TN: Learn Muslims’ Heritage this Weekend
TN: LEARN MUSLIMS’ HERITAGE The annual celebration of Muslims in Memphis kicks off today at 1:15 p.m. with a Jumuah prayer service. Activities are planned for each weekend this month. Call 789-1904.
KS: Local Minister, Muslim to Debate
KS: LOCAL MINISTER, MUSLIM APOLOGIST TO DEBATE THIS WEEKEND A local Christian minister and a nationally-known Muslim apologist will hold two debates to discuss the differences – and, in some cases, the striking similarities – between Christianity and Islam in Kansas City, Kan., this weekend. The debates, between Dr. James O. Maxwell, minister emeritus of […]
The Persecution of Sami Al-Arian
THE PERSECUTION OF SAMI AL-ARIAN One of the first big show trials here in the post-9/11 homeland was of a Muslim professor from Florida, now 49, Sami Al-Arian. Pro-Israel hawks had resented this computer professor at the University of South Florida long before Atta and the hijackers flew their planes into the Trade Towers because […]
NC: Suspended Teacher Often Talked About Christianity
NC: ENLOE STUDENTS QUESTIONED Students at Enloe High School said they have long heard the kinds of Christian overtures that got social studies teacher Robert Escamilla suspended this week. An 18-year Wake County schools veteran, Escamilla was suspended with pay while the school system investigates his invitation of a Christian evangelist to several of his […]
CT: Anti-Muslim Slurs on Facebook Prompt School Talk
CT: ANTI-MUSLIM SLURS: WEB WORDS PROMPT SCHOOL TALK “Anti-Muslim” entries on an Internet social networking site used by millions of young people nationwide earned a group of Ridgefield High School students a frank talk with a flotilla of school administrators. “We’re concerned about it,” said Ridgefield High School Principal Jeff Jaslow. “There were certainly some […]
MN: Chief’s E-Mail to Officers
MN: CHIEF’S E-MAIL TO OFFICERS From: Dolan, Tim Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 12:03 PM To: All MPD (Public Info Only) Subject: Internal InvestigationTo All Department members: I was contacted by the media yesterday and asked about comments made by a MPD Lieutenant during an in-service training. Allegedly, this lieutenant implied or referred to Representative […]
MN: Cop Accused of Slur Against Muslim Congressman
MN: COP ACCUSED OF SLUR AGAINST REP. ELLISON A Minneapolis police lieutenant faces an internal investigation into recent comments that fellow officers say implied that U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison is a terrorist. The comments allegedly were made during a required police ethics training class this week by Lt. Bob Kroll, according to Mayor R.T. Rybak. […]
The Al-Arian Family, Stars of Norway
THE AL-ARIAN FAMILY, STARS OF NORWAY OSLO, Norway — Before daylight on the day that marked four years of Dr. Sami Al-Arian’s imprisonment, his eldest daughter Laila and wife Nahla were guests on the popular Norwegian television program God morgen Norge (Good Morning Norway). But during a week in which she was whisked from one […]
Al-Arian Enters Day 39 of Prison Hunger Strike
AL-ARIAN ENTERS DAY 39 OF PRISON HUNGER STRIKE Sami Al-Arian passed the 38th day of his prison hunger strike Wednesday. The former University of South Florida professor has lost 43 pounds and was having great difficulty standing up in a federal prison hospital in Butner, N.C. “We will intervene. We will not let him die,” […]
CAIR: Learning from Anti-Muslim Presentation
CAIR: ISLAM, FREE SPEECH AND ENLOE RALEIGH – The uproar about Kamil Solomon’s appearance at Enloe High School, where he gave a speech and distributed literature hostile to Islam, may be a good thing. Although as a professor teaching Islam I am certainly not happy to hear of the kinds of materials the students were […]