Iraq: Allies Have Become the Vandals
IN IRAQ’S FOUR-YEAR LOOTING FRENZY, THE ALLIES HAVE BECOME THE VANDALS Fly into the American air base of Tallil outside Nasiriya in central Iraq and the flight path is over the great ziggurat of Ur, reputedly the earliest city on earth. Seen from the base in the desert haze or the sand-filled gloom of dusk, […]
NY: Prisons Ban Religious Books to Target Islamic Texts
NY: PRISONS BAN BOOKS OVER FEAR OF RADICALS Inmates at the federal prison camp in Otisville, N.Y., were stunned by what they saw at the chapel library on Memorial Day _ hundreds of books had disappeared from the shelves. The removal of the books is occurring nationwide, part of a long-delayed, post-Sept. 11 federal directive […]
CAIR-AZ: Do Muslim Names Lead to Immigration Delays?
CAIR-AZ: RED TAPE SNAGS ID CHECKS It was springtime when Asad Khan and his wife, Uzma, drove from their Gilbert home to Phoenix to be interviewed by government officials as part of their quest to become U.S. citizens. On the same day, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services checked off “box A” on Uzma Khan’s application. […]
Tribal Coalition in Anbar Said to Be Crumbling
TRIBAL COALITION IN ANBAR SAID TO BE CRUMBLING A tribal coalition formed to oppose the extremist group al-Qaeda in Iraq, a development that U.S. officials say has reduced violence in Iraq’s troubled Anbar province, is beginning to splinter, according to an Anbar tribal leader and a U.S. military official familiar with tribal politics. In an […]
U.S. Arming Sunnis in Iraq to Battle Old Qaeda Allies
U.S. ARMING SUNNIS IN IRAQ TO BATTLE OLD QAEDA ALLIES With the four-month-old increase in American troops showing only modest success in curbing insurgent attacks, American commanders are turning to another strategy that they acknowledge is fraught with risk: arming Sunni Arab groups that have promised to fight militants linked with Al Qaeda who have […]
WI: ‘I Know Your Name’ Medallions Encourage Peace
ALL WE ARE SAYING, IS GIVE PEACE A NAME Marion Schillo, 75, brings with her to Wisconsin a certain idealism, too, a degree of optimism that somehow she can help bridge differences in a suspicious, post-Sept. 11 world. Around her neck she wears a medallion with the engraved names of three Muslim children and a […]
CAIR-AZ Civil Rights Director Discusses Immigration Delays
USS Liberty’ Veterans Demand Investigation
USS LIBERTY’ VETERANS DEMAND INVESTIGATION Conclusions submitted in October 2003 to the Office of the U.S. Secretary of Defense by the USS Liberty Veterans Association, Inc., in demanding a congressional investigation into the aborted rescue during the attack of the USS Liberty and subsequent alleged cover-up. The group also calls for a new Naval Court […]
CAIR-CA: New Immigration Reform Group Forms
CAIR-CA: NEW IMMIGRATION REFORM GROUP FORMS A diverse group of religious leaders, labor unions, legal advocates and community leaders joined Thursday to call on Congress to pass immigration reform that would help legalize illegal immigrants, keep migrant families together and protect immigrants’ rights. The group, called the Immigrant Rights Consortium of San Diego County, is […]
Muslims Look Online for Spiritual Guidance
MUSLIMS LOOK ONLINE FOR SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE A young Muslim from the United States earnestly asks, “I have been wanting to get a tattoo of the crescent moon and star, then found out it is against Islam to get a tattoo. But what if the tattoo is religious?” “Is it permissible for a Muslim to play […]