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Arrest raises concern about radicalized American Muslims (Pioneer Press)
13 Mar 2010 at 1:09am
WASHINGTON ? The arrest in Yemen of a New Jersey man accused of joining al-Qaida is the latest in an alarming string of cases involving radicalized American Muslims, a trend some experts link to the duration of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Arrest Stokes Concerns About Radicalized Muslims (New York Times)
12 Mar 2010 at 2:41am
The arrest of a New Jersey man in Yemen is the latest in a string of cases involving radicalized American Muslims.
A Christian Overture to Muslims Has Its Critics (New York Times)
12 Mar 2010 at 11:15am
A controversy has erupted among Southern Baptist theologians over ?the Camel Method,? a strategy for preaching Christianity to Muslims.
A Christian Overture to Muslims Has Its Critics (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
13 Mar 2010 at 2:31am
January was an ugly month in Malaysia. At least 10 churches were firebombed or vandalized, as was a Sikh temple. Severed boars' heads -- particularly offensive to Muslims, who are not supposed to eat pork -- were found on the grounds of two mosques. The cause of this inter-religious strife was a court battle over whether non-Muslims may use the Arabic word "Allah" to refer to God.
Emergence of radicalized U.S. Muslims a 'troubling trend' (Austin American-Statesman)
12 Mar 2010 at 10:58pm
Emergence of radicalized U.S. Muslims a 'troubling trend'
Irish police free 3 in alleged artist murder plot (AP via Yahoo! News)
13 Mar 2010 at 5:38am
Three Muslims arrested over an alleged plot to assassinate Swedish artist Lars Vilks have been freed without charge, but three other men and an American woman remain in custody, Irish police said Saturday.
Madhavi Bhasin: Muslims and New Social Media (The Huffington Post)
11 Mar 2010 at 2:44pm
A group of young American Muslims are putting the impressive features of social media to constructive use in creating a space where Muslims can connect and interact within and outside the community.
American child, 6, in Irish foster care as 'brainwashed' Colorado mom held in Jihad Jane probe (I...
13 Mar 2010 at 1:17pm
An American grandmother has spoken of her fears for her 6-year-old grandson who has been placed in foster care in Ireland following the arrest of his mother in the "Jihad Jane" plot.
Jihad Jane, American who lived on Main Street (CNN)
10 Mar 2010 at 3:30pm
The Pennsylvania woman who dubbed herself Jihad Jane is an American who lived literally on Main Street in an apartment where she spent much time online, posting messages saying she was "desperate to do something" to help Muslims.
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CAIR Concerned About Reported Rise in Militias, 'Patriot' Groups
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/2/10) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Washington-based Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, today expressed concern about the reported rise in the number of anti-government and anti-immigrant extremist groups during the past year.
CAIR to Support D.C. Panel on Muslims and the Census
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/3/10) - On Monday, March 8, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will join in supporting an event at Georgetown University hosted by the American Muslim Interactive Network (AMIN) to encourage participation in the 2010 U.S. Census.
Tariq Ramadan to Be Keynote Speaker at CAIR-Chicago Banquet
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
CAIR-Chicago is pleased to announce that Professor Tariq Ramadan will be the keynote speaker at its sixth annual banquet on April 10, 2010. The appearance by Professor Ramadan will be his first in the U.S. since he was banned from entering the United States almost six years ago. Late last month Secretary of State Hilary Clinton signed an order revoking Professor Ramadan's visa ban.
CAIR-OK to Celebrate 4th Anniversary with Annual Banquet
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 3/1/10) - On Saturday, March 20, the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR Oklahoma) will hold its fourth annual banquet at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.
Calif. Muslims Detained for Praying in Nevada
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
(ANAHEIM, CA, 3/5/10) -- The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) announced today that it has filed a misconduct complaint against police officers in Henderson, Nev., who allegedly detained seven California Muslims for “suspicious behavior" after they prayed next to their vehicle in a parking lot as they traveled through the town.
CAIR Offers Condolences on Passing of Aminah Assilmi
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/5/10) - The board and staff of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today offered their sincere condolences to the family of Aminah Assilmi, a national Muslim community activist, scholar and leader who died earlier today in a car accident outside of Newport, Tenn.
CAIR Welcomes Arrest of American Al-Qaeda Spokesman
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/7/10) -- A Prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy group today welcomed reports from Pakistan that American Al-Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn has been arrested.
CAIR-NY: Vigil for Muslim in Pre-Trial Solitary Confinement
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
(NEW YORK, NY, 3/9/10) - The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), together with Theatres Against War, hosted a vigil yesterday for Fahad Hashmi, an American citizen who is being held on material support charges in a federal jail under conditions that threaten his mental health and his ability to participate in his own defense.
CAIR Seeks Probe of Vandalism at Brandeis U Muslim Office
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/9/10) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on Massachusetts' Brandeis University and relevant law enforcement authorities to investigate vandalism at a Muslim Student Association (MSA) office on campus as a possible hate crime.
CAIR-San Diego Commends Univ. for Hate Probe of Graffiti
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
(SAN DIEGO, CA, 3/9/10) The San Diego chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Diego) today commended California State University, San Marcos (CSU San Marcos) for investigating the recent graffiti found last week in several campus bathrooms as a hate crime.
CAIR: Rep. Myrick, Muslims Defend, Debate in Testy Town Hall
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
CHARLOTTE -- In a testy two-hour town hall meeting, U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick argued Thursday night that the threat of homegrown Islamist terrorism is real and defended herself against charges by local Muslims that she was spreading fear about their religion.
