CAIR: Muslims Slam TV Portrayals as Unfair
CAIR: MUSLIMS SLAM TV PORTRAYALS AS UNFAIR 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, […]
Advocates Hopeful Congress Will Ban Racial Profiling
ADVOCATES HOPEFUL CONGRESS WILL BAN RACIAL PROFILING – TOP WASHINGTON – The repercussions of an airline’s decision to remove a group of imams from a commercial flight in Minneapolis could be heard in Congress this year, where newly dominant Democrats are ready to consider a national ban on racial profiling. The incident happened in November, […]
South African Muslims Seek ‘Travel Treaty’ with US
WE NEED TRAVEL TREATY WITH US, SAY SA MUSLIMS South African Muslims claiming to have been discriminated against by international authorities for their religious beliefs have demanded that the government stand up for their rights. This week eight Muslims and Islamic scholars sent a petition to several South African cabinet ministers and President Thabo Mbeki. […]
NY/NJ: Imam Moves from City Mosque to Suburbia
NY/NJ: A CLERIC’S JOURNEY LEADS TO A SUBURBAN FRONTIER MIDDLETOWN, N.J. – Sheik Reda Shata pushed into Costco behind an empty cart. He wore a black leather jacket over his long, rustling robe, a pocket Koran tucked inside. The imam, a 38-year-old Egyptian, seemed not to notice the stares from other shoppers. He was hunting […]
U.S. Muslims’ Beliefs Vary Like Other Believers
U.S. MUSLIMS’ BELIEFS VARY LIKE OTHER BELIEVERS, AUTHOR FINDS Most Americans don’t know many Muslims, familiar only with those whose names evoke fear, hatred and defiance. But others are curious, even concerned, about Islam, its American adherents and the creeping fundamentalism we’ve heard so much about. A new book by Paul M. Barrett, a Business […]
CA: Mosques Enlisted to Help Fight Breast Cancer
CA: MOSQUES ENLISTED TO BATTLE TABOO Inland mosques and public health researchers in Los Angeles hope to improve breast cancer awareness among Muslim women through local educational programs and a broader study of attitudes about the disease. Muslim women get breast cancer less frequently than the general population — largely because of cultural and religious […]
ME: Feds Won’t Charge Man Who Rolled Pig’s Head Into Mosque
NO CHARGES AGAINST MAN WHO ROLLED PIG’S HEAD INTO MOSQUE LEWISTON Maine – U.S. prosecutors are not pursuing charges against a man who rolled a pig’s head into a mosque. Brent Matthews faces a state misdemeanor charge of desecration of a place of worship. State prosecutors also won a court order requiring him to stay […]
Il est interdit de lapider les femmes!
IL EST INTERDIT DE LAPIDER LES FEMMES! (LA PRESSE) FREE TRANSLATIONhttp://www.google.com/language_tools
Canadian Village Acts on Anti-Muslim Stereotypes
CANADIAN VILLAGE ADOPTS DOCUMENT BASED ON ANTI-MUSLIM STEREOTYPES The Quebec village of Hérouxville, 1300 inhabitants, has formally banned this week the stoning of women, face veils, female genital mutilation, or throwing acid at unveiled women’s faces, reports Montreal daily La Presse. André Drouin, a municipal counselor in Hérouxville, told La Presse, a document detailing the […]
Islam-Basher to Speak in Michigan
MI: SPEAKER CHALLENGES ISLAMIC CULTURE WYOMING — Nonie Darwish remembers being told as a child living in Gaza never to take candy from a stranger because it might be a Jew trying to poison her. Such was her education as the daughter of an Egyptian military leader who terrorized Israel before his martyrdom in 1956. […]