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: Muslims Ask City to Help Allow Hijab at Hotel
CAIR: MUSLIMS ASK CITY TO USE LEVERAGE WITH HOTEL FIRM A developer planning to build a Convention Center hotel in Downtown Indianapolis has come under fire from local Islamic advocates concerned that the company will discriminate against Muslim women here. White Lodging Services Corp., one of the two developers of the proposed 1,000-room hotel, was […]
CAIR-PA: Islamic Relations Council Thanks Local Synagogue
CAIR-PA: ISLAMIC RELATIONS COUNCIL THANKS LOCAL SYNAGOGUE The Pennsylvania chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations issued a press release thanking Pottsville’s synagogue Thursday for offering to host Muslim prayers after fire damaged the Mechanicsville mosque. Oheb Zedeck Synagogue Center offered to let the congregation of the Islamic Society of Schuylkill County hold prayer services […]
CAIR: Speaker to Address Muslim Stereotypes at Missouri U
Arsalan Iftikhar, the legal director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, will be speaking about “The Future of Muslims in the West” this afternoon. The event is part of Islam Awareness Week, organized by MU’s Muslim Students Organization. Omar Waheed, president of MSO, said that the event was advertised to both non-Muslims and Muslims because […]
CAIR-FL: Islamic Center Set Afire
CAIR-FL: ISLAMIC CENTER SET AFIRE Local, state and federal investigators sifted through the ashes of a deliberately set fire at the Islamic Education Center of Florida on Thursday morning and tried to allay fears the arson was a crime of hate. They couldn’t say for sure, however. Initial reports said there was an explosion, but […]
CAIR: NY Jail Suspends Chaplain Over Anti-Islam Booklets
CAIR: ROCKLAND JAIL SUSPENDS CHAPLAIN OVER ANTI-ISLAM BOOKLETS The chaplain at the Rockland County jail has been suspended after she distributed religious booklets that condemn Islam and contain derogatory depictions and descriptions of Allah and the prophet Muhammad, officials said. Teresa Darden Clapp, an ordained Christian minister and the jail’s chaplain since 1994, was suspended […]
Swedish Teen: U.S. Troops Led Somali Operation
SWEDISH TEEN: U.S. TROOPS LED OPERATION A Swedish teenager who was imprisoned for weeks with alleged terror suspects in Ethiopia said in an interview published Thursday that Americans in military uniform directed the Kenyan soldiers who took her into custody on the Somali-Kenyan border. The statements by 17-year-old Safia Benaouda were the first to describe […]
MI: Mosque Organizer Allays Neighbors’ Perceptions
MI: MOSQUE EXPECTS WORSHIP, PEACE All signs of intimidation toward the Islamic Organization of North America and its president, Imam Steve Elturk, have stopped. No more broken lightbulbs on the back of the Warren mosque. No more drunkards showing up at night to confront Elturk. And no more residents demanding he prove that he isn’t […]
Canada: Students, Staff Rally Against Hate Graffiti
CANADA: STUDENTS, STAFF RALLY AGAINST ATTACK A broad coalition of McMaster University and community groups will rally this afternoon to send a message that hate crimes will not be tolerated on campus. The groups, which include the McMaster Muslim Students Association, are upset over anti-Islamic graffiti scrawled on the door of a professor who organized […]
Rep. Kathy Castor’s Statement on Mosque Arson
REP. KATHY CASTOR’S STATEMENT ON MOSQUE ARSON “I condemn these hate crimes. They have no place in our community. It’s sad to think that my neighbors are left without a place to hold services, especially on today’s Friday day of worship. These types of attacks are unacceptable.”