ABC World News Tonight: US Muslims Serving in Military
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT: AMERICAN MUSLIMS SERVING IN THE MILITARY ABC World News Tonight will air a segment on American Muslims serving in the Military on Thursday, February 8th 2007. Check your local listings for details.
Civil Rights Groups File Class-Action Suit
CAIR-CA: NORTHERN CALIFORNIANS DEMAND END TO CITIZENSHIP APPLICATION DELAYS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: media@aclu.org SAN FRANCISCO – Civil rights groups filed a class-action lawsuit today against the federal government for its practice of indefinitely delaying citizenship applications in violation of the Constitution and federal statutes and regulations. “There is no point in calling our legal process […]
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 […]
Intelligence Chief to Ease Hiring of Arabs
INCOMING INTELLIGENCE CHIEF PLANS TO EASE HIRING OF ARAB AMERICANS The incoming director of national intelligence, retired Navy Vice Adm. John M. McConnell, plans to change security rules to make it easier for intelligence agencies to hire first-generation Arab Americans for highly sensitive jobs. These rules, dating from World War II, limit intelligence agencies’ ability […]
VA/FL: Al-Arian Speaks Out from Prison
HUNGER-STRIKING PALESTINIAN PROFESSOR SAMI AL-ARIAN SPEAKS OUT IN FIRST BROADCAST INTERVIEW OF HIS FOUR-YEAR IMPRISONMENT In a Democracy Now exclusive, Sami Al-Arian speaks to us from prison where is on a hunger-strike. The Palestinian professor and activist was found not guilty over a year ago of 17 charges against him yet he remains in jail […]
CAIR: Fear of Bias Keeps US Muslims Out of Military
CAIR: FEAR OF BIAS KEEPS U.S. MUSLIMS OUT OF MILITARY WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Desperately short of soldiers who speak Arabic and understand Islam, the U.S. military is quietly courting American Muslims. But they show little enthusiasm for an institution many say is prejudiced against them. “The military have the same problem as civilian government agencies, […]
NC: New Bill to Allow Courtroom Oaths on Koran
NC: NEW BILL TO ALLOW COURTROOM OATHS ON KORAN Courtroom oaths could be taken on the Koran and other sacred texts besides the Bible in a bill filed in the state Senate on Wednesday. The issue drew national attention last month when the first Muslim elected to US Congress took a ceremonial oath with a […]
CAIR-CA: Self-Proclaimed Ex-Terrorist Protested
CAIR-CA: SPEECH BY SELF-PROCLAIMED EX-TERRORIST PROTESTED AT UCD The somewhat mysterious “former Islamic terrorist” Walid Shoebat told an audience of about 1,800 on the University of California, Davis, campus Tuesday night that Muslim extremists helped carry out Hitler’s “Final Solution.” He went on to claim that to this day the majority of Muslims in Pakistan, […]