Dr. Al-Arian Lost 50 Pounds in Hunger Strike
JAILED PALESTINIAN PROFESSOR SAMI AL-ARIAN ENTERS 54TH DAY OF HUNGER STRIKE TO PROTEST INDEFINITE IMPRISONMENT Democracy Now (reposted)Saturday Mar 17th, 2007 9:15 AM Sami Al-Arian is in dire condition. The jailed Palestinian professor has lost over 50 pounds as he enters the 54th day of a hunger strike to protest the circumstances of his continued […]
Author: CAIR Represents Views of Mainstream Muslims
CAIR: A MORE ISLAMIC ISLAM FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A small group of self-proclaimed secular Muslims from North America and elsewhere gathered in St. Petersburg recently for what they billed as a new global movement to correct the assumed wrongs of Islam and call for an Islamic Reformation. Across the state in Fort Lauderdale, Muslim […]
Jihad Watch: ‘I Hate Is-Lame with an Incandescent Intensity’
MUSLIMS SEE A GROWING MEDIA BIAS On a typical workday, Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American-Islamic Relations talks to a dozen or so print and broadcast reporters. “The vast majority does a pretty good job and they need to be congratulated,” he said. It’s another story when Hooper watches cable TV commentators, listens to […]
Jihad Watch: ‘How Could Any Decent Person Remain a Muslim?’
BACKGROUNDER: CA SYNAGOGUE THAT HOSTED ISLAMOPHOBE URGED TO INVITE MUSLIM SPEAKER ( ANAHEIM, CA, 11/8/2005) – The Southern California office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today urged a Los Angeles synagogue that recently hosted the operator of a virulently anti-Muslim website to invite a Muslim representative who can offer a balancing perspective on […]
Robert Spencer: ‘Islam is a Serious Threat’ to Western World
ROBERT SPENCER: ‘ISLAM IS A SERIOUS THREAT’ TO WESTERN WORLD Catholics – as well as other Christians – need to know a lot more about Islam, say two authors of a book of 100 questions and answers on the topic. However, the outlook on Muslims from “Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics” is hardly favorable. […]
Robert Spencer: Quran ‘Certainly Fraudulent’
PAT ROBERTSON CALLS QURAN ‘FRAUDULENT,’ ROBERT SPENCER AGREES http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/44498.aspx (Note: video may take time to load.)
CAIR-LA: Muslim Tenants Win Discrimination Lawsuit
CAIR-LA: MUSLIM TENANTS WIN DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT IN ARBITRATION An arbiter has decided that the Chaumont Villas apartment complex wrongly discriminated against six Muslim tenants based on their religion. The parties in the lawsuit, filed in September 2005, agreed to binding arbitration. In his decision on March 9, Orange County Arbiter Jay Cordell Horton said the […]
Learn Arabic and Study Quran at Al-Azhar University
LEARN ARABIC AND STUDY QURAN AT AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY The Cordoba University School of Professional Studies (Ashburn VA), Al Azhar University and Al-Ameen Associates once again present an Intensive Arabic Immersion Program in Cairo, Egypt. June 28 – July 31, 2007 (Dates may vary 1-3 days based on final travel arrangements) Seats are still available […]
CAIR: Editorial Decries ‘Cheap Shot at Pascrell’
CAIR: CHEAP SHOT AT PASCRELL Rep. Bill Pascrell is a New Jersey Democrat whose 8th District includes Passaic and Paterson, cities with significant Islamic communities. The other day, Pascrell arranged for a national Islamic civil liberties group to use a room in the Capitol basement for a panel discussion on relations between Muslims and the […]
CA: Peace Starts with Understanding Palestinians
CA: PEACE STARTS WITH UNDERSTANDING OF MUSLIM NEIGHBORS The invitation of Daniel Pipes to Cal Poly and the subsequent media response have roused many questions about Islam and Palestinian life. I am a mainstream American Muslim, and as such, Pipes’ claims stand contrary to my experience on these topics. Pipes advocates breaking the spirit of […]