Wilders Goes for Hijab Ban in The Hague
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
The ban will not apply to other religious items such as Christian crosses and Jewish skull caps because these are symbols of our own Dutch culture, Wilders said in his speech, receiving a standing ovation from the crowd.
NY: Muslim's Lawsuit Accuses NYPD of Bias in Hiring (NY Times)
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
The immigrant, Said Hajem, took the police exam in February 2006 and said he scored 85.6, well above the passing grade. That June he received a letter of congratulations from Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and began preparing to enter the Police Academy.
NC: Rep. Myrick Distances Herself from Islam-Basher
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
Muslim constituents repeatedly challenged Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC) at an emotional town hall meeting in Charlotte Thursday, with Myrick scrambling to distance herself from the Islam-bashing co-author of the book Muslim Mafia, whose foreword was written by the congresswoman herself.
Does Rep. Myrick Think Islam is a 'Terminal Disease'?
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
TalkingPointsMemo today describes the confrontation between Myrick and her Muslim constituents over her wacky investigation of "intern spies" and her endorsement of a WorldNetDaily book called Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld that's Conspiring to Islamize America. Myrick wrote the forward to the book.
NC Imam Delivers Opening Prayer in House of Representatives
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
Duke University's Muslim chaplain will deliver the opening prayer for the U.S. House of Representatives today, an honor few clergy, and even fewer Muslim clergy, get.
Anti-Muslim NC Rep. Linked to Extremist Group
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC) is one of North Carolina's staunchest defenders from Islamic extremism. When it comes to Christian extremism, though, the record is more mixed.
La. Sheriff's Office Arms Civilians to Fight ?Islamic Terror Cells'
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
Sheriff Larry Deen has announced a plan to arm volunteers with shotguns, riot shields, batons, and a .50-caliber machine gun mounted on a "war wagon," and has begun training them in "hand-to-hand combat" and other techniques, as part of a program to provide security in the event of a terrorist attack or civic unrest.
Photographer Captures the Women Who Wear the Hijab
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
Sadaf Syed of Willowbrook grew up in Los Angeles with dreams of becoming a teacher. She found a way to fulfill that dream, not with a teaching degree, but with a camera.
CA: Groups Seek Data on FBI Mosque Surveillance
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
SAN FRANCISCO, 3/9/10 - The ACLU of Northern California (ACLU-NC), The Asian Law Caucus (ALC), and the San Francisco Bay Guardian filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request today seeking records relating to federal government activity in connection to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) investigation of Muslim communities.
Video: Threats, Support For Fired Muslim Woman (CBS)
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
A 19-year-old woman who said she was fired from a San Mateo store for wearing a headscarf has received threatening notes, along with some support.
CAIR: Calif. Muslim Fired for Wearing Head Scarf (AOL News)
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
A 19-year-old woman says she lost her job at a popular clothing store after refusing to remove her Muslim head scarf.
CAIR: Abercrombie Hates Your Hijab (Salon.com)
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
Hijabs are sooo not hot this season -- or, like, ever -- if you ask Abercrombie and Fitch. A 19-year-old Muslim employee at one of the company's Hollister stores in Northern California learned that the hard way: losing her job. But now the Council on American-Islamic Relations has filed an official complaint on her behalf against the company.
Abercrombie & Fitch Draws EEOC Complaint for Banning Hijab
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
The Council on American-Islamic Relations has filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging racial discrimination by Abercrombie & Fitch Stores Inc. after a manager fired a Muslim employee who refused to remove her hijab, or head scarf.
CAIR-LA: Even Rude, Unpopular Speech is Worth Defending (OC Reg)
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
It is incomprehensible that an institution of higher learning that claims to engage in and promote the free exchange of ideas now seeks to punish its students for peacefully expressing political views, however unpopular, at a student-organized event.
CAIR-TX: Defining Terrorism (Dallas Morning News)
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
If Stack's attack fits the four-pronged criteria of terrorism -- a criminal act against a civilian population with intent to cause fear, death, or injury, and as a means to influence government and/or politics -- but is dismissed empathetically as an act by one of our own, does this actually mean "being Muslim" is one of the understood, but unstated, criteria in the definition of terrorism?
CAIR-CA: Muslims, Japanese-Americans Share Experiences
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
The power to change the injustice toward minority groups in America is "in the youth," said sophomore teacher preparation and math major John Kanemoto at today's Voices Unite in Solidarity: Japanese-American and Muslim-American Experiences Post 9/11 forum.
Video: Muslims Claim Nevada Police Detained Them for Praying
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
LAS VEGAS (KLAS-TV) - Henderson Police are investigating some of their own officers regarding a complaint filed by a group of Muslim men who stopped to pray in a parking lot.
CAIR Video: Wis. Mosque Faces Islamophobic Opposition
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
Rev. Wayne Devrou said, "There's some people that are afraid and their afraid for a good reason, because Islamic philosophy and ideology starts in a mosque and throughout the world Islamic terrorism comes from its roots and worship in the mosque."
Muslims Worry About Intent of Census (Washington Post)
12 Mar 2010 at 10:18pm
The millions of blue forms being mailed this month in the first census count since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, do not ask about religion. But the idea of answering any questions posed by the government makes some Muslims uneasy, so community leaders are worried that many may avoid the Census altogether...