Friday, April 29, 2011
BY HANNAN ADELY
The Record
STAFF WRITER
WAYNE – “Terrorist,” “towel head,” “camel jockey” – those are some of the taunts that bullies have used to put down Arab, Muslim and South Asian students in what some community leaders say is a growing epidemic.
Continue reading ‘Bullying targets Muslims, Arabs, say activists’
April 28, 2011
At the Villa Park City Council meeting Tuesday night, Mayor W. Bill Mac Aloney issued a strong statement against fellow Councilwoman Deborah Pauly’s hate-filled speech against Muslim Americans, which she delivered at a rally in Yorba Linda, CA, on Feb. 13.
Continue reading ‘Villa Park Mayor Issues Strong Statement Against Councilwoman Pauly’
By RIMA AL-MUKHTAR | ARAB NEWS
Published: Apr 29, 2011
JEDDAH: More than 150 volunteers gathered at the Red Sea Mall in Jeddah on Wednesday to spread awareness about autism.
Shoppers, doctors, volunteers and autistic children along with their families attended the event, held to mark the Autism Awareness Month.
Continue reading ‘YIG volunteers in bid to spread autism awareness’
Egypt to permanently open Rafah crossing to ease blockade on Gaza amid Israeli objection.
Middle East Online
CAIRO – Egypt will permanently open the Rafah border crossing to ease the blockade on Gaza, Foreign Minister Nabil al-Arabi said Friday, sparking Israeli concerns over the implications for regional security.
Continue reading ‘Egypt to open Rafah border crossing with Gaza’
Study reveals about one in eight multilingual children use Arabic at home in Australia.
Middle East Online
April 15, 2011
SYDNEY – Arabic is the most commonly spoken language after English by young people in Australia, a study has revealed, with about one in eight multilingual children using it in the home.
Continue reading ‘Arabic second-most common Australian tongue’
SAMANTHA HENRY Associated Press
Last Updated: April 27, 2011
NEWARK, N.J. — An Islamic group has sued a suburban town it says engaged in religious discrimination by abruptly changing zoning regulations to prevent the opening of a mosque.
April 27, 2011 1:36 PM
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A town hall held Tuesday evening by Rep. Allen West, R-Plantation, was interrupted by hecklers, one of whom was arrested.
The incident was captured and posted on YouTube by the conservative blogging site, Shark-Tank.net.
FRIDAY Apr 22, 2011 10:42 ET
By Associated Press
A federal appeals court has sided with an Ohio Muslim leader who is trying to find out why she was detained at a border crossing five years ago.
Julia Shearson is director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations office in Cleveland. She was stopped by U.S. border agents in Buffalo, N.Y., in 2006 as she returned with her daughter from a weekend in Canada.
Continue reading ‘Court backs Ohio Muslim leader stopped at border’
23 April 2011, Saturday / EMRE SONCAN, ANKARA
Keith Ellison, the first Muslim member of the US Congress, has said Turkey is the most important country in the region and the best example of how Islam and democracy can coexist.
Continue reading ‘‘Turkey best example of how Islam, democracy can coexist’’
Published: Thursday, April 21, 2011
By Statehouse Bureau Staff
The New Jersey Transit employee fired for burning pages of the Quran at the site of a proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero will get his job back, according to a settlement obtained by The Star-Ledger.
Continue reading ‘NJ Transit worker fired for burning Quran near Ground Zero will get his job back’
Nancy Graham Holm.Journalist
Posted: 04/22/11 10:09 AM ET
The Amsterdam trial has resumed for Dutch politician Geert Wilders on charges of inciting hatred against Muslims. He rejects violence and denies that his behavior provokes it. “I just want a debate,” Wilders says. It is true that his acts are nonviolent, but his speech is hateful and fodder for cynical self-fulfilling prophesy. Less than 1 percent of the world’s Muslims are practitioners of salafist jihadism, but this means millions of short-fused personalities are out there, some of whom would rather kill and be killed than tolerate Wilders’ brutal humiliation.
Continue reading ‘Three Questions to Ask Geert Wilders about Anti-Islam Hate Speech’
OnIslam & Newspapers
Friday, 22 April 2011
CAIRO – Standing hand in hands, hundreds of people of different faiths surrounded the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn in solidarity with the Muslim community against a planned anti-Islam protest by the Qur’an-burning pastor on Friday.
Continue reading ‘Detroit Faiths Vs Qur’an-burning Pastor .’
Controversial Florida pastor Terry Jones stands in a courtroom of the 19th District Dearborn Court during a break in a hearing about Jones’ right to protest at a Michigan mosque. (REBECCA COOK, REUTERS / April 21, 2011)
Continue reading ‘Quran-burning pastor faces jury trial over plan to rally outside Michigan mosque’
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OnIslam & Newspapers
Wednesday, 20 April 2011 14:05
CAIRO – In a new uproar over a bill aiming to ban Shari`ah, hundreds of American Muslims rallied in the south-eastern state of Tennessee to condemn the proposed legislation for restricting their religious freedoms.
Continue reading ‘Shari`ah Bill Outrages Muslim Tennesseans .’
David Horowitz
David Horowitz’s NewRealBlog is (like FrontPageMag) a lightning rod for people who want to justify their preconceived prejudices about Islam and Muslims. Today, we find an article by Paul Cooper, a pastor, which allegedly purports to expose the reality of women under Sharia law. Of course, we’ve come to expect the usual dose of anti-Muslim bias from David Horowitz’s cash for hate scheme which regularly dehumanizes Palestinians and inspires right-wing terrorists.
Continue reading ‘David Horowitz’s Blog Spouting Propaganda as Usual’
By Thomas S. Kidd
April 18, 2011
Last week, France took one more step in its descent into full-blown religious intolerance, as police began enforcing the new law banning the wearing of the Muslim burqa.
Continue reading ‘With burqa ban, France attacks all faiths’
Mar 14, 2011 | 2:49 PM
Souheila Al-Jadda
Muna AbuSulayman, Saudi media personality, international humanitarian, teacher, mother, divorcee and now, fashion designer speaks to ILLUME.
You are one of the most prominent Saudi women in the Middle East. Do you feel you have a greater responsibility to represent your country and its treatment of women?
Continue reading ‘Muna AbuSulayman: Successful Businesswoman and Role Model’
14, 2011 | 3:20 PM
By Hajer Naili
Milena recently began attending Qur’an classes on Wednesday nights at the North Hudson Islamic Center in Union City, New Jersey.
Milena is one of thousands of Latino Americans who has converted to Islam. She embraced the fast-growing religion four weeks ago. Milena has been married to her husband, who is originally a Pakistani-Muslim, for seven years. Despite their long marriage, she had always refused to convert just for her spouse’s sake.
By: Larisa Epatko
April 15, 2011
On Monday, France became the first country to make it illegal to wear full-face veils in public. The law generated intense debate over whether it was the right way to counter extremists, and whether other countries should do the same. Now, what remains to be seen is how evenly the law will be enforced.
Continue reading ‘France’s Burqa Ban Met With Scattered Protests and Arrests’
