Comedians Looking for Laughs in Muslim Comedy Tour
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – So a Jew, a Christian and a Muslim walk into a bar. The bartender turns around and says, “What is this … a joke?” Yes, it is a joke but some people would wonder what a Muslim is doing in a bar and how he could possibly be involved in […]
Column: The Sharia Myth Sweeps America
If you are not vitally concerned about the possibility of radical Muslims infiltrating the U.S. government and establishing a Taliban-style theocracy, then you are not a candidate for the GOP presidential nomination. In addition to talking about tax policy and Afghanistan, Republican candidates have also felt the need to speak out against the menace of […]
F.B.I. Giving Agents Leeway to Push Privacy Bounds
WASHINGTON — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is giving significant new powers to its roughly 14,000 agents, allowing them more leeway to search databases, go through household trash or use surveillance teams to scrutinize the lives of people who have attracted their attention. The F.B.I. soon plans to issue a new edition of its manual, […]
Islamic Banking, A Market with U.S. Potential, Hampered by Politics
Islamic finance is growing, but politics, and perhaps prejudice, might be hamstringing this business in the United States. In the past few years bills have been introduced in at least 20 states to forbid courts from invoking foreign laws in rulings. Proponents have touted the bills as a way to prevent Sharia, a code derived […]
NC Church Cancels Quran Reading, Plans Interfaith Dialogue
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CNS) — A plan to allow for the reading of the Quran from the pulpit during a Mass at St. Peter Church in Charlotte June 26 has been canceled, with an interfaith dialogue planned for October instead. St. Peter Parish had agreed to take part in an event called Faith Shared, in which […]
CAIR-OH: FAIR QUESTIONS ABOUT TERROR WATCH LISTS (EDITORIAL)
When a U.S. citizen is arrested, that person has the right to a lawyer and to learn what crime he or she is suspected of committing. But when a citizen is handcuffed at the border, questioned for 2 1/2 hours without an attorney and her car is secretly searched — all because her name appears, […]
Oregon Islamic Academy helps out in Japan
Seven students from the Oregon Islamic Academy in Tigard recently returned to Portland after a week touring Japan and helping in the tsunami recovery effort. The five juniors and two seniors were part of the Flight of Friendship organized by Sho and Loen Dozono of Azumano Travel with the help of Mercy Corps and Peace […]
Green Muslims Build Green Neighbourhoods
A couple of weeks ago, the ‘Good Tree Village’ arranged a meeting with the wider Muslim community in the DC- metro area to promote their aim of starting a physical community of around 20-25 families in a “co-housing” type of neighbourhood. Co-housing is the simple notion that people get together to create and maintain their […]
Video: Muslim Students Bullied in N.C. Schools
Some Muslim students in Guilford County Schools are being bullied because of their religious beliefs, one group says. The Islamic Center of the Triad sent a letter to Superintendent Mo Green, saying there have been at least 27 incidents in the past few months of several Muslim students being teased about their names and being […]
‘My Fellow American’: Short Film Offers Platform for Combatting Islamophobia
America has always been a melting pot, but in the post-9/11 world the environment can be downright hostile. Radio talk show hosts, pundits and politicians utter statements about Islam and Muslims that if they were to say the same about other religious groups, they would face severe consequences. This hateful discourse leaves me wondering how […]