MI: Letter Writer Critical of Steven Emerson’s Anti-Muslim Bias
MI: MORE CONTROVERSIAL SPEAKERS IN COUNTY It’s bad enough that the Livingston Economic Club, sponsored by this paper and Cleary University, has hired Ann Coulter, an insulting, hateful political pundit to speak in October, but the last speaker, Steven Emerson, proved also to be controversial. According to the Daily Press & Argus, Emerson said mainstream […]
VA: Faith, Service Fuse for Muslim Teen
VA: FAITH AND SERVICE FUSE FOR MUSLIM TEEN The day Zishan Hameed found out he had been accepted to the U.S. Naval Academy was among the best of his 17 years. After spending days checking the mail and nights praying for a letter, he was called into the office of a Norview High School guidance […]
DC: Nearly 300 Muslim Exchange Students Call on Congress
NEARLY 300 MUSLIM EXCHANGE STUDENTS CALL ON U.S. CONGRESS For most Americans, news reports of conflict in the Middle East are simply updates from a foreign land. Not so for hundreds of families across the U.S. that opened their homes this year to Muslim teenagers participating in a groundbreaking U.S. State Department program designed to […]
Children of Abraham’ Links Muslim, Jewish Youth
CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM’ LINKS MUSLIM AND JEWISH YOUTH Although the Arab-Israeli conflict has helped portray Muslims and Jews as bitter enemies, Islam and Judaism actually have more commonalties than differences. An on-line effort is helping young people on both sides of the religious divide recognize that, and reconstruct their relationship as descendents of the same […]
MA: Imam’s Legal Woes Leave Followers Frustrated
MA: IMAM’S LEGAL WOES LEAVE HIS FOLLOWERS FRUSTRATED Just weeks after their imam, or spiritual leader, was arrested last fall by federal agents and stripped of his work authorization, members of the Islamic Center of New England in Sharon found themselves standing around a body in the mosque, wondering who would lead the prayers for […]
Quran, Sunna, International Treaties Refuse FGM
QURAN, SUNNA AND INTERNATIONAL TREATIES REFUSE FGM Participants in the regional consultative meeting on violence against girls held on May 30-31, held upon “clerics who encourage families to do girls circumcision claiming it is a religious purification” responsible for health complications of such “a physical violence”. The meeting, involved Egypt, Djibouti, Oman, Sudan, and Yemen, […]
UK: Muhammad is No. 2 in Boys Names
UK: MUHAMMAD IS NO 2 IN BOY’S NAMES Muhammad is now second only to Jack as the most popular name for baby boys in Britain and is likely to rise to No 1 by next year, a study by The Times has found. The name, if all 14 different spellings are included, was shared by […]
NJ: Group Wields a Big Stick for Israel
NJ: BERGEN GROUP WIELDS A BIG STICK FOR ISRAEL An Englewood political action committee has emerged as one of the most powerful advocates for Israel, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign cash for U.S. congressional candidates. NORPAC doesn’t look like much at first glance. It operates from a private home and has only […]
Video: Nexus of Politics and Terror
VIDEO: NEXUS OF POLITICS AND TERROR From the mind-bending idea that four guys dressed as pizza delivery men were going to outgun all the soldiers at Fort Dix, N.J., to the not-too-thought-out plan to blow up JFK Airport — time to update “The Nexus of Politics and Terror.” View video: http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?g=142508ab-3e04-4077-923a-7cf30c3420ba&f=00&fg
Have Gitmo Judges Soured on War Tribunals?
LINE IN THE SAND What do John Ashcroft, Michael Luttig, Alberto Mora, David Petraeus, Robert Gates, Peter Brownback, and Keith Allred have in common? They are all lifelong conservatives and/or belt-and-suspenders, longtime military officers who were willing to both follow and, in their own ways, lead President Bush’s “war on terror.” Until, at least, each […]