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 […]
CAIR-MI: More Vandalism at MI Mosque
CAIR-MI: MORE ‘HURTFUL’ VANDALISM AT MICHIGAN MOSQUE – TOP A building in Detroit that previously housed a mosque was vandalized this week with anti-Muslim graffiti that reads in large letters: “Go Home 911 Murderers.” The Detroit Free Press reports that, on the front of the Islamic Center of America building, someone also spray-painted in green […]
CAIR: Group Wants Bias Probe of NJ Mosque Fire
CAIR: MUSLIM GROUP WANTS BIAS PROBE OF NEWARK MOSQUE FIRE NEWARK, N.J. — A national Muslim civil rights group wants authorities to investigate a weekend fire that damaged a mosque as a potential bias crime. The Council on American-Islamic Relations on Tuesday asked authorities to launch a hate crimes investigation into the fire that damaged […]
CAIR-MI: Muslim Claims Religious Conspiracy
CAIR-MI: MUSLIM MAN CLAIMS RELIGIOUS CONSPIRACY DEARBORN — A Muslim man says the state Department of Human Services and a local church are conspiring as part of a custody battle to prohibit his daughter from practicing Islam and visiting him. Abraham Ben-Abbad, 38, of Dearborn alleges in a suit filed Monday in U.S. District Court […]
CAIR-CA: Controversy Follows Dennis Prager
CAIR-CA: CONTROVERSY FOLLOWS DENNIS PRAGER TO YORBA LINDA When talk-show host Dennis Prager wrote a column in November decrying a congressman-elect’s decision to take his oath of office on the Koran rather than the Bible, he argued that it would “embolden Islamic extremists and make new ones.” In a column for Townhall.com, Prager wrote that […]
CAIR-FL Rep Comments on State of the Union Address