NJ: Corrections Officer Fired for Being Muslim?
NJ: FIRED FOR BEING A MUSLIM? A case of locker room ribbing and flat out abuse of power, that’s what a New Jersey corrections officer said is exactly what his colleagues did to him — all because of his Muslim faith. One image shows the body of a camel with the head of a Passaic […]
TX: Detention of Palestinian Children Draws Criticism
TX: FAMILY CAN’T STAY, CAN’T GO Four years ago, members of the Ibrahim family sat in a Dallas immigration courtroom and calmly cataloged the years of violence in their Palestinian village: the deaths of children, the bombs and beatings. But now, denied asylum and confined for a third consecutive month inside a pair of Texas […]
IL: Two Men Acquitted of Conspiracy to Fund Hamas
IL: TWO MEN ACQUITTED OF CONSPIRACY TO FUND HAMAS ACTIVITIES IN ISRAEL A federal jury in Chicago acquitted two men yesterday of charges that they were part of a long-running conspiracy to finance Hamas activities in Israel — marking the latest defeat for the Justice Department in cases involving support for radical Palestinian groups. Abdelhaleem […]
GA: Mayor Converts to Islam, Wants Name Change
GA: ELLIS SAYS HE’S CONVERTED TO ISLAM AND WANTS NAME CHANGE Macon Mayor Jack Ellis has converted to Islam and is working to legally change his name to Hakim Mansour Ellis. The mayor, raised as a Christian, said Thursday that he has been studying the Koran for years and made the religious switch at a […]
GA: US Mayor Converts to Islam
US MAYOR CONVERTS TO ISLAM MACON, Ga. – Macon Mayor Jack Ellis has converted to Islam and is now working to legally change his name to Hakim Mansour Ellis. Ellis, who was raised Christian, said Thursday that he became a Sunni Muslim during a December ceremony in the west African nation of Senegal. Ellis said […]
NY: Five Charged in Beating of NY Muslim
NY: FIVE CHARGED IN BEATING Five Orthodox Jewish teens were indicted for an October hate crime attack in Brooklyn against a Muslim immigrant from Pakistan, the district attorney’s office said yesterday. Shulomi Bitton, Yossi Friedman, Benjamin Wasserman and two juveniles are charged with second-degree gang assault and third-degree menacing, Kings County District Attorney Charles J. […]
NC: Non-Muslim Students Experience a Day in Hijab
NC: NON-MUSLIM STUDENTS EXPERIENCE A DAY ‘BEHIND THE VEIL’ As participants in “Behind the Veil,” 28 non-Muslim female students learned about life as Muslim women as they wore head dresses, or hijabs, on Wednesday. “Behind the Veil,” an event Sara Yasin, a junior in textile and apparel management, said she thought up last summer, invited […]
VA: Goode Says He Would Go to Muslim Gathering
VA: GOODE SAYS HE WOULD GO TO MUSLIM GATHERING WASHINGTON — Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr., after meeting with an interfaith group, has indicated he would accept an invitation to attend a Muslim gathering. “I said I would go to a gathering sometime if we could work out the time. That’s nothing new. I’ve been […]
Iraq: Official Lies over Najaf Battle Exposed
IRAQ: OFFICIAL LIES OVER NAJAF BATTLE EXPOSED NAJAF, Jan 31 (IPS) – Iraqi government lies over the killing of hundreds of Shias in an attack on Sunday stand exposed by independent investigations carried out by IPS in Iraq. Conflicting reports had arisen earlier on how and why a huge battle broke out around the small […]
VA: Al-Arian on 11th Day of Hunger Strike
SOURCE: TAMPA BAY COALITION FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE Feb. 1, 2007 TAMPA — Dr. Sami Al-Arian is now on his 11th day of a hunger strike to protest his continued mistreatment by our government. During this time, he has already lost 15 pounds. The Tampa-based Friends of Human Rights began a rolling hunger strike on […]