MI: Warren Mosque Target of Vandalism
MI: WARREN MOSQUE TARGET OF VANDALISM A local mosque was a target vandalism on Monday. Someone smeared white paint over walls of a mosque in Warren. In the past, the electricity meter has been shattered, security lights have been stomped, and the mosque spokesperson, Steve El Turk, said he was threatened outside of the building. […]
CAIR: First Muslim Cleric Named to U.S. Commission
CAIR: QUINCY IMAM MAKES HISTORY: FIRST MUSLIM CLERIC NAMED TO U.S. COMMISSION Imam Talal Eid of Quincy will soon take on a wider national role: He’s the first Muslim cleric to be appointed to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. The 54-year-old Lebanon native has been picked for a two-year term on the independent, […]
NC: Church’s Sign Against Islam Sparks Controversy
NC: CHURCH’S SIGN AGAINST ISLAM SPARKS CONTROVERSY Words like “bomb” and “die” draw attention to the small sign in front of Good News Independent Baptist Church. Rev. Gary Murrell put up the sign, which on one side claims the message of Islam is “submit, convert or die.” The other side reads: “When is the last […]
CAIR: Top U.S. Muslim Leader, D.C. Area Jews Share Seder
CAIR: TOP U.S. MUSLIM LEADER, D.C. AREA JEWS SHARE SEDER When Nihad Awad, the son of Palestinian refugees from Lydda – now the Israeli city of Lod – was growing up in the Wahdat refugee camp in Amman, Jordan, he never imagined that one day he would be sitting down with American Jews at a […]
NE: Somali Workers Quit Over Prayer Dispute
NE: SOMALI WORKERS IN GRAND ISLAND QUIT OVER PRAYER DISPUTE Nearly 100 Somali immigrants have quit their jobs at a meatpacking plant here because their prayer times weren’t accommodated. “They kind of issued the company an ultimatum,” said Dan Hoppes, president of Local 22 of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. “They went in […]
CAIR: CA Commissioners Condemn Bigoted E-Mail
CAIR: COMMISSIONERS CONDEMN BIGOTED E-MAIL A few weeks ago members of the southeast Berkeley community found newspapers and hate-filled flyers on their sidewalks and front porches targeting Jews, blacks, Hispanics and immigrants. Last week, members of the Peace and Justice Commission received in their e-mail in boxes another sample of what many are calling “hate […]
CAIR-FL: When Reporters Switch Sides
CAIR-FL: WHEN REPORTERS SWITCH SIDES He knows it may not look good: An investigative reporter with more than 10 years covering a controversial case leaves journalism to work for one of the guys at the center of the story. Still, ask former Tampa Tribune reporter Michael Fechter whether his decision to join the staff of […]
MA: Imam Appointed to Religious Freedom Commission
ARGUE, CROMARTIE, EID, AND LEO APPOINTED TO COMMISSION Contact: Judith Ingram,Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 127 WASHINGTON-President George W. Bush today appointed Dr. Imam Talal Y. Eid and Leonard Leo to the United States Commission on International Religious freedom, an independent, bipartisan federal agency, and reappointed Michael Cromartie. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) appointed […]
CAIR-CT Rights Director ‘Called to Advocacy’
CAIR-CT: CALLED TO ADVOCACY Four days out of each week, Hamza Collins reports for his 12-hour shift as control room technician in the AES Thames power plant in Montville. But Collins, 52, is just as busy on his days off from the plant, working as volunteer civil rights director for the Connecticut chapter of the […]
NJ: Muslim Group Hopes to Counter Post-Ft. Dix Fears
NJ MUSLIM GROUP HOPES TO COUNTER POST-FT. DIX FEARS In the aftermath of the alleged attempted terrorist attack at Fort Dix (see related story), a Muslim group in South Jersey is holding an emergency town meeting on Friday night. Mrs. Naseem Badat, spokeswoman for the Islamic Center of South Jersey, says it’s important that those […]