of Terrorist Attacks in the U.S.?; Majority Believes Invasion of Iraq Has Made U.S. Less Safe From Terrorism. About half (49%) of all adult Americans believe […]
CAIR-MN: Muslim Harassment Resolved
CAIR-MN: CHARGE OF MUSLIM HARASSMENT IN BLAINE RESOLVED Blaine school, civil rights group strike a quick accord in a complaint over Muslim students being harassed. A complaint about the harassment of Muslim students at a Blaine middle school has been resolved, with the school district being praised for its response. The Minnesota chapter of the […]
VA: Al-Arian’s Contempt Citation Prolonged
VA: EX-PROFESSOR’S CONTEMPT CITATION PROLONGED A federal judge has extended the contempt citation against a former Florida professor who has refused to testify in the investigation into whether Islamic charities in Northern Virginia were financing terrorist organizations. Sami al-Arian will remain jailed until at least October under Wednesday’s ruling by U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce […]
CAIR-CA: Muslim Girl Told to Remove Scarf
CAIR-SFBA: MUSLIM GIRL TOLD TO REMOVE SCARF A confrontation over a head scarf in the lunchroom of Seaside High School between a school supervisor and a 13-year-old student has led for a call for a public apology from the official by a major Islamic organization. The San Francisco/Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic […]
Psychologists Central to Detainee Abuse
PSYCHOLOGISTS WERE CENTRAL TO THE ABUSE’ A letter from a group of psychologists to the American Psychological Association charges psychologists with responsibility for abusive interrogations. Editor’s note: On Wednesday, dozens of psychologists released an open letter to American Psychological Association president Sharon Brehm, expressing concern that psychologists may have played a central role in the […]
CAIR-FL: Al-Arian Kin Heading Home to Egypt
CAIR-FL: AL-ARIAN KIN HEADING HOME TO EGYPT The family of Sami Al-Arian, a former Florida university professor convicted of supporting the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, is moving to Egypt. Ahmed Bedier, spokesman for Tampa’s chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told The Tampa Tribune he believes Nahla Al-Arian is leaving now so her two youngest […]
CAIR-FL: Citizenship Still a Dream
CAIR-FL: CITIZENSHIP STILL A DREAM Ahmed Sheikh-Khalil proudly remembers the day he aced his citizenship test. “Passed with flying colors,” said Khalil, 50, a native of Syria. “I still have the congratulations letter.” Immigration officials were supposed to notify him within 120 days whether he would be a U.S. citizen. But more than three years […]