AR: Muslim Girl Wins State Spelling Bee
AR: WE HAVE A WINNER When seventh-grader Samia Nawaz was given the word “plantain,” she knew she had the Arkansas State Spelling Bee in the bag. “As soon as she heard that word, she smirked at me,” said her mother, Fahmida Nawaz. That’s because Samia’s mother grew up eating plantains – a tropical, banana-like plant. […]
OK: Meeting with Law Enforcement Officers, Muslims
OK: MEETING HELD BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND MUSLIMS (OKLAHOMA CITY) March 16 – Law officers have met with Muslim leaders in Oklahoma in an effort to improve understanding and limit problems in what both sides say can be a tense relationship. FBI agents, police chiefs and officers, mosque leaders and members of the Governor’s […]
U.S. Officials Want More Outreach to Muslims
U.S. OFFICIALS WANT MORE OUTREACH TO AMERICAN ARABS, MUSLIMS Senior Homeland Security officials told a Senate panel Wednesday that they were having a hard time employing enough interpreters and analysts to counter domestic terrorist threats and that they needed to do more to reach out to American Arabs and Muslims. They also warned that some […]
VA: Donate to Sharifa Alkhateeb Memorial Scholarship Fund
S.I.S.T.E.R.S. & SAF RAISING $75,000 TO ENDOW THE SHARIFA ALKHATEEB MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND TO SUPPORT 3 ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FCPS STUDENTS (Falls Church, VA, March 7, 2007) – In recognition of Sharifa Alkhateeb’s service to Fairfax County, Virginia, S.I.S.T.E.R.S and the Sharifa Alkhateeb Foundation collaborated with College Access Fairfax to establish a memorial scholarship in […]
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 […]
CAIR-MI: Talk by ‘Former Terrorist’ Under Fire
CAIR-MI: TALK ON ISLAM UNDER FIRE Tawfik Hamid says he once was a terrorist. But some local Muslims wonder whether it is true. If it is, they ask, why would anyone invite him to speak about Islam? Hamid, a medical doctor, spoke at the Jewish Community Center on Tuesday under auspices of the Zionist Organization […]
CAIR-FL Rep to Join Interfaith Discussion
CAIR-FL: INTERFAITH DISCUSSION’S TOPIC WILL BE ‘RELIGIONS OF PEACE’ “Religions of Peace: An Interfaith Forum” is set for 6 p.m. Sunday at Royal Palm Christian Church, 9600 Royal Palm Blvd. The forum will include presentations by Altaf Ali, executive director of the Florida chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations, Rabbi Mark Gross from […]