FBI Asked to Probe Hate Graffiti on MI Mosque
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FBI ASKED TO PROBE HATE GRAFFITI SPRAYED ON MICHIGAN MOSQUE (SOUTHFIELD, MI, 1/22/07) – The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) today called on local, state and national law enforcement authorities to investigate hate graffiti found on the old Islamic […]
NY: Muslim Pilgrimage Teaches Charity
NY: MUSLIM PILGRIMAGE TEACHES CHARITY (January 22, 2007) – Now that I’ve returned from the ritual of hajj, at the end of December and earlier this month, in Mecca, Saudia Arabia, I decided to share my experiences with the community. Unlike in previous years when stampedes during the hajj killed hundreds of people, this pilgrimage […]
Islamic Banking Can Help Foster Dialogue
PROMOTE ISLAMIC BANKING Islamic banking has become a substantial industry over the last four decades. It’s central component: the avoidance of interest. Does its emergence segregate Muslims from Western values and norms, creating a financial ghetto? I contend that as increasing numbers of people in the West become dissatisfied or skeptical about the banking services […]
CAIR: Terror Never Justified
CAIR RESPONDS Editor — Regarding “CAIR’s ‘condemnations’ ” (Letters, Jan. 17): As the largest American Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the country, CAIR has repeatedly condemned acts of terrorism as being completely antithetical to Islamic teachings. Acts of terror are criminal and murderous acts; regardless of the race, religion or political cause of […]
Letter: Sen. Boxer Bowed to ‘Hate Group Pressure’
CAIR: THE STRANGER AMONG US Re “More evenhanded policy, please,” letter, Jan. 15: I write to add my voice and others’ to the citizens who object to the recent actions of Sen. Barbara Boxer regarding the Council on American Islamic Relations and the executive director of its Sacramento chapter, Basim Elkarra. Boxer, bowing to hate […]
CAIR-FL: Muslims, Catholics Try to Mend
CAIR-FL: MUSLIMS, CATHOLICS TRY TO MEND AFTER POPE’S SPEECH At the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, D.C., last week nuns’ veils mingled with those of Muslim women as 300 Catholics and Muslims gathered to hear an Islamic scholar discuss faith with a cardinal who some day could be pope. Cardinal Angelo Scola, […]
Muslims Settle Dispute with Northwest
CAIR-MI: MUSLIMS SETTLE DISPUTE WITH NORTHWEST Local Muslim leaders met Friday with Northwest Airlines officials at the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn to resolve concerns by Muslim pilgrims who were denied entry onto a connecting flight to Detroit. Northwest agreed to reimburse the passengers for extra flight and hotel costs. “The people are satisfied,” […]
CAIR-MI: Northwest, Muslims Settle Clash
CAIR-MI: NORTHWEST, MUSLIMS SETTLE CLASH DEARBORN — Northwest Airlines officials met behind closed doors Friday with some local Muslims who were banned a flight from Germany this month. One of the advocates for the travelers said all issues had been resolved. Both sides agreed not to issue public statements, according to Dawud Walid, executive director […]
WA: Islamic Center Vandalized
WA: ISLAMIC CENTER TARGET OF VANDALS Jan. 21–Mohammed Ahmed of Kennewick was shocked to find a broken window at the Islamic Center of the Tri-Cities when he went there for prayers. On the ground, below the shattered window, was a rock. And Ahmed, a former president of the center, said this wasn’t the first time […]
CA: Anti-Muslim Hecklers Disrupt Talk on Islam
CA: CRITICS INTERRUPT SPEAKER’S TALK ON ISLAM STOCKTON – A talk on the basic tenets of Islam was repeatedly interrupted Saturday by a few anti-Muslim members of a crowd at the Cesar Chavez Central Library. One woman was forced to leave early in the two-hour program after she accused guest speaker Tarek Mourad of lying, […]