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 […]
NJ: Call to Prayer or Public ‘Nuisance’?
NJ: PRAYER OR PUBLIC ‘NUISANCE’? A resident who sued a local mosque after it tested a loudspeaker system for its Arabic call to prayer said his lawsuit was made moot when the City Council allowed such broadcasts under its noise ordinance. But he may go back to court if he hears the amplified chants again. […]
Robertson: ‘Islam is Not a Religion’
ROBERTSON: ‘ISLAM IS NOT A RELIGION. IT IS A WORLDWIDE POLITICAL MOVEMENT MEANT ON DOMINATION’ On the June 12 edition of the Christian Broadcasting Network’s The 700 Club, following a report on Muslims in Minneapolis seeking religious accommodations at school and work, host Pat Robertson stated, “Ladies and gentlemen, we have to recognize that Islam […]
MI: Arab-American Booted from Bus
MI: ARAB-AMERICAN SAYS HE WAS BOOTED FROM BUS An Arab-American man from Dearborn claims he was kicked off a Greyhound bus by a driver who allegedly told him, “Get away Arab.” According to a lawsuit filed Monday in Detroit against Greyhound, Iraqi native Faroq Alfatlawi boarded a bus in Detroit for Washington, D.C., on Jan. […]
CAIR-Chicago: MN Muslims in Culture Clash at Airport
CAIR-CHICAGO: MINNESOTA MUSLIMS IN CULTURE CLASH AT AIRPORT For Mahamed Jama, a Minnesota taxi driver, the Islamic restriction on drinking alcohol is a seamless rule for life. “He who carries alcohol, he who drinks and he who sells it are the same thing,” he says. That belief could affect his livelihood. The commission that runs […]
CAIR: Teacher Fights On in Flap Over Anti-Islam Speaker
CAIR: TEACHER FIGHTS ON IN FLAP OVER ANTI-ISLAM SPEAKER The former Enloe High School history teacher who invited a Christian evangelist to speak to his students is not taking his reprimand quietly. Social studies teacher Robert Escamilla said the Wake County school system squelched free speech and academic freedom — and he is finding a […]
CAIR-MI: Muslims to Hold Unity Rally
CAIR-MI: MUSLIM LEADERS TO HOLD UNITY RALLY TODAY IN DEARBORN Muslims are planning to gather in Dearborn this afternoon to call for unity in the aftermath of the bombing of one of the most important mosques for Shi’ite Muslims in Iraq. Sunni and Shi’ite leaders are expected to hold a 4 p.m. news conference at […]
MI: ACLU Approves Foot Baths
DEARBORN: ACLU APPROVES FOOT BATHS The Detroit branch of the American Civil Liberties Union has concluded a plan by the University of Michigan-Dearborn to spend $25,000 on foot baths for Muslims poses no constitutional problems. The group deemed it a “reasonable accommodation” to solve an issue that arose when Muslims used public sinks for the […]