Israel Hid discovery of Old City Islamic Site
ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY HID DISCOVERY OF ISLAMIC SITE AT MUGRABI The Israel Antiquities Authority said that what could be an Islamic prayer room was found at the site of the Mugrabi ramp in the Old City of Jerusalem, where excavation work has sparked angry protests by Muslims who say the work endangers the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Muslim […]
CAIR-LA: Muslim Women Keep Faith with Special Swimsuits
CAIR-LA: MUSLIM WOMEN KEEP FAITH WITH SPECIAL SWIMSUITS Amana Siddiqi loved swimming as a child but gave it up as a teenager because her Muslim faith required she fully cover her body in public. “At age 15, I started to cover, so I stopped going to public pools,” said Siddiqi, now 27, whose parents come […]
Hirsi Ali is a Hero Among Islamophobes
ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE STORY Hirsi Ali is more a hero among Islamophobes than Islamic women. That’s problematic considering she describes herself in “Infidel” as a woman who “fights for the rights of Muslim women, the enlightenment of Islam and the security of the West.” How can you change the lives of your former […]
CAIR-FL: Muslim Group Wants Mentoring Center
CAIR-FL: MUSLIM GROUP WANTS MENTORING CENTER ST. PETERSBURG – The Tampa Bay Area Muslim Association wants to establish a mentoring center in Childs Park and is sponsoring a luncheon Thursday to begin its campaign. “We want to really introduce the idea to the St. Pete community,” said Abdul Karim Ali, the association’s board chair. The […]
CA: Islam in the African-American Community
ISLAM IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY Students and teachers trickled into the dimly lit room, full of empty desks and chairs, and a podium in the northeast corner. As the clock ticked closer to noon, in walked a tall, well-dressed man carrying a briefcase. After glancing at the clock, he promptly began, “In the name of […]
CAIR-LA Supports Muslim-Jewish Partnership
CAIR-LA: A GROUNDBREAKING MUSLIM-JEWISH PARTNERSHIP Los Angeles – The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) and the Progressive Jewish Alliance (PJA) have recently launched NewGround, a bold new program that aims to jumpstart dialogue and community building between American Muslims and Jews. The program intends to put forth a new initiative for creating a dynamic and […]
MN: Congressman’s Imam Leading Interfaith Efforts
MN: CONGRESSMAN’S IMAM IS LEADING INTERFAITH EFFORTS On the evening after Minnesota’s Democratic primary in September, Makram El-Amin picked up his ringing cell phone to hear the raspy, exhausted voice of Keith Ellison. The men had known each other for a decade, long enough for El-Amin to become the imam of a mosque in their […]
CAIR Opposes Univ of Illinois Indian Mascot
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS’ 81-YEAR-OLD TRADITION WILL COME TO AN END WEDNESDAY CHAMPAIGN – Chief Illiniwek, the revered and reviled symbol of the University of Illinois for more than 80 years, will dance for the last time next week. Larry Eppley, chairman of the U of I’s board of trustees, said Friday that the Chief’s last […]
US Prison Program Isolating Muslim, Middle Eastern Prisoners
DOCUMENTS SHOW NEW SECRETIVE US PRISON PROGRAM ISOLATING MUSLIM, MIDDLE EASTERN PRISONERS The US Department of Justice has implemented a secretive new prison program segregating “high-security-risk” Muslim and Middle Eastern prisoners and tightly restricting their communications with the outside world in apparent violation of federal law, according to documents obtained by RAW STORY. Quietly implemented […]
UT: Rightwing Bloggers are Attempting to Smear Islam
PLAYING WITH FIRE “Salt Lake Jihad?” asks David Horowitz’s conservative Frontpagemag.com. The question refers not to some Latter Day Saints-Osama Bin Laden merger but rather to speculation about the shootings at the Trolley Square shopping mall in Salt Lake City on Monday. While much has emerged about the shootings, and about the shooter’s family background […]