UT: Resolution Affirming Rights of Utah Muslims Introduced
UT: RESOLUTION AFFIRMING RIGHTS OF UTAH MUSLIMS INTRODUCED Sen. Peter Knudson, R-Brigham City, is asking the state Senate to send a message of support to Utah’s Muslim community. That’s why he’s sponsoring SR2, a “Resolution Affirming Fundamental Rights of the Muslim Community of Utah,” to recognize the rights of Muslims to freely practice their religion […]
CAIR: Man Wins Suit in Airline Race-Profiling Case
CAIR: MAN WINS SUIT IN AIRLINE RACE-PROFILING CASE BOSTON (Reuters) – A Florida man removed from an American Airlines flight because he was considered a security threat has won a $400,000 jury award in a case that accused the airline of racial profiling. John Cerqueira, a U.S. citizen of Portuguese descent, charged that he was […]
CAIR-FL: Ohio FBI Chief Calls Terror a Priority
CAIR-FL: CLEVELAND’S NEW FBI CHIEF CALLS TERRORISM A PRIORITY The new head of the Cleveland FBI just bought a house in Bay Village and is moving his family here. That might not sound like much, but it’s a leap of faith for C. Frank Figliuzzi, who last month became the fourth man in five years […]
CAIR: Lawsuit over Quran Oaths to Continue
CAIR: LAWSUIT OVER QURAN OATHS TO CONTINUE RALEIGH — A lawsuit filed by the ACLU and a Muslim woman over the use of the Quran and other non-Christian texts for courtroom oaths in North Carolina should be allowed to go forward, the state Court of Appeals ruled today. A three-judge panel voted unanimously to reverse […]
CAIR-MI: Muslims Say They Were Profiled
CAIR-MI: MUSLIMS SAY THEY WERE PROFILED BY AIRLINE Claiming they were unfairly profiled, a group of Michigan Muslims said today that they were not allowed to board a flight to Detroit while returning home from a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. At a press conference this morning at a mosque in Dearborn, the group said they […]
CAIR-MI: Muslims Barred from Flight
CAIR-MI: MUSLIMS: NORTHWEST BARRED US FROM FLIGHT DEARBORN — About 40 Muslim Metro Detroiters say they were stranded at an airport in Frankfurt, Germany, and given a series of differing explanations about why they could not board their Northwest Airlines flight to Detroit Metropolitan Airport. A spokesman for Northwest Airlines said this morning that the […]
CAIR-CA: Boxer Wrong to Rescind Award
CA: BOXER AND CAIR Editor — Regarding “Boxer cancels award for Muslim activist” (Jan. 6): As a Jewish American and a supporter of Sen. Barbara Boxer, I say that it was wrong for her to withdraw the award that she gave to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which works to build bridges between Christians, Muslims, […]
UN: 34,452 Iraq Civilians Killed in ’06
U.N.: 34,452 IRAQ CIVILIANS KILLED IN ’06 BAGHDAD, Iraq – Nearly 35,000 civilians were killed last year in Iraq, the United Nations said Tuesday, a sharp increase from the numbers reported previously by the Iraqi government. Gianni Magazzeni, the chief of the U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq, said 34,452 civilians were killed and 36,685 were […]
Jimmy Carter: Revisiting ‘Apartheid’
LAST WORD: JIMMY CARTER Dec. 25, 2006 – Jan. 1, 2007 issue – Former president Jimmy Carter has long been regarded as an elder statesman, using his political muscle to address issues like democracy and human rights. But he’s also been a prolific author. Since leaving office in January 1981, he has written 23 books, […]
Aloni: There is Apartheid in Israel
THIS ROAD IS FOR JEWS ONLY Jewish self-righteousness is taken for granted among ourselves to such an extent that we fail to see what’s right in front of our eyes. It’s simply inconceivable that the ultimate victims, the Jews, can carry out evil deeds. Nevertheless, the state of Israel practises its own, quite violent, form […]