CAIR: Imams Threatened
CAIR: IMAMS THREATENED A group of imams and their attorney have received a death threat for suing passengers who reported suspicious behavior that led to the imams being removed from a U.S. Airways flight last year. The threatening letter sent to New York lawyer Omar T. Mohammedi said: “We have located the residences and identified […]
E-Mails Show Pro-Israel Plan to Target Boston Mosque
EMAILS SHOW PRO-ISRAEL ANTI-MOSQUE CAMPAIGN IN BOSTON Summary: The David Project conspired with real estate agents, lawyers and politicians to organize a campaign to deny the Boston Muslim community their 1st amendment rights to worship freely. Read the original emails at: http://tinyurl.com/23adhf This week, Jessica Masse, interfaith coordinator of the Islamic Society of Boston, publicly […]
CAIR-MI: Detroit Council OKs Racial Profiling Ban
CAIR-MI: DETROIT COUNCIL OKS RACIAL PROFILING BAN The City Council voted 9-0 today to pass a new ordinance that bans profiling people based on race, immigration status, ethnicity, dress and appearance, among other factors. It was developed after talks with local Latino, Arab and Muslim groups, who say that immigrants are sometimes asked for their […]
NY: New Site for Arabic Language School
NEW SITE SELECTED FOR NYC ARABIC LANGUAGE SCHOOL NEW YORK — City education officials have selected a new site for a controversial public school focusing on Arab language and culture after opposition from parents stifled an earlier placement plan. The Khalil Gibran International Academy, set to open in September, will be located at 345 Dean […]
TX: Prof’s Comments on Islam Spark Controversy
TX: PROFESSOR’S COMMENTS ON ISLAM SPARK CONTROVERSY AUSTIN, TX — A North Carolina religion professor’s statement that Christianity and Islam talk about “the same God” is causing a furor among Baptists in Texas. At a February conference in Austin, Texas, Charles Kimball of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., said Islamic teaching about Allah involves […]
NY: Jail to Hire Imam After Anti-Islam Flap
NY: ROCKLAND COUNTY JAIL TO HIRE IMAM FOLLOWING DISTRIBUTION OF ANTI-ISLAM TRACTS NEW CITY – The Rockland County jail will hire a Muslim imam and is providing ritually correct food to inmates in the wake of allegations of discrimination following the jail chaplain’s distribution of anti-Islam tracts. The imam will work one day per week […]
NJ: Muslims Fear Backlash from Fort Dix Plot
MUSLIMS FEAR BACKLASH FROM FORT DIX ATTACK PLOT FORT DIX, N.J. — Authorities’ description of six suspects charged with plotting an attack on Fort Dix as “Islamic militants” is causing renewed worry among New Jersey’s Muslim community. Hundreds of Muslim men from New Jersey were rounded up and detained by authorities in the months following […]
Experts: Arrests Often Overblown
ARRESTS OFTEN OVERBLOWN, EXPERTS SAY Wary of a number of federal anti-terror cases that proved to be overblown, two legal experts Tuesday cautioned about attaching too much significance to the arrest Tuesday of six Muslims for plotting to attack Fort Dix in New Jersey. The federal government’s strategy to aggressively intervene early with any suspected […]
DE: Some Fear Backlash Against Albanians
SOME FEAR BACKLASH AGAINST ETHNIC ALBANIANS Odette Aref of Hockessin says it will be up to the media to shape how Americans react to Tuesday’s arrest of immigrants allegedly plotting to attack Fort Dix — and whether their ethnicity is hyped for public fear. Suspects have been described as “ethnic Albanians” — four from the […]
CAIR: Is Racial Profiling OK at Airports?
CAIR: IS RACIAL PROFILING OK AT AIRPORTS? Is it so wrong to racially profile people who are flying?Lisa, white, Custar, Ohio Replies I would be nervous if I saw a couple of Middle-Eastern people get on my plane. I think we [whites] should be aware of how the profiling makes others feel, but those who […]