CAIR-IL: Muslim Civil Rights Complaints Up 40%
CAIR-CHICAGO: MUSLIM-AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINTS UP 40% The number of civil rights complaints filed by Muslim-Americans increased by about 40 percent in Illinois last year, according to a report released today by a national Islamic civil liberties group. The Council on American-Islamic Relations found that complaints about delays in citizenship applications and work discrimination increased […]
Iraq: A War on Rewind, in a Bleaker Baghdad
IRAQ: A WAR ON REWIND, IN A BLEAKER BAGHDAD In Iraq, after four years and three months of war, the echoes have begun to echo themselves. American troops are taking Baghdad’s streets back from insurgents. The prime minister has a plan for national reconciliation. To the south, in the ”triangle of death,” two U.S. soldiers […]
NJ: Iraqi Girl Travels to NJ for Surgery
NJ: AN IRAQI GIRL TRAVELS TO CLIFTON FOR LIFE-CHANGING SURGERY Zainab Jabbar, 11, of Baghdad holds flower petals in the backyard of her temporary home in Clifton, where she and her mother are staying with a local family while she receives care for severe scoliosis, a debilitating curvature of the spine. The mood is tense. […]
CAIR-MI: Muslims Won’t Fund Footbaths
CAIR-MI: MUSLIMS WON’T FUND FOOTBATHS Muslim leaders in Metro Detroit have decided not to raise private money to pay for two footbaths at a local college campus now that the American Civil Liberties Union has said the plan doesn’t pose constitutional problems. The University of Michigan-Dearborn’s plan to spend $25,000 on the footbaths was criticized […]
CAIR-CAN: Scrap No-Fly List Until Flaws Fixed
CAIR-CAN: OTTAWA SHOULD SCRAP NO-FLY LIST UNTIL FLAWS FIXED, SAYS ISLAMIC GROUP The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations says Ottawa should scrap the no-fly list, which came into effect today, until it fixes major flaws in the program. Spokesman Sameer Zuberi says the Passenger Protect program is fundamentally flawed and that it must be debated […]
Opinion: Cut U.S. Financial Aid to Israel
CUT US AID TO ISRAEL Unless developments in Gaza overshadow all the planned agenda for the summit meeting, Prime Minister Olmert and President Bush are set to discuss Tuesday, inter alia, Israel’s request to increase American financial aid. A few months ago, Israel submitted a request to raise the annual sum over 10 years by […]
Airstrike Kills 7 Afghan Children
U.S.-LED AIRSTRIKE KILLS 7 AFGHAN CHILDREN Seven children were killed in a U.S.-led coalition airstrike targeting suspected al-Qaida militants in eastern Afghanistan, a coalition statement said Monday. The strike came hours after the deadliest insurgent attack since the Taliban fell in 2001. Police said Monday they had detained a suspect in connection with the deadly […]
New Book Refutes ‘Clash of Civilizations’
MAJOR NEW BOOK REFUTES ‘CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS,’ SHOWS EARLY MUSLIM THINKERS HELPED RISE OF WEST While some Americans associate Islam with terrorism and strife in the Middle East, author Michael Hamilton Morgan counters with a resounding “no” — by showing how much we all owe to forgotten Muslim thinkers and inventors in his new book […]
IA: Muslims Reach Out to Needy of Other Faiths
IA: MUSLIM AMERICAN SOCIETY REACHES OUT TO OTHER FAITHS The Muslim American Society Service Corps is reaching out to people of all faiths in need, nationally and locally. Here, 500 pounds of meat was delivered Wednesday, which will be part of a monthly donation being distributed through Churches United of the Quad-City Area. The boxes […]
CA: Teen Mag Addresses Muslim Girls
CA: TEEN MAGAZINE ADDRESSES CHALLENGES OF BEING MUSLIM GIRL IN UNITED STATES It’s awkward for 17-year-old Yousur Alhlou when her girlfriends invite her to go to the movies. First, she has to ask them if any boys are going. If so, the devout Muslim politely declines the invitation; Islam doesn’t allow dating or any kind […]