NY: Liaison Fosters Understanding Between Muslims, Police
NY: ISLAM AND THE 70TH POLICE PCT. – LIAISON HELPS FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN COPS AND THE COMMUNITY Call him the middle man between the city’s growing Islamic community and the NYPD. Last week, Erhan Yildirim, the city’s top community coordinator between cops and the Muslim community, came to the 70th Precinct Community Council meeting to […]
TX: Detained Mother, Children Released
TX: DETAINED PALESTINIAN MOTHER AND CHILDREN BEING RELEASED IN TEXAS DALLAS A Palestinian woman and four of her children were released Saturday morning from the Texas immigration detention center where they’ve been held for three months. Immigration officers arrested Salaheddin Ibrahim, his wife, Hanan, and four of their children in November at their Richardson […]
TX: Detained Palestinian Dad May Be Freed
TX: DETAINED PALESTINIAN DAD MAY BE FREED An immigration judge in Dallas set bail at $30,000 Thursday for a Palestinian businessman from Richardson who, along with his wife and children, was detained for three months. The ruling means that Salaheddin Ibrahim, 37, could be released as early as Friday from federal custody in Haskell, Texas. […]
FL: More Hispanic Americans Converting to Islam
FL: MORE HISPANIC AMERICANS ARE CONVERTING TO ISLAM The number of Hispanic Americans converting to Islam is growing rapidly — particularly in New York, California, Texas and Florida, which have the greatest concentration of Hispanic residents. Muslim leaders say interest in Islam has increased in the past few years, and they also note that Muslims […]
ISLAM-OPED: Politics, Not Faith, Behind Shia-Sunni Violence
ISLAM-OPED: POLITICS, NOT FAITH, BEHIND SHIA-SUNNI DIVIDE IN IRAQ ISLAM-OPED is a national syndication service of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) designed to offer an American Muslim perspective on current political, social and religious issues. ISLAM-OPED commentaries are offered free-of-charge to one media outlet in each market area. Permission for publication will be granted […]
CAIR Aims to Open Minds with Photo Project
CAIR: ARTIST HOPES TO DISPEL MUSLIM STEREOTYPES Youssef Ismail’s photographs of vibrant and sometimes ethereal landscapes hold a deeper meaning. He says he uses his camera’s shutter to reflect his spirituality as a Muslim. “I have hope that people will understand the spiritual side of the religion of Islam,” he said. “It has a deep, […]
CAIR-CA: Distrust Hinders FBI Muslim Outreach
CAIR-CA: DISTRUST HINDERS FBI IN OUTREACH TO MUSLIMS The FBI’s worst fears that hidden homegrown terrorist groups could take root in this country were fanned here in the summer of 2005, when four young Muslim men were charged with conspiring “to levy war against the United States” via deadly attacks on military installations and synagogues […]
CAIR: ‘Insensitive’ Video No Joke to Muslims
CAIR: VIDEO NO JOKE TO MUSLIMS A video by five students at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University depicting ski-masked “hostage-takers” speaking in cartoonish Middle Eastern accents has drawn condemnations from local Muslim leaders. The university dismissed the students from their jobs as residence hall assistants in Brookville Hall, saying they had engaged […]
CAIR-CA: Rights Groups Sue Over Citizenship Delay
CAIR-CA: Civil rights groups sue over delay in processing citizenship SAN FRANCISCO – Immigrants who waited years for their citizenship applications to be processed because of lengthy security checks claimed in a lawsuit Thursday that the delays violated their constitutional rights. The suit, filed in San Francisco federal court against the FBI and the Department […]
Canadians Show Least Bias Toward Muslims
CANADIANS SHOW LEAST BIAS TOWARD MUSLIMS Canadians are least likely among citizens of 23 Western countries to be bigoted toward Muslims, according to a new international study that measured “Islamophobia” in each nation. More than 32,000 respondents from 19 European countries, plus Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand, were asked the question: “Would […]