CAIR-MI: Fort Hood Shooter Should Get Maximum Penalty
A group of Muslim leaders are gathering this morning in Southfield to call for the maximum punishment against the Fort Hood, Texas shooter, saying his actions were not Islamic. “If he’s deemed not to be mentally ill, he should receive the maximum penalty,” said Dawud Walid, head of the Michigan branch of the Council on […]
VA: Anti-Islam Remarks Put Gov-Elect in Bind (Wash Post)
Fresh off his landslide victory in the race for Virginia governor, Robert F. McDonnell is already being forced to confront how he plans to handle his friendship with minister Pat Robertson, a longtime ally but also a highly controversial figure, once he takes office. Virginia Muslims are calling on McDonnell (R) to disavow comments made […]
NYU Prof Coins Bigoted Term ‘Going Muslim’ (USA Today)
New York University Professor Tunku Varadarajan has coined a new term that has incensed some Americans. This week he authored a Forbes column titled, “Going Muslim: America After Fort Hood,” where he asks if the U.S. is facing a new violent phenomenon. He says the expression, “going postal,” is out and “going Muslim,” is in. […]
NYU Muslim Students Shocked by Professor’s Column
An NYU professor suggests in Forbes that we refer to tragedies like the one at Ft. Hood as “Going Muslim.” An NYU alumnus, himself a Muslim, finds himself shocked, not so much by the article, as by the response of the school administration. (More)
CAIR: Too Soon for Ft. Hood ‘Rush to Judgment’
Council for American-Islamic Relations national communications director Ibrahim Hooper said Sunday that the U.S. still isn’t clear if the shootings at Fort Hood were an act of terrorism. “To call it an act of terror is to jump to conclusions, to rush to judgment,” Hooper said in an appearance on TV One’s “Washington Watch.” “Why […]
Video: Are We at War with Islam?
With some wanting to call the Ft. Hood shooting a terrorist act, Roland asks the question “are we at war with Islam?” Watch what his panel has to say.
Video: CAIR Director Condemns Fort Hood Attack on Fox
CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad condemns Fort Hood attacks on Fox News.
Video: CAIR Rep Comments on Move to Seize U.S. Mosques
CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper talks to WRC-TV about the government’s move to seize four American mosques.
CAIR: Seizure of Mosques Threatens Religious Freedom
Federal prosecutors have moved to seize four mosques and a New York skyscraper belonging to a non-profit foundation with alleged financial ties to Iran. The Council on American-Islamic Relations warns that the seizure of places of worship may have First Amendment implications for the American Muslim community. Listen here.
CA: Probe Forces Muslims to Moves Prayer Service
CARMICHAEL, CA – The Muslim congregation that uses a building owned by an organization at the heart of a federal anti-terrorism probe shifted its Friday prayer service to another site. (More)