NY: Muslim Americans Committed to Service
I first want to commend the Watertown Daily Times for their balanced coverage of the recent sign controversy. Whatever view you take on the issue, one thing is certain: Muslim Americans are now a part of the public conversation. For several years now, much of the national conversation on Muslims has centered on partisan politics […]
NY Harley Dealer Changes Sign Slamming Obama
The Iron Block Harley-Davidson motorcycle dealership removed a controversial scrolling message from its digital sign Thursday at the insistence of the Harley-Davidson Motor Co., based in Milwaukee. The message, “Obama, are you kidding? We’re not Muslim. You are not Christian!!” came down at the 10 a.m. deadline set by the company’s attorneys, according to Claudia […]
Minn. Mosque Fills Gap for Muslim Community (Star Trib)
Click here to watch the video. A small sign rests on a table in the lobby of the new Burnsville mosque, offering a simple message: AHLAN WA SAHLAN (Welcome and be comfortable) “We tell all people that it is their place as it is ours,” said Amin Kader, one of the founders of the mosque. […]
Minnesota Somali Community Rallies to Support CAIR-MN
On Saturday, June 13, representatives of more than a dozen Twin Cities Somali civil, religious and political organizations held a rally demonstrating their support for Minnesota’s only Muslim civil rights organization, the Minnesota Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN). SEE: Demonstrators Support Area Muslim Group (Star Tribune) Representatives from local Somali organizations voiced […]
CAIR: Authorities Investigate Assault on Texas Muslim
The Upshur County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an assault on a Gilmer man who claims he was attacked because he is Muslim, officials said Friday. Sheriff’s investigator Mark Moore said law enforcement officers took a report from James Berry, 34, who claims he was attacked on June 6 at his home. Moore said he could […]
CA Muslim Man Jailed After Spies Infiltrate Mosque
A Diamond Bar man is being held in a secretive federal prison and his family believes he was targeted for investigation by authorities because of his faith. Seyed Mousavi, 51, was convicted of filing false tax returns, omitting information on naturalization forms and violating an economic embargo against Iran, officials said. He is being held […]
Was NY Bomb Plot Planned by Agent Provocateur? (Haaretz)
The first time Kathleen Baines saw Maksud was on Wednesday, May 20. Like everyone else, she knew the well-to-do Pakistani by his first name only. He had started appearing here the previous September, wandering around outside Masjid al-Ikhlas (the “mosque of devotion”) in town, meeting people in a popular local restaurant, paying for their meals […]
Boston Mosque Formally Opens with Two Days of Events (Globe)
The Muslim American Society, which is operating the new Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center, or ISBCC, has scheduled two days of events to celebrate the completion of the building. The building had a soft opening last fall, during Ramadan, and has been in use since then, but the events on June 26 and 27 […]
Texas Muslim Clinic Steadied Mother Through Tragedy
It has been a torturous 18-months for Patricia Said. “At first I blamed God because he let them die,” she confesses. “And I see other people with their kids and I get angry because its not fair I don’t have my kids.” Almost a year and a half has passed since Patricia Said’s two teen-aged […]
Islam Teaches Us to Live Within Our Means (Seattle Times)
Excessive spending and growing debt prompted President Obama to ask Americans to live within their means, and last month as he signed a bill that makes it tougher for credit-card issuers to raise fees and interest rates. Many have seen this as a call to cut back on wants and focus on needs in an […]