PA: Unlikely Duo Teams Up for Kosher, Halal
Listen to the story here. Kai Ryssdal: The second night of Passover begins at sundown this evening. Families are going to be gathering for their Seder — part meal, part ritual that recounts the Biblical story of the Jews’ exodus out of Egypt. Brisket is going to be on a lot of dining room tables. […]
U.S. Muslim Seeks to Become an Imam (Wash Post)
For a photo slide show, click here.If there were a prototype for an American-style imam, Adeel Zeb might be it.In Koran study groups, the 28-year-old volunteer chaplain at American University weaves in references to U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) and comedian Dave Chappelle (both Muslim), TMZ.com, frat life and President Obama.He preaches tolerance and civic […]
Muslim Travelers Have to Fight for U.S. Visas (Wash Post)
LYON, FRANCE — The clean-cut young Frenchman seemed to have everything going for him. A graduate of an elite French engineering school, he had interned at the upper-crust Rothschild bank in Paris, handled wealth management for a while on Wall Street and was accepted for a prestigious master’s degree program at the University of California […]
CAIR: Minn. School Fundraiser Promotes Anti-Muslim Stereotypes
This fundraiser was no bake sale.Fake punches flew and tattooed muscles rippled on Saturday in the gym of St. Michael-Albertville High School, where proceeds from tickets and snacks sold at an indie wrestling show went to the football booster club.In a spectacle of caricatured roles — a fur-clad Norseman, a pair of fighters in kilts […]
Muslim Travelers Find Have to Fight for U.S. Visas (Wash Post)
LYON, FRANCE — The clean-cut young Frenchman seemed to have everything going for him. A graduate of an elite French engineering school, he had interned at the upper-crust Rothschild bank in Paris, handled wealth management for a while on Wall Street and was accepted for a prestigious master’s degree program at the University of California […]
What Makes Chechen Women So Dangerous? (NY Times)
Almost every month for the past two years, Chechen suicide bombers have struck. Their targets can be anything from Russian soldiers to Chechen police officers to the innocent civilians who were killed on the subway in Moscow this week. We all know the horror that people willing to kill themselves can inflict. But do we […]
FL: Leaders of New Mosque Hope Non-Muslims Visit to Learn
For the past year, passers-by have been curious about the impressive construction project in the 6300 block of Barclay Avenue — a gilt-domed, turreted, two-story edifice. It is the new place of worship and education for local Muslims, the Islamic Center of Hernando County. And on Saturday, about 500 visitors toured the 10,000-square-foot mosque and […]
CAIR-MI: New Info Released in Killing of Imam
DETROIT (Tell Us Det) – A coalition of political activists and civil rights groups gathered for a town hall meeting at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit to discuss growing concerns regarding the lack of transparency of government entities relating to the fatal shooting of Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah by FBI agents and a warrantless […]
CAIR-MI: Jackson, Walid Question FBI Tactics
DETROIT – The Federal Bureau of Investigation was criticized heavily Sunday, by both Rev. Jesse Jackson and Imam Dawud Walid, the Michigan chapter of the Council on Arabic-Islamic Relations Executive Director. Their comments were given during CAIR-MI annual fundraising event in Dearborn.“I am speaking of the tactics of the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigating our […]
CAIR-MI: Rev. Jesse Jackson: Our Quest Is the Same
The Rev. Jesse Jackson told hundreds of people gathered Sunday at the Michigan Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations banquet to fight for more than Islamic-centered issues, and would not address the shooting death of a Detroit imam.“We didn’t come to town to discuss the man who got killed,” said Jackson, referring to Imam […]