MN: Open House Lifts Veil of Mystery at Islamic Center
MN: OPEN HOUSE LIFTS VEIL OF MYSTERY AT ISLAMIC CENTER Like many people in Rochester, Bill and Peggy Marshall have often wondered about the downtown Islamic Center, the people who worship there and what they believe. On Saturday morning, at the first in a series of monthly open houses sponsored by the mosque, they got […]
CA: Faithful Make Journey to Mecca
CA: FAITHFUL MAKE JOURNEY TO MECCA Two weeks later, Samia Ara still dreams about Mecca at night. She sees a dark brown hill rendered white at twilight by thousands of cloaked pilgrims, arms stretched heavenward. “It was amazing,” said the Pleasanton engineer. “You’ve faced this way your whole life and here it is. You get […]
NC: After ‘Hate-Crime’ Melee, Calm Eludes School
NC: AFTER ‘HATE-CRIME’ MELEE, CALM ELUDES QUAKER SCHOOL Like the banners condemning hate and the chalked peace signs on sidewalks, the makeshift scarecrow that stands on the tree-lined Guilford College campus is a testament to the trauma gripping this small Quaker school, as well its determination to heal. With a mop for hair and a […]
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 […]
CAIR: Overblown Threats and Islamophobia
CAIR: OVERBLOWN THREATS AND ISLAMOPHOBIA Analysts both in the Muslim and the Western world by and large agree that “fear” and lack of objective dialogue are the root cause of Islamophobia and Anti-Americanism. And while the debate on which one of the two ignited the other is still ongoing, one fact remains irrefutable: more people […]
MI: Religious Leaders Support Mosque
MI: RELIGIOUS LEADERS JOIN IN SUPPORT OF MOSQUE In a show of unity, religious leaders linked arms Thursday in front of a Detroit mosque that was vandalized this week with graffiti that read “Go Home 9-11 Murderers.” Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and Arab leaders joined together at the old Islamic Center of America to condemn the […]
MI: Religious Leaders Decry Mosque Vandalism
MI: CHRISTIANS, JEWS JOIN MUSLIMS DETROIT — In a striking display of determination to stand against hatred and bigotry, about 30 leaders of the Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities in Metro Detroit gathered Thursday to say that vandalism and other incidents at four mosques in the past month are attacks not only against Islam, but […]
NC: Campus Brawl Brings FBI
NC: CAMPUS BRAWL BRINGS FBI Two more Guilford College football players were charged Thursday with beating a group of Palestinian students during a drunken weekend brawl, and the FBI is investigating whether a hate crime occurred on the small Quaker campus. Five members of the Greensboro school’s football team now face charges of assault and […]