CAIR-CA: Muslim Students Visit Japanese-American Internment Camp
SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Bridging Communities program of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) recently took high school students on a three-day trek to Tule Lake, where 18,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry were unjustly incarcerated during World War II. This site, the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, Tule Lake […]
European Human Rights Court Tosses Out Challenge to Swiss Minarets Ban
GENEVA — The European Court of Human Rights on Friday dismissed a challenge by Muslim groups to Switzerland’s minaret building ban. A panel of seven judges with the Strasbourg, France-based, court ruled that the people filing the lawsuits couldn’t claim to be victims. The ruling’s timing coincided with the Muslim day of prayer. Swiss voters […]
Ind. Islamic School Experiment Aboard Last Space Shuttle
CROWN POINT,IND. — When Atlantis takes off on the last U.S. space shuttle mission Friday, there will be a few local paramecium on board, thanks to students at tiny Avicenna Academy. “It’s a wonderful experience,” Principal Amanda Arceo said as she headed to Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness the launch along with four […]
Muslims in America: On radicalization
Last week, we shared a few responses from Muslim readers discussing the place of Islam in America. This week, four Muslim women share their thoughts as part of our ongoing Washington Post series. Sarah Kajani, 23, a social media consultant from Atlanta, said radicalization seems “so far away” to American Muslims. “When it becomes part […]
Muslim Women Can Decide What to Wear on the Soccer Field
Just over a kilometre from where a monument stands honouring Canada’s “Famous Five” — activists from the 1920s who succeeded in getting women recognized as legal persons — a soccer game is scheduled to symbolize a similar struggle. To onlookers, the women gathering at Major’s Hill Park Thursday afternoon will appear to be playing a […]
Islam Has No Room for Terrorism
There are two groups promoting the concept that Islam is tolerant of terrorism. The first is those wishing to hijack Islam for their political purposes and have distorted and misquoted religious text to justify their abhorrent actions. The second are those who wish to spread fear and hatred of Muslims to suit their political or […]
Montana Muslim Students Coordinate Donation Drive to Aid Crow Reservation
Faisal AlSaad has been in the United States for less than a year, but he was profoundly moved when he saw news clips about the victims of the recent American disasters. “In Saudi Arabia we have the same disaster,” said the incoming Montana State University freshman from Saudi Arabia. “It is called masanada and everyone […]
Christian Body Recommends Resolution Opposing Hostility to Islam
Working in a consensus model, [the United Church of Christ] Committee 12 recommended that [UCC] General Synod 28 adopt the resolution “On Actions of Hostility Against Islam and the Muslim Community” submitted by Wider Church Ministries. Committee members universally supported the direction of the resolution and its call to the church to declare its “clear […]
CAIR: U.S. Muslims Spotlight Their Patriotism
HACKENSACK, N.J. — As Americans celebrate their open society, Lodi, N.J., resident Zehra Toor is doing so with an iPhone video message as one of the nation’s 2.6 million Muslims: We’re proud of our American freedoms, too. “It is amazing the free speech that you have here. If there is a problem, you can send […]
Alexandria Native is Imam Chaplain Taking Care of U.S. Soldiers in Europe
HEIDELBERG, Germany — Chaplain (Maj.) Khallid Shabazz, one of the only five imam chaplains in the Army, is an Alexandria native who wasn’t always a chaplain, a Muslim or even named Khallid Shabazz. An imam is a leader of prayer or Muslim congregation. Shabazz is an imam chaplain for the U.S. Army in Europe. Shabazz […]