CAIR: Muslims Fear Islam is the Target on TV
CAIR: EXPLOSIVE TELEVISION You can’t be a devoted watcher of Fox TV’s “24” and not have questions about the suitcase nuke attack on Los Angeles, or the fatal neck bite Jack Bauer puts on a terrorist, among other outrageous plot twists. Toqeer A. Chouhan, a 28-year-old Atlanta attorney and Muslim, is no exception. But his […]
MN: First Muslim in Congress Speaks on Faith, Democracy
FIRST MUSLIM IN U.S. CONGRESS SPEAKS ON FAITH AND DEMOCRACY Washington – Minnesota Representative Keith Ellison is surprised that his Muslim faith became an issue during his successful campaign for a congressional seat. “I never bring it up,” he told USINFO, although he discusses it when asked. His first impulse was to downplay religion in […]
LA: Debunking Myths About Muslim Women
LA: DEBUNKING MYTHS ABOUT MUSLIM WOMEN Last week I conducted a survey about the basics of Islam. Some of the questions were “Who do Muslims worship?” and “What do Muslims think of Jesus?” The results of the survey were depressing to say the least, especially the questions regarding women in Islam. I asked 200 people […]
NJ: U.S.-Born Muslim Is Born Leader
NJ: U.S.-BORN MUSLIM IS BORN LEADER When the older kids first saw Mohammad Modarres, they saw not only a freshman but a Muslim. So they bullied him. They pushed him down. Got on top of him. Smacked his head against the ground. But Modarres never let it make him vengeful. “You fall — get back […]
FL: Muslims, Christians, Hindus Aid Storm Victims
FL: DIVERSE FAITHS HEED THE CALL DeLAND — For a while Monday afternoon, the tornado-ravaged 500 block of Beresford Road seemed like interfaith central. A team of five members of the Islamic Society of Central Florida’s disaster relief had just pulled in from Orlando and unloaded their chain saws and other equipment. They started helping […]
CAIR-NJ: Death Threats to Muslims Reported
CAIR-NJ: DEATH THREATS TO MUSLIMS REPORTED Several prominent New Jersey Muslim leaders, including a Clifton attorney and an imam from a Paterson mosque, have received letters threatening their lives, according to the Washington, D.C.-based Council on American-Islamic Relations. The three letters, one of which was sent to Imam Zaman at the Muslim Center of Middlesex […]
FL: Torture at Issue in Terror Case
FL: TORTURE AT ISSUE IN TERROR CASE For 1,307 days, the U.S. military held terror suspect Jose Padilla in a 9 foot by 7 foot cell in a South Carolina Navy brig. His captors deprived him of sleep, Padilla’s lawyers say. They chained him in painful positions, injected him with mind-altering drugs, and left him […]
CA: Juror’s Anti-Muslim Comments Downplayed
CA: ATTORNEYS DOWNPLAY COMMENTS BY JUROR Federal prosecutors said Saturday there is little or no evidence to support allegations of juror misconduct in a motion for a new trial of a Lodi man convicted of terrorist activity. Misconduct claims on behalf of Hamid Hayat are barred by rules of evidence, cannot be substantiated, actually describe […]
Muslim Culture Focus of Law-Enforcement Video
ARAB, MUSLIM CULTURES FOCUS OF LAW-ENFORCEMENT VIDEO An Arab man is being questioned by law-enforcement officers and suddenly becomes uncooperative and refuses to make eye contact. Suspicious behavior or a clash of cultures? The latter, according to a new training DVD that will be distributed to nearly 200,000 Homeland Security employees. A panel of Arab […]
CAIR-CAN: Arar Apology an Opportunity
CAIR-CAN: APOLOGIZING TO MAHER ARAR: A BEGINNING, NOT AN END JURIST Special Guest Columnist Faisal Kutty, vice-chair and counsel to the Canadian Council on American Islamic Relations and a doctoral candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School York University in Toronto where he also practices law, says that Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s apology to Maher […]