Canada: Muslim Wears Hijab, Black Belt
CANADA: MUSLIM WOMAN WEARS HER HIJAB AND A BLACK BELT WITH PRIDE When news came that young Muslim girls had been turned away from a tae kwon do competition in Quebec because they wore Islamic head scarves, one of the people upset was the former dean of engineering of the University of Ottawa. Aside from […]
FL: Jewish Group Says Mosque Arson ‘Intolerable’
FL: ISLAMIC CENTER ARSON ‘INTOLERABLE’ As leaders of the Jewish community, we unequivocally condemn the act of arson committed against the Islamic Education Center of Tampa on Thursday morning. This type of hate (to the extent it is determined to be a hate crime) against any individual, group or organization is unacceptable, criminal and against […]
CAIR-PA: Community Offers Help to Fire-Damaged Mosque
PA: U.S. COMMUNITY OFFERS HELP WHEN MOSQUE SUFFERS FIRE DAMAGE Washington — When the mosque serving the Islamic Society of Schuylkill County in Pennsylvania was damaged by fire April 11, Muslim families immediately were offered a space for prayer services by the Jewish community in the nearby town of Pottsville. Although the Muslim congregation ultimately […]
CAIR-FL: Life, Lessons Will Continue At Mosque
CAIR-FL: LIFE, LESSONS WILL CONTINUE AT MOSQUE TAMPA – Dozens of children are scheduled to arrive at the Islamic Education Center of Tampa for their weekly lesson on Arabic language and social behavior today, two days after someone set fire to their prayer room and destroyed the inside of the building. Islamic center leaders had […]
CAIR-FL Video: Reward in Islamic School Arson
CAIR-FL: REWARD IN ISLAMIC SCHOOL ARSON TAMPA – There’s a reward for information about the people who torched an Islamic education center Thursday. Investigators are calling it arson, and are still exploring the possibility it’s a hate crime. The Council on American Islamic Relations is hoping a $10,000 reward will motivate a tipster to help […]
CAIR: Viewing Muslims with Suspicion Won’t Help
SHOCK TALK WITHOUT APOLOGIES [Robert Wright, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, runs the Web site Bloggingheads.tv.] There has to be an Imus event every once in a while. Ethnicity being the volatile thing it is, gratuitously inflammatory remarks have to be discouraged, so bounds of acceptable speech have to be clarified. Clarity […]
CAIR: Muslim Speaker Urges Understanding, Acceptance
CAIR: U.S. MUSLIM SPEAKER URGES UNDERSTANDING, ACCEPTANCE Since Sept. 11, 2001, an ongoing debate has been waging about the role of Muslims in the U.S. A prominent voice in this debate has been Arsalan Iftikhar, the legal director of the Council of American Islamic Relations, the largest Muslim advocacy group in the country.
CAIR-PA Video: Rabbi Waskow on CAIR, Jewish-Muslim Relations
CAIR-PA VIDEO: RABBI ARTHUR WASKOW ON CAIR, JEWISH-MUSLIM RELATIONS Jewish activist and Rabbi Arthur Waskow says that he trusts and respects the people at CAIR. Rabbi Waskow also encouraged other Jewish leaders to reach out to the American Muslim community by overcoming fear and getting beyond the labels. Rabbi Waskow made the remarks at the […]
NY: TV Station Looks at Local Muslim Community
360 VIEW: TAKES A LOOK AT MUSLIMS IN THE VALLEY This week, our 360 view is on race. But we include religion today, because many Americans consider Arab people— and Muslims one-in-the-same. They are not, of course, but it’s difficult to discuss the differences in these post 9-11 times. Cornell university did a poll and […]
Magazines Strive to Erase Stereotypes of Muslim Women
ISLAMIC VOICES Azizah magazine features only women who wear the hijab, or head scarf, on its cover. Islamica magazine focuses on current affairs, culture, arts and sciences. Muslim Girl magazine caters to Muslim Americans; Holding an American flag and wearing a bright-white grin beneath her head scarf, Wardaw Chaudhary, a 16-year-old from Tulsa, Okla., radiated […]