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 […]
CAIR Hosts Reception for Outgoing Saudi Ambassador
CAIR HONORS PRINCE TURKI AL-FAISAL Washington, Jan. 25, SPA — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) held at the council’s headquarters in Washington last night a reception party in honor of the Saudi Ambassador to the United States, Prince Turki Al-Faisal. At the beginning of the ceremony, Prince Turki delivered a speech in which he […]
MN: Islamic Center Opens its Doors
MN: ISLAMIC CENTER OPENS ITS DOORS Do you have questions about Islam, or about the Muslim community in Rochester? The Rochester Islamic Center will open its doors to give people perspective on a range of issues from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, when it holds the first in a monthly series of open houses […]
AZ: FBI Reaches Out to Local Muslims
AZ: FBI REACHES OUT TO LOCAL MUSLIMS Local members of the Muslim community got the opportunity to voice their concerns and have a dialogue with FBI officials at the Kingman mosque Tuesday night. Dr. Farid Farooqi, the imam of Masjid-E-Ibrahim, welcomed the head of all FBI operations in Arizona, John E. Lewis, to help open […]
OH: Israel Releases Ohio Muslim Cleric
ISRAEL RELEASES MUSLIM CLERIC FROM OHIO JERUSALEM – Israel has released the deported former imam of Ohio’s biggest mosque after a military court ruled there wasn’t enough evidence to hold him on charges of ties to a Palestinian militant group, his lawyer said Thursday. Fawaz Damra, from the West Bank town of Nablus, had been […]
Canada: Muslim Students Shaky After Attack
CANADA: MUSLIM STUDENTS SHAKY AFTER ATTACK Students at École Les Jeunes Musulmans Canadiens (JMC) in St. Laurent are still feeling the effects almost a week after vandals caused $12,000 in damage to bus and school windows at their school. “It’s not just about the windows that were broken or the material costs. It’s just shocking […]
MI: Probation for Assault on Arab-American
MI: DETROITER GETS PROBATION IN ASSAULT ON ARAB-AMERICAN BUSINESSMAN A 20-year-old Detroit man was placed on two years’ probation Wednesday by a Macomb Circuit judge for an assault on an Arab-American business owner. A contrite Antonieo Hardy had earlier pleaded guilty to an ethnic intimidation charge in the assault, and stood with his head bowed […]
CA: Lessons in Prophets’ Stories
LESSONS IN PROPHETS’ STORIES This is the first in a series of columns about the stories of prophets, according to Islamic tradition. – Riaz Hasan “We relate to you, O’ Muhammad, the most beautiful of stories through our revelations in this Quran and you were among those who were not aware of them.” – Quran […]