PA: Liquor Store Application Denied After Mosque Protest
PA: ZONING BOARD DENIES LIQUOR STORE MOVE The controversial application for a new liquor store at 4237 Walnut St. has been denied by the Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment, site owner Daniel DeRitis said yesterday. DeRitis said he will immediately appeal the decision. “We’re not going to give up on it,” he said. The proposal […]
CAIR-FL: Reward Grows in Mosque Arson Case
CAIR-FL: REWARD GROWS IN ISLAMIC CENTER ARSON CASE The reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who torched the Islamic Education Center of Florida has risen to $12,500. The Council for American-Islamic Relations is posting a $9,000 reward, and $1,000 is offered by Crime Stoppers. The rest is from the state fire […]
ME: Anti-Muslim ‘Hate Incident’ in Middle School
ME: ‘HATE INCIDENT’ IN CITY One student has been suspended and more disciplinary action could follow a possible hate crime at Lewiston Middle School, Superintendent Leon Levesque said Wednesday. On April 11, a white student placed a ham steak in a bag on a lunch table where Somali students were eating. Muslims consider pork unclean […]
CAIR-OH Panel: ‘Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid’
CAIR-OH HOSTS PANEL ON ‘PALESTINE: PEACE NOT APARTHEID’ (COLUMBUS, OH, 4/18/07) – The Columbus chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Ohio (CAIR-OH) hosted a panel discussion on President Jimmy Carter’s current book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.” The Panelists included OSU Professors John Quigley and John Mueller, both of whom have authored numerous books and […]
Native Deen: Muslim Hip-Hop Group on CBS April 22
NATIVE DEEN ON CBS Sunday April 22nd Muslim talent and world renowned artists Native Deen will be featured on the program “The Arts within Religion”. The show is schedule to air on Sunday, April 22nd on most CBS stations across the United States.
Video: CAIR Featured in PBS Documentary
VIDEO: CAIR FEATURED IN ‘THE MUSLIM AMERICANS’ PROGRAM ON PBS CAIR is featured in “The American Muslims” segment of the PBS Series “America At a Crossroads” looking at life for American Muslims after the 9/11 terror attacks.
OK: FBI Reaching Out to Muslims
OK: REACHING OUT TO MUSLIMS Those who fight terrorism, from the White House to the FBI, say the most prominent terrorists are “Muslim extremists,” which raised concerns how to approach Islamic citizens and visitors in Oklahoma. Muslim leaders and FBI agents met behind closed doors in March for the Muslim Community Outreach Program, which aims […]
FL: Muslim Shares Religious Beliefs
FL: MUSLIM SHARES RELIGIOUS BELIEFS Differences among religions come from man’s interpretations of them, not from God’s message, said Samir Khatib, and Muslims believe in the same things as Christians and Jews. Khatib, a Muslim, believes in Jesus, Mary, the Gospels, the Torah and other elements of Christianity and Judaism, as do all Muslims. “If […]
NY: Jewish-Muslim Dialogue Deeper Than it Seems
NY: JEW-MUSLIM DIALOGUE DEEPER THAN IT SEEMS Once every year, we Jews gather around the seder table to recount the Passover story, but one narrative has not found its way into the Ashkenazi (Eastern European Jewry) canon. This past Tuesday, the eighth and final day of Passover, the Middle East Dialogue Group celebrated a festival […]
MD: Muslims’ Quest for School Holiday Continues
MD: MUSLIMS PUSH HOLIDAY QUEST (Scroll down.) In an effort to bolster support for closing Baltimore County schools for Muslim observances, the president of the Baltimore chapter of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee sent an e-mail yesterday to hundreds of local Muslims to encourage them to attend Tuesday’s school board meeting. Bash Pharoan, who since 2004 […]