MN: New Financing Option for Islamic Businesses
MN: NEW FINANCING OPTION UNVEILED FOR ISLAMIC BUSINESSES The City of Minneapolis is joining with the African Development Center to offer a new financing option for small businesses, aimed primarily at Muslims. The program allows Muslim Minnesotans, as well as others, to repay loans without traditional interest. Many Muslims avoid conventional loans because paying or […]
TN: FBI Meets with Muslims on Quran Defacing
TN: FBI ON CASE OF QURAN DEFACING The Federal Bureau of Investigation has confirmed they are investigating a defaced Quran found Friday afternoon on the front steps of the Islamic Center of Clarksville. “We are looking at the situation to try to determine what to do,” said FBI spokesman George Bolds. “The first step is […]
VA: Letters Give a ‘False View of Islam’
VA: A FALSE VIEW OF ISLAM I would like to express my regret of the way Islam has been characterized by the letters that appear on the pages of this newspaper. Few valley residents have met a Muslim and few have any familiarity with Islam beyond what is shown on the news or heard on […]
IL: Anti-Arab Slurs Alleged in Assault of Sikh
SIKH AMERICAN VETERAN ASSAULTED BY POLICE OFFICER IN ILLINOIS SALDEF calls for immediate probe into assault and the xenophobic, anti-immigrant statements by police officer against bronze star recipient Washington D.C., April 11, 2007 — The Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF), the oldest Sikh American civil rights and advocacy organization in the country, […]
CAIR-PA: Moderate Jewish Voices Not Covered
CAIR-PHILLY: MODERATE JEWISH VOICES NOT COVERED Having attended the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Philadelphia banquet, I found The Inquirer’s coverage (“Sensitive political test for Sestak,” April 8) skewed. While giving extensive coverage to a rabbi protesting outside the banquet, the article failed to mention that there were rabbis and other Jews participating inside. I believe […]
CAIR Board Member Joins GU Panel on Islam
CAIR: GEORGETOWN TO HOST PANEL ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BE MUSLIM IN AMERICA WHO: A distinguished panel of journalists, religious scholars, and a Muslim rock star will explore and debate how being a Muslim can complement or conflict with the American way of life. The panel features Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham and Sally Quinn […]
CAIR-PA Thanks Synagogue for Offer of Prayer Space
CAIR-PA THANKS SYNAGOGUE FOR OFFER OF PRAYER SPACE – TOP (PHILADELPHIA, PA, 4/12/07) – The Pennsylvania chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-PA) today thanked a synagogue in that state for offering to host Muslim prayers after fire damaged a local mosque. Oheb Zedeck Synagogue Center in Pottsville, Pa., offered to let the congregation […]
On Video: Palestinian as Human Shield
ON VIDEO: PALESTINIAN AS HUMAN SHIELD Sameh Amira was fast asleep when he was jolted awake by pounding at the front door. Israeli troops were on a manhunt for wanted militants in the West Bank and decided to draft help. The terror-stricken 24-year-old Palestinian soon found himself forced onto the front lines of Israel’s shadowy […]
Probe: Marines Used Excessive Force
PROBE: MARINES USED EXCESSIVE FORCE A U.S. military commander has determined that Marines accused of killing civilians after a suicide bombing in Afghanistan last month used excessive force, and he has referred the case for possible criminal inquiry, The Associated Press has learned. The initial investigation of the March 4 incident, in which up to […]
Iran Envoy Repeats US Abuse Claim
IRAN ENVOY REPEATS US ABUSE CLAIM An Iranian diplomat kidnapped in Iraq has appeared before journalists in Tehran, saying that a US official was present while his captors tortured him. Jalal Sharafi was brought to the news conference in a wheelchair flanked by nurses, a week after his release. The second secretary at Iran’s Baghdad […]