CAIR-OH: Muslims Report More Bias
CAIR-CINCINNATI: MUSLIMS IN U.S. REPORT MORE BIAS Civil rights complaints by Muslims in 2006 increased by 25 percent over the previous year, according to an annual national report on the status of Muslim civil rights in the United States. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, which issued the report last week, received 2,467 complaints nationwide last […]
Carter Blasts US Policy on Palestinians
CARTER BLASTS US POLICY ON PALESTINIANS Former President Jimmy Carter accused the U.S., Israel and the European Union on Tuesday of seeking to divide the Palestinian people by reopening aid to President Mahmoud Abbas’ new government in the West Bank while denying the same to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize winner […]
Civilian Casualties in Iraq, Afghanistan
CONTROVERSY SURROUNDS MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN FOLLOWING CIVILIAN CASUALTIES Civilian casualities in Afghanistan and Iraq have many accusing US and coalition forces of causing unnecessary deaths. A US airstrike on an alleged Taliban position that killed seven Afghan boys on Sunday is the latest source of controversy over who is to blame, according […]
Hawaii: Muslim Face of the US Marines
MUSLIM FACE OF THE US MARINES Navy Lieutenant Commander Abuhena Saifulislam welcomes everyone with a broad smile and prefers to be called “Chaplain Saif”. He is the only Muslim chaplain in the elite US Marine Corps, and one of only two in the US Navy overall. It is a classic immigrant’s tale. He arrived in […]
WA: Peaceful Muslims? Two Sides Speak Up Loudly
WA: PEACEFUL MUSLIMS? TWO SIDES SPEAK UP LOUDLY We live and work here, we contribute, vote, pay taxes and are peaceful people. So said Seattle-area Muslims who wrote and called in droves following Friday’s column pondering a discussion on Dori Monson’s KIRO radio show: Shouldn’t employers have the right to refuse to hire or promote […]
MN: First Muslim Rep Mends Global Fences
FIRST MUSLIM REP. MENDS GLOBAL FENCES With a few short words, Rep. Keith Ellison had just stunned a joint session of Congress. Last March, Jordan’s King Abdullah II had concluded his address in the House chambers with the traditional Arabic salutation, “as-salaam ‘aleikum,” which means, “Peace be unto you.” Ellison, a freshman Democrat from Minnesota […]
CAIR-MI: Few Iraqis Find Refuge in US
FEW IRAQIS FIND REFUGE IN US June 20th is International Refugee Day so we are turning our attention to the refugee situation in Iraq. The United Nations says nearly four million Iraqis have fled from their homes seeking refuge in either safer regions of their country or abroad. And every month at least 40,000 more […]
CAIR-CAN: Muslims Say List a No-Go
CAIR-CAN: MUSLIMS SAY LIST A NO-GO The federal government should scrap the “no-fly” list until it fixes fundamental flaws in the program, said the Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations. “For a list that so severely impacts the civil liberties and mobility rights of the people — that should be debated in Parliament,” said spokesman Sameer […]
CAIR-CAN: No-Fly List Needs Safeguards
CAIR-CAN: NO-FLY LIST NEEDS SAFEGUARDS We have argued in this space that no-fly lists shouldn’t exist at all. Either someone is charged with and convicted of a crime, in which case their movements are already restricted, or they should enjoy the same rights as any other citizen. But now that Canada’s Passenger Protect program has […]
CAIR-CAN: No-fly List Grounds 2,000 People
CAIR-CAN: NO-FLY LIST GROUNDS UP TO 2,000 PEOPLE As many as 2,000 people have secretly been declared security threats by government officials, including CSIS and the RCMP, and will be denied airplane boarding passes as a result of the Canadian no-fly list that went into effect yesterday. Critics say the list must be scrapped because […]