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Site seeks support for six imams removed from US Airways flight - 09.18.2009 A web site, called “Flying While Muslim,” has been launched to seek support for the six American imams (Islamic religious leaders) who say their rights were violated in 2006 when they were removed from a US Airways flight in Minnesota more... |
MALV Presents Zain Bikha Live on June 14th 2009 at Springhouse Middle School Allentown - 06.05.2009 This is to invite you and ask for your help and support for this event to raise funds to help the relief efforts in Pakistan and Palestine featuring Zain Bhikha a world more... |
FBI Planting Spies in U.S. Mosques - 03.22.2009 Ten U.S. Muslim organizations threatened this week to cease working with the FBI, citing "McCarthy-era tactics" by the agency, including efforts to covertly infiltrate California mosques. more... |
U.S. Muslim Coalition Considers Suspending Relations with FBI - 03.18.2009 A coalition* of major national Islamic organizations today announced that it is considering suspending outreach relations with the FBI, citing recent incidents in which American mosques and Muslim groups have been targeted. more... |
MN lawmaker backs off bid to ban hijabs on drivers' license photos - 03.07.2009 A showdown between Minnesota Muslims and a state legislator over driver's license photos may have been averted. Or maybe not. more... |
Rick Santorum knows little about the Islamic faith - 02.20.2009 former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) delivered “a lecture on Islam” at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Santorum argued that the American public knows too little about the Islamic faith, and to prove his point, he asked the more... |
ICNA kicks off bus AD campaign - 02.19.2009 The Bay Area Chapter of the Islamic Circle of North America will launch a bus ad campaign in San Francisco on today to encourage people to break stereotypes about Muslims. more... |
ELLISON SAYS HE ISN'T ASSIGNING BLAME, BUT FINDS DESTRUCTION HARD TO UNDERSTAND - 02.19.2009 Rep. Keith Ellison, one of the first high-level U.S. officials to enter the Gaza Strip in more than three years, said he is haunted by the scenes of destruction from Israel's recent military incursion. more... |
Gateway students allowed to wear kaffiyehs - 02.18.2009 By Eleanor Chute Gateway High School today permitted two Muslim students to wear scarves known as kaffiyehs in school a day after they were told they couldn't go to class if they didn't remove the scarves. more... |
Lehigh Valley Muslims protest Israeli massacres against Palestinians in Gaza - 01.11.2009 |
Green Party condemns Israel's massive air attack on Gaza - 01.01.2009 The Green Party of the United States calls for an immediate end to Israel's bombing attacks on Gaza, which in the past four days has already caused at least 364 deaths, including Palestinian women and children, with |
Douglasville, GA judge banned hijabs in his court - 12.17.2008 The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate a series of incidents in which Muslim women in Georgia were prevented from entering courtrooms because they were wearing |
First Muslim female elected to the Michigan State Legislature - 11.07.2008 Rashida Tlaib, a Detroit native of Palestinian heritage, was elected as State Representative in Michigan's 12th legislative district, which is located in a predominately Latino community in Southwest Detroit. Tlaib will be the first |
American Muslims: 89 percent voted for Barack Obama, 2 percent for McCain - 11.07.2008 The American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections (AMT) today released the results of a poll indicating that almost 90 percent of American Muslim voters picked Barack Obama in Tuesday's election. That survey of more than 600 |
The Empire State Building Shines Green for Eid - 09.29.2008 For the second year, the Empire State Building will shine its world-famous tower lights in green on Tuesday, September 30 and Wednesday, October 1, 2008 for its annual celebration of Eid-al-Fitr, the "Festival of Fast-breaking," which marks |
FEC to look into the distribution of 28 million anti-Muslim DVD - 09.23.2008 A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today announced that it has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) over the distribution of an anti-Muslim film to 28 million homes in presidential election swing |
Two MALV locals sue Department of Homeland Security - 08.22.2008 For Erich Scherfen, being on a government terror watch list isn't just a matter of inconvenience. It could end his career. |
Registered Muslims leading the historic surge in diversity - 07.22.2008 In November, the lines at voting booths on Staten Island will have a new look, with record numbers of Muslims and other newly registered residents from diverse ethnic groups casting ballots in some of the most crucial local and national races in |
CAIR Calls New FBI Profiling Policy 'Un-American' - 07.03.2008 The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today termed "unconstitutional and un-American" a proposed Justice Department policy change that would allow the FBI to investigate Americans |
CAIR director attends state department Ramadan Iftar - 10.25.2005 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tonight hosted the State Department's seventh annual "Iftar," or Ramadan fast-breaking dinner, in Washington, D.C. |