By Lisa Bryant
May 16, 2012
PARIS, France – War crimes tribunals in The Hague are hearing cases against former Bosnian-Serb military commander Ratko Mladic and former Liberian president Charles Taylor.
Radko Mladic is facing 15 charges:
May 16, 2012
By ERIC BELLMAN
JAKARTA—American pop star Lady Gaga will likely have to cancel her Indonesian concert scheduled for next month after police declined to give the necessary permit following protests by some Islamic groups who say she dresses provocatively.
Though the June 3 “Born This Way Ball” concert had already sold out of its more than 50,000 tickets, national police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar said the event had been denied the police permit necessary for such a large gathering.
Continue reading ‘Lady Gaga gagged in Indonesia after Islamic opposition’
By Perry Chiaramonte
Published May 14, 2012
A New York police officer seeking to rename a Harlem street for a cop gunned down inside a Manhattan mosque 40 years ago was told by local leaders to seek the blessing of area Muslims.
Continue reading ‘NYPD officer told to get Muslim leaders’ blessing to honor cop killed in mosque’
May 15, 2012
This event is meant to spread awareness of the ongoing hunger strikes by Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. This is both a protest against the NEED for hunger strikes as a form of resistance to the Israeli occupation and a show of support in solidarity with the Palestinian hunger strikers.
Continue reading ‘Rally in Support of Palestinian Human Rights and Remembering Nakba Day’
by Linah Alsaafin on Sun, 05/13/2012
In Defense of Human Dignity
The General Federation of Independent Trade Unions in Palestine calls upon all Palestinians and those in solidarity with their cause throughout the world, to stop whatever they are doing for 10 minutes at 12 pm Jerusalem time (9am GMT) on Monday, May 14th, 2012, On the Twenty-Eighth Day of the Open Ended Hunger Strike of Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails, leave their homes, cars, and workplaces and take a collective stand in solidarity with the ongoing Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike.
Continue reading ‘International Action Day for Palestinian Prisoners Hunger Strike on 14 May’
May 13, 2012
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – A bill designed to prevent Kansas courts or government agencies from making decisions based on Islamic or other foreign legal codes has cleared the state Legislature after a contentious debate about whether the measure upholds American values or appeals to prejudice against Muslims.
The Senate approved the bill Friday on a 33-3 vote. The House had approved it, 120-0, earlier in the week. The measure goes next to Republican Gov. Sam Brownback, who hasn’t said whether he’ll sign or veto the measure.
Continue reading ‘Kansas lawmakers pass anti-Islamic law measure’
May 12, 2012
By ANTOINETTE KELLY,
IrishCentral.com Staff Writer
An Irish American U.S. military officer who had been teaching that Islam in general is America’s enemy has had his class canceled.
Continue reading ‘Irish American officer stopped from teaching that Islam is America’s enemy’
May 12, 2012
By Al Arabiya with Agencies
A panel of federal judges grilled Justice Department lawyers on Friday over the U.S. government’s “no-fly” list, questioning whether those barred from commercial air travel for suspected terrorism ties are given any realistic avenue for appeal.
Continue reading ‘Muslim Americans on ‘no fly’ list take on U.S. government in lawsuit’
May 11, 2012
By Kari Huus, msnbc.com
Emerging details of inflammatory anti-Islam materials used in U.S. military training have prompted a chorus of outrage from civil rights and American Muslim groups, and growing demands for the dismissal of military leaders associated with the course, and for other actions to address the issue.
Continue reading ‘Outrage, calls for action over anti-Muslim materials in military training’
May 10, 2012
By Noah Shachtman and Spencer Ackerman
The U.S. military taught its future leaders that a “total war” against the world’s 1.4 billion Muslims would be necessary to protect America from Islamic terrorists, according to documents obtained by Danger Room. Among the options considered for that conflict: using the lessons of “Hiroshima” to wipe out whole cities at once, targeting the “civilian population wherever necessary.”
Continue reading ‘U.S. Military Taught Officers: Use ‘Hiroshima’ Tactics for ‘Total War’ on Islam’
May 10, 2012
FORT LAUDERDALE —
Toddlers may be jokingly called terrors when they hit the “terrible twos,” but one little girl’s parents said their daughter was accused of being an actual terrorist.
Continue reading ’18-month-old baby on no-fly list ordered off plane’
May 8, 2012
Al-Hajj Talib ‘Abdur-Rashid.
President, Islamic Leadership Council of Metropolitan New York
Muslims first arrived in this country while the United States was in its infancy. Thousands of Muslim slaves were brought here from Africa and worked on southern plantations. Today, there are as many as nine million Muslims in the United States, in all parts of the country. We are doctors, lawyers and police officers. We are active participants in cities, towns and villages, sitting on city councils and school boards, volunteering for civic groups and coaching Little League teams. We are of all races. Some of us were born here, others came in search of a better life for our children. We are Americans.
Last Modified: 08 May 2012
In a show of solidarity for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, hundreds of people have taken to the streets in the West Bank.
Tuesday’s protests in Ramallah come as a hunger strike by almost 2,000 prisoners enters its fourth week.
Continue reading ‘Ramallah holds rally for jailed Palestinians’
Story By AZPM Staff
May 7, 2012
By Britain Eakin, Reporter Intern, Arizona Public Media
Some young Muslims in the U.S. feel afraid to be identified with their religion, says a psychologist who works with Muslim youth.
Continue reading ‘U.S. Muslim Teens Facing Identity Questions’
May 8, 2012
By Syndicated columns
By Arsalan Iftikhar
Watch for Mitt Romney to play the anti-Muslim card against President Obama.
During the primaries, several Republican candidates pandered to their nativist constituencies by mouthing anti-Muslim slurs.
By Carey Gillam
KANSAS CITY, Missouri | Fri May 4, 2012
(Reuters) – A Kansas City woman who converted from Christianity to Islam has been awarded $5 million in punitive damages by a jury who found the telecommunications giant AT&T created a “hostile work environment” after her conversion, according to a judge’s order issued Friday.
Continue reading ‘Muslim woman wins $5 million verdict from AT&T for discrimination’
May 6, 2012
BERLIN — Clashes erupted in Germany when police tried to separate competing rallies by an ultraconservative Muslim group and a small far-right march, injuring 29 officers, authorities said Sunday. More than 100 Salafist protesters were briefly arrested.
Wilfredo Amr Ruiz
Muslim Chaplain, Attorney and Political Analyst
May 4, 2012
As the world watched President Barack Obama’s surprise visit to Afghanistan to sign the Strategic Partnership Agreement, most of us question if he left his notes on the Afghanistan situation back on Air Force One.
Continue reading ‘The President’s Missing Notes on Afghanistan’
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Saturday, 05 May 2012
CAIRO – UK Muslims have rejected calls to ban animals’ halal slaughter after a leading British vet called for curbing or even banning the practice popular among the country’s Muslim and Jewish minorities.
By Andrew Stern
CHICAGO | Tue May 1, 2012
(Reuters) – American Muslims grew in number over the past decade, outnumbering Jews for the first time in most of the Midwest and part of the South, while most mainline churches lost adherents, according to a census of American religions released on Tuesday.
Continue reading ‘Numbers of Muslims, Mormons rising sharply: report’
