CAIR-Philly: Conversation with Muslim Leaders
CAIR-PHILLY: COMMUNITY FORUM ON ISLAM GENERATES DISCUSSION WITH DELAWARE VALLEY MUSLIM LEADERS WILMINGTON, Del., March 26 — The Widener University School of Law issued the following news release: More than 100 people gathered in the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom on the Delaware campus during a recent Sunday afternoon to learn about Islam through the […]
NY: Muslim’s Jailing Protested During Ashcroft Speech
NY: GROUP TO PROTEST MUSLIM DOCTOR’S JAILING DURING ASHCROFT SPEECH SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The politically motivated firings of federal prosecutors bolsters the claim that Rafil Dhafir was selectively prosecuted by the government to be “a trophy” in the war on terror, supporters of the imprisoned Muslim doctor said Tuesday while protesting a speech by former […]
NJ: Arab-Americans Seek Political Clout
NJ: ARAB-AMERICANS SEEK CLOUT PATERSON – Last year was a tough one politically for local Arab-Americans. War raged between Israel and Lebanon. The war in Iraq dragged on. In Passaic County, state Democratic heavyweights forced a promising Lebanese-American freeholder candidate to drop out of the race in the wake of a controversy over comments he […]
MI: General Reaches Out to Arabs Americans
MI: GENERAL REACHES OUT TO METRO ARABS A senior U.S. military leader told Arab Americans in Dearborn on Monday that the U.S. armed forces want to include more of them in the planning decisions. “It’s very important that we involve Arab Americans,” said Brig. Gen. Robert Holmes, deputy director of operations with the U.S. Central […]
Film on ‘Radical Islam’ Tied to Pro-Israel Groups
FILM ON ‘RADICAL ISLAM’ TIED TO PRO-ISRAEL GROUPS WASHINGTON, Mar 26 (IPS) – A controversial documentary on the threat of radical Islam, promoted by the two most-watched U.S. cable news networks, was marketed and supported in part by self-described “pro-Israel” groups, according to an IPS investigation.
FL: Don’t Call Political Agenda ‘Reform’
FL: PROGRESS HAS NOT ELUDED MUSLIM WOMEN Re Frida Ghitis’ March 22 Other Views column, Muslim moderates speak up for freedom: Self-proclaimed progressive and women’s-rights advocate Ayaan Hirsi Ali forgets that, long before Europe and the West gave women the right to own property, Islam gave this right to women in the 7th century. It […]
New Rand Report Urges ‘Cold War’ Tactics for Muslim World
RAND REPORT SAYS COLD WAR OFFERS LESSONS ON ENGAGING WITH THE MUSLIM WORLD Just as it fought the spread of Communism during the Cold War, the United States must do more to develop and support networks of moderate Muslims who are too often silenced by violent radical Islamists, according to a RAND Corporation report issued […]
NY/NJ: Islamic Society Introduces Latin Muslims
NY/NJ: BC ISLAMIC SOCIETY INTRODUCES LATIN MUSLIMS Last week, the Islamic Society and Latin Women hosted an event on Latin American Muslims. The event featured two Ecuadorian Americans who converted to Islam from Catholicism. The event, entitled “Latin Muslims: the Sons and Daughters of Golden Spain,” focused on two seemingly different cultural groups, Muslims and […]
CA Muslim Students: Fight Fear of Other Faiths
CA: FIGHT FEAR OF OTHER FAITHS It is hard to ignore the growing fear and mistrust directed at Muslims in America. We see it in movies and on popular television series. We read about it in The Tribune’s letters to the editor and front page articles. We hear it on popular talk radio shows. And […]
NC: Vigil Held for Dr. Al-Arian
NC: VIGIL STAGED FOR PALESTINIAN SCHOLAR BUTNER – About 60 people held a two-hour vigil beside Interstate 85 on Saturday for an imprisoned former college professor accused of conspiring with Palestinian terrorists. Sami al-Arian is being held at the Federal Medical Facility near Butner for refusing to testify in a terrorism-related case before a Virginia […]