CAIR-OK: Muslim Civil Liberties Group Opens Office
CAIR-OK: MUSLIM CIVIL LIBERTIES GROUP TO OPEN OKC OFFICE While living in California, Lobna Hewedi worked as an office manager for a chapter of the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations. She moved to Oklahoma in late 2005 to get married, and after becoming involved in the community, she started forming a state chapter of the […]
NY: ‘Muslim’ Does Not Mean ‘Terrorist’
NY: MUSLIM DOES NOT MEAN TERRORIST My name is Ayana I. Muhammad. I am 17 years old and have lived in Hancock for 11 years. On June 6, I found out through an article in the New York Post that I was a terrorist. How can this be? Is my life over? This is such […]
MI: Muslims Plan Peace Rally Today
MI: AREA MUSLIMS PLAN PEACE RALLY TODAY Muslims are planning to rally today in Dearborn to call for peace and unity in the Middle East. The bombing of a holy Shi’ite mosque in Iraq this week has renewed concern among local Muslims about the divide between Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims. There is also infighting in […]
Close-Knit’ Muslim Community on U.S. Virgin Islands
ISLAM ON U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS It was only about 30 years ago that a Muslim community began to grow on the Virgin Islands with the building on St. Thomas of Masjid Muhammad in 1978. Later it became Masjid Al-Nur located in Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the US Virgin Islands. With a population of about […]
NJ: Muslim Girl Fights Poverty
NJ: MUSLIM GIRL FIGHTS POVERTY Aseel Najib promotes religious understanding. That’s one of the qualities that resulted in her being picked as one of 25 future world leaders. It means she sends e-cards for Hanukkah to her Jewish friends and gets remembrances from them during Ramadan. Unusual? No, that’s what Youth for Charity is all […]
IA: Muslims Pledge Regular Food Donations for Needy
IA: MUSLIMS OFFER FOOD FOR THOUGHT IN ROCK ISLAND The local Muslim community is offering food for thought. It’s pledging to make regular donations to Churches United. Donations designed to feed the hungry while helping to erode stereotypes. Box by box and project by project, local Muslims are on a mission. They’re working to change […]
Judge: Police Can Ban Religious Muslim Garb
JUDGE: POLICE CAN BAN RELIGIOUS MUSLIM GARB A Philadelphia police officer has no right to wear a head covering as required by her Muslim faith when she is in uniform, a federal judge ruled yesterday. The Police Department’s uniform code “has a compelling public purpose,” Judge Harvey Bartle III wrote in deciding against Kimberlie Webb, […]
FBI Terror Watch List ‘Out of Control’
FBI TERROR WATCH LIST ‘OUT OF CONTROL’ A terrorist watch list compiled by the FBI has apparently swelled to include more than half a million names. Privacy and civil liberties advocates say the list is growing uncontrollably, threatening its usefulness in the war on terror. The bureau says the number of names on its terrorist […]
CAIR-CA: Don’t Ignore Positives When Reporting on Muslims
CAIR-CA: MEDIA IGNORING POSITIVES WHEN REPORTING ON Muslims The Pew Research Center’s recent poll, “Muslim Americans: Middle Class and Mostly Mainstream,” primarily tells a minority success story – Muslims are generally widely assimilated, socio-economically empowered and decisively American in their attitudes. It also discloses much about American media and their treatment of Muslim-related stories. From […]
CAIR-MI: Detroit-Area Clerics Condemn Mosque Bombing
CAIR-MI: DETROIT-AREA CLERICS CONDEMN MOSQUE BOMBING Islamic clerics from the Detroit area are condemning the bombing of the Askaria Mosque in Samarra today. And they’re urging southeast Michigan’s Muslim community to stay calm in the wake of the destruction of a one of the holiest Shi’ite shrines. Dawud Walid directs the Council on American-Islamic Relations […]