CAIR Commentary: Democracy, Sure – But on Whose Terms?
DEMOCRACY SURE, BUT ON WHOSE TERMS? I am writing this from my hotel room in Doha, Qatar where I have been invited to speak at the 7th Doha Forum on Democracy, Development and Free Trade. Back home this event has perhaps not received any public attention. While the smallest of violent event from the Muslim […]
CAIR-Tampa: Catholic Leader Visits Burned FL Mosque
CAIR-FL: MUSLIM COMMUNITY GETS SUPPORT FROM CATHOLIC CHURCH Tampa – The Muslim community of Tampa is getting support from the Catholic Church. Almost 2-weeks ago, someone set fire to the Islamic Education Center of Tampa on Rockpointe Drive. The fire caused more than $100,000 in damage. The FBI is investigating the case as a possible […]
Muslims in Quandary Over State Food Law
IL: MUSLIMS IN QUANDARY OVER STATE FOOD LAW As a Muslim mom and teacher, Dilara Sayeed struggles to find the best food to nourish her family and feed their devout faith. She wants beef and chicken that are healthy as well as halal: slaughtered and blessed according to Islamic law. Yet often she finds there […]
Israeli Operatives, Missionaries Lobby for Kurdistan
ISRAELI OPERATIVES, MISSIONARIES LOBBY FOR IRAQI ‘KURDISTAN’ The 30-second television commercial features stirring scenes of a young Iraqi boy high-fiving a U.S. soldier, a Westerner dining alfresco, and men and women dancing together. “Have you seen the other Iraq?” the narrator asks. “It’s spectacular. It’s joyful.” “Welcome to Iraqi Kurdistan!” the narrator continues. “It’s not […]
U.S. to Control Iraqis with Eye Scans, Fingerprints
U.S. TO CONTROL IRAQIS USING EYE SCANS, FINGERPRINTS The U.S. military is walling off at least 10 of Baghdad’s most violent neighborhoods and using biometric technology to track some of their residents, creating what officers call “gated communities” in an attempt to carve out oases of safety in this war-ravaged city. The plan drew widespread […]
MA: ‘Aerosol Arabic’ Artist Teaches Tolerance
MA: ‘AEROSOL ARABIC’ ARTIST TEACHES TOLERANCE Kneeling by his canvas in a mist of red and orange aerosol paint, British graffiti artist Muhammed Ali tagged Phillips Academy with religious tolerance last week. His spray-paint creations mix two cultures many consider to be conflicting – Islam and the West. This latest painting tackled the term “not […]
NJ: Army Cadets Learn Islamic Culture in Mosque
NJ: ARMY CADETS LEARN ISLAMIC CULTURE IN MOSQUE The lights in a Jersey City mosque flickered at dawn and more than a dozen West Point cadets stirred in sleeping bags scattered across the prayer room. As Imam Hussein Wahdan began the melodious call to prayer in Arabic, bearded men filed past the cadets, kneeled and […]
NY: Halal Markets Serve Growing Islamic Community
NY: HALAL MARKETS SPRING UP TO SERVE GROWING ISLAMIC COMMUNITY Hot peppers are among the items Muhammad Naeem Akhtar sells at the new Halal Super Market in Latham. Here, he shows off the produce with his 4-year-old daughter, Abeerah. Tucked into the back corner of the Halal Super Market in Latham–past the Urdu language newspapers, […]
MD: Unwavering Push for Muslim School Holidays
MD: AN UNWAVERING PUSH FOR MUSLIM SCHOOL HOLIDAYS Bash Pharoan sees his long-running campaign to close Baltimore County’s schools on Muslim holidays as a demand for fairness: If schools are shut down on Yom Kippur and Christmas Day, they also should be closed on Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. He first advanced this idea a […]
IL: Muslims in Quandary Over State Food Law
IL: MUSLIMS IN QUANDARY OVER STATE FOOD LAW As a Muslim mom and teacher, Dilara Sayeed struggles to find the best food to nourish her family and feed their devout faith. She wants beef and chicken that are healthy as well as halal: slaughtered and blessed according to Islamic law. Yet often she finds there […]