CAIR-MI: Missionaries Sought Video of ‘Angry Arabs’
Four Christian missionaries who were arrested at Dearborn’s Arab American Festival were arraigned Monday on misdemeanor charges of disturbing the peace. Charged were Negeen Mayel, Dr. Nabeel Qureshi, Paul Rezkalla and David Wood Mayel, all members of a group called “Acts 17 Apologetics.” Negeen Mayel faces an additional charge of disobeying an officer. They all […]
CAIR Video: U.S. Muslim Travelers Warned of ‘Forced Exile’
The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued a travel advisory Friday warning American Muslims of the risk of “forced exile” when traveling overseas or attempting to return to the United States.
TN: Group Plans to Counter Protest to Anti-Mosque Rally
A group formed in support of the rights of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro will rally on the Public Square as a way to counter a protest march against the center on Wednesday. Middle Tennesseans for Religious Freedom is organizing the event in response to local resident Kevin Fisher’s plans to lead a march on […]
Opposition to NY Mosque Continues
. . . In a letter to his Democratic opponent, Lazio said that the people of New York need more answers about where the $100 million for the project was coming from, and noted that Rauf had passed up an opportunity to denounce the Palestinian group Hamas as a terrorist organization. Lazio also alluded to […]
CAIR-LA: Another U.S. Mosque Faces Opposition
Heated debate over the nature of Islam is overshadowing plans to build a mosque in northeast Temecula. Critics, including the pastor of a church next to the mosque site, say the worship center is a bad fit for the area. They’re also concerned with what they describe as Islam’s extreme agenda of expansion. The Islamic […]
Backlash Against Imaginary Muslim Perils in Oklahoma
There are only 30,000 Muslims in Oklahoma, a state of 3.7m people, making them well under 1% of the population. That’s still enough to worry some people, though. Rex Duncan, a Republican member of Oklahoma’s House of Representatives, has just had a measure placed on the November ballot that would ban local courts from considering […]
The FBI: Foiling its Own Plots Since 2001
Informers have by now become our first line of defense in our battles with the evildoers, the go-to guys in the never-ending domestic war on terror. They regularly do the dirty work — suggesting and encouraging the plots, laboring as bag men to move the money, fashioning the bombs, and eliciting the flamboyant dialogue, even […]
Tapping The Growing Muslim-American Market
When it comes to wooing Muslim Americans, U.S. marketers are pretty oblivious, leaving potential customers to scramble for product information on their own. Are Halal meals at Kentucky Fried Chicken Halal enough? How about Oreos? What’s new at Forever 21 that is hot and modest? Is that mutual fund compliant with Shariah investment principles? But […]
CAIR-FL: Potential Immigration Law Divides Public, Law Enforcement
Neil Lewis’ cramped immigration law office reverberates from the ring of yet another telephone call. Each anxious voice on the other end poses the same question. “Is that going to come here?” Lewis said, echoing his clients’ apprehensive queries. Across the state, Floridians are paying close attention as state lawmakers begin to craft a tough, […]
CAIR-MI: Arrested Missionaries Broke Rules of Arab Fest
State Rep. Tom McMillin is asking the Attorney General’s Office to investigate an incident involving four Christian missionaries who were arrested at the Arab International Festival in Dearborn after talking to festivalgoers about religion . . . Officials with the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said they support the Dearborn police in […]