CAIR-LA: Police Probe Alleged FBI Assault of Muslim Student
TENSIONS RISE AGAIN AT UC IRVINE UC Irvine’s chief of police said Friday that his officers were investigating a complaint that an FBI agent doing surveillance assaulted a Muslim student with his unmarked car near the site of an anti-Israel demonstration. The alleged incident Monday has ratcheted up tension between the university’s Muslim students and […]
CAIR-NJ: Mosque Opens Doors in Bid for Understanding
MOSQUE OPENS ITS DOORS IN BID FOR UNDERSTANDING The mosque where half the men accused of plotting an attack on Fort Dix worshipped opened its doors to the public on Friday in an effort to foster greater understanding of Islam and its teachings. A standing-room-only crowd was at the Islamic Center of South Jersey’s emergency […]
CAIR-NJ: Open House at Mosque of Suspects Proves Tense
OPEN HOUSE AT MOSQUE OF SUSPECTS PROVES TENSE PALMYRA, N.J., May 18 The man sat in the back row of the mosque, his arms folded, unsure whether his hard opinions would change. “I’m concerned about the Muslims,” the man, Richard Smekal, 68, said just before an open house at the mosque, the Islamic Center […]
CAIR-TX: Criminals in Every Faith
CAIR-TX: CRIMINALS IN EVERY FAITH Re: “A moderate voice silenced,” by Rod Dreher, Sunday Points. PBS has a history of presenting objective and accurate information. “America at the Crossroads” followed this guideline. Yet Mr. Dreher reiterates his suspicion that Muslims are so isolated in that they are unable to co-exist with other faiths and that […]
MD: Muslim History in U.S. Full of Surprises
MUSLIM HISTORY IN U.S. FULL OF SURPRISES Where was one of the first mosques in the United States located? You might think somewhere in Michigan, with its large Arab-American population. Or maybe cosmopolitan places like New York City or Chicago. You’d be wrong in all three cases. But in searching for the answer, you’d get […]
MN: Islamic Community Faces Growing Pains
ISLAMIC COMMUNITY IN MINNESOTA FACES GROWING PAINS Almost 50,000 of the growing immigrant population in Minneapolis and St. Paul are Somali Muslims, who have been arriving steadily since civil war wracked their home country in 1991. The NewsHour presents a report on the Muslim community’s efforts at integration.
CA: Muslim Charity Sues Ex-Bush Official for Libel
CHARITY SUES EX-BUSH OFFICIAL A former Bush administration official has been sued for libel by a U.S.-based Islamic charity for alleging in a book that the organization has helped fund Middle East terrorists. The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court by Kids in Need of Development, Education and Relief and its chairwoman, […]
CO: Arab-American U.S. Attorney Works to Build Muslim Trust
EID WORKS TO BUILD MUSLIM TRUST Colorado U.S. Attorney Troy Eid stood before about 70 Muslim men and women Friday night and spoke of his pride in being part Egyptian from his father’s side. Eid said he grew up facing prejudices because of his dark complexion and told the story of how angry he became […]
MN: Good-Neighbor Muslim Chases Down Robber
GOOD-NEIGHBOR MUSLIM CHASES DOWN A ROBBER These new Minnesotans — immigrants from China, Iraq and Egypt — try to stick together. But sometimes they feel very alone. The three own businesses at the corner of Lowry and Emerson in north Minneapolis. It should be lovely urban corner. So often, it is a nightmare. Go back […]
CO: Mosque Damaged By Apparent Gunfire
GREELEY MOSQUE DAMAGED BY APPARENT GUNFIRE Abu Faraj of Greeley was concerned Thursday when he discovered that the mosque he oversees had been shot at three times sometime during the day. Faraj, who said he is the head of the community at the Islamic Center of Greeley Mosque, 1600 8th Ave., said this is not […]