Don’t Trust Islam
DON’T TRUST ISLAM Reading the lame platitudes in Nabeel Jawarhir’s June 10 commentary about the media’s so-called “distortion” of Islam made me sick. Don’t believe for one second that Islam will be content to peacefully coexist with non-Muslims in this nation indefinitely. If you listen to what they teach their children and to the sermons […]
Incitement Watch: The Muslim Menace
INCITEMENT WATCH: THE MUSLIM MENACE The Islamic world has historically pursued a brutal course. Their modern “jihad” has produced a chaotic war without definable battle lines. As in the rest of their history, they are today at war with one another and the rest of the world. Perhaps the most telling description of who these […]
Fear of Islam on Rise in US, Says CAIR Report
FEAR OF ISLAM ON RISE IN US, SAYS CAIR REPORT WASHINGTON, 17 June 2007 – A prominent US Islamic civil rights group has released a study showing a significant increase in the total number of complaints of anti-Muslim bias in the United States between 2004 and 2005. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations report blamed […]
CAIR: Anti-Muslim Discrimination on Rise
CAIR: AMERICAN MUSLIM GROUP SAYS ANTI-MUSLIM DISCRIMINATION ON RISE IN US An American-Muslim group says incidents of hate crimes and other discrimination against Muslims in the United States are on the rise. The group said Muslims especially face delays in their efforts to attain U.S. citizenship. VOA’s Stephanie Ho reports from Washington. The 2007 annual […]
CAIR Reports Bias Rise
CAIR REPORTS BIAS RISE Anti-Muslim bias is higher than ever, an Islamic civil rights group said yesterday, based on figures showing a 25 percent increase in complaints during 2006. The Council on American-Islamic Relations cited 2,467 complaints in 2006, up from 1,972 complaints in 2005, primarily about delays in citizenship and naturalization requests. Many Muslims […]
Somalis Yearn for Islamic Rulers to Return
SOMALIS YEARN FOR ISLAMIC RULERS TO RETURN AND TAME THE WARLORDS The ruins of the old sugar factory in Marere, in the southern interior of Somalia, tower over the wooden shacks and brick huts which shelter the 2,000 or so people still living here. This used to be the second-largest sugar factory in the world, […]
CAIR: Immigration Bias Concerns U.S. Muslims
CAIR: IMMIGRATION BIAS CONCERNS U.S. MUSLIMS After a year’s search, worshippers at the Masjid Ibraheem, or Mosque of Abraham, in Newark finally found the right religious leader. Jamal Zahabi is dedicated to the community and has found time to teach prison inmates. A Canadian citizen, originally from Lebanon, he has a knack for bringing together […]
Canada: Comic Finding Muslim Jokes a Tough Sell
CANADA: COMIC FINDING MUSLIM JOKES A TOUGH SELL His name is Ahmed Ahmed, and when he’s not busy convincing Canadian customs agents he poses no terror threat, the 36-year-old Californian tells Muslim jokes for a living. Funny jokes too, like the one about how he can spot the federal air marshal on every flight he […]
CAIR-Seattle: Hate Radio Promotes Fear
CAIR-WA: WE NEED TO HEAR MORE VOICES OF REASON ON THE AIR The ears of 27-year-old Arsalan Bukhari rang with what they heard as hate speech when a Seattle radio show seemed to issue an open invitation to refuse jobs to Muslims based solely on their religion. But then, long before KIRO 710 radio host […]
NY: Man Wins Right To Sue Mueller, Ashcroft
NY: MAN WINS RIGHT TO SUE MUELLER, ASCHCROFT The FBI director, Robert Mueller, and a former attorney general, John Ashcroft, must decide whether to challenge yesterday’s federal appeals court ruling affirming one Muslim man’s right to bring a suit against them alleging that he was abused during his detention following the September 11, 2001, terrorist […]