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U.S. Muslim Organization Calls on Iran to Release Journalist; CAIR Seeks 'Gesture of Reconciliation' from Iranian Government (Popularity:  )
http://www.cair.com
A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today called on the government of Iran to release American journalist Roxana Saberi.The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) delivered a letter calling for Saberi's release to the Iranian Interests Section, located in the Embassy of Pakistan in Washington, D.C. Saberi was detained in January and has reportedly been charged with espionage.SEE: Clinton Calls for Iran to Release American Reporter Charged ...
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DNC Chairman Howard Dean Meets with AAPI and Muslim American Community Leaders (Popularity: )
http://www.democrats.org
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean recently convened a series of roundtable meetings with Asian American Pacific Islander and Muslim American community leaders in Chicago, Illinois and Washington, DC. The meetings, which were held on March 15 and 20, are part of the Democratic Party's ongoing commitment to reaching out to voters in every community and every part of the country. In last year's successful elections, 62 percent of Asian ...
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Chicago Muslims React to Alleged Mall Bomb Plot (Popularity: )
http://www.cair-net.org
The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) today issued a statement in reaction to the arrest of a 22-year-old Rockford man accused of plotting to set off grenades in a local shopping mall. In its statement, CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab said: "We commend law enforcement authorities for their efforts in intercepting the alleged 'lone-wolf' plot to commit a random act of violence in a Rockford mall. ...
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New kids’ Christmas book featuring famous liberals as cartoon villains gains advocates, detractors. (Popularity: )
http://www.worldahead.com
Twenty years ago, no one would have believed that in 2006, Christmas carols, nativity scenes, and Santa Claus himself would be banned from the public square…in some cases, so as not to offend the tender sensibilities of people who have vowed to kill us and with whom we are at war. Yet it’s happening across the country. Like many Americans, author Katharine DeBrecht is dismayed with the world that liberal ...
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Muslim Ejected From Louisiana Mall Over Hijab (Popularity: )
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on local, state and national law enforcement authorities to investigate a recent incident in which a Muslim woman was allegedly ejected from a Louisiana shopping mall for refusing a security guard's demand to remove her religiously-mandated headscarf, or hijab. CAIR said the 54-year-old woman and her daughter-in-law were leaving the food court of the Oakwood Mall in the New Orleans suburb of ...
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Morrisons Launches Halal Chocolates From Ummah Foods (Popularity: )
http://www.ummahfoods.com
Ummah Foods is pleased to announce the launch of the Ummah chocolate range into selected Morrisons stores. Ummah Foods, the leading Halal chocolate manufacturer, will introduce the Ummah Caramel and Ummah Orange bars into 26 Morrisons stores this month covering Blackburn, Bolton, Bradford, Bristol, Glasgow, Leicester, London, Preston, Walsall and many other areas. With over 2 million Muslims in the UK**, and a UK Halal food market valued at £2 ...
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'Global Peace Festival' Lands in USA (Popularity: )
http://upf.org
Thousands of religious, civic and community leaders, their supporters and families are gathering in major U.S. cities for an interreligious and interracial celebration of "One Family Under God." The Global Peace Festival, an international initiative of the Universal Peace Federation (UPF), is visiting twelve cities, beginning November 11, Veterans Day in Los Angeles and culminating in New York and New Jersey on the eve of Thanksgiving, Nov. 21. The tour ...
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A Former Terrorist, a Muslim Darfur Leader, an Escaped Jihad Slave, Victims of Terror from India, U.S. and Israel to Address Mass Human Rights Rally (Popularity: )
A former member of the Jemaah Islamiya terror group, Tawfik Hamid, will join Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, Christian, Jewish and other Muslim leaders to call for the defeat of radical Islam and heighten awareness about the danger radical Islam poses to human rights across the globe.Speakers will also include Simon Deng, a freed Sudanese slave; Mohamed Yahya, leader of Muslim Darfur group Damanga; author and women's rights advocate Dr. Phyllis Chesler; ...
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Chabad Wins Appeal Against the Russian Federation in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (Popularity: )
http://www.bingham.com
In a landmark ruling today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that Agudas Chasidei Chabad of United States (Chabad) may pursue its claims in a U.S. federal court against the Russian Federation, the Russian Ministry of Culture and Mass Communication, the Russian State Library, and the Russian State Military Archive to recover a collection of sacred religious books and archives. The D.C. Circuit held ...
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Giddy Gander LLC Television Series 'The Wumblers' Garners Dove Foundation Seal of Approval (Popularity: )
The Wumblers, an innovative animated pre-school TV series designed to teach children about values and global consciousness and set to begin airing on both the Trinity Broadcasting Network and Smile of a Child Network in September 2007, has received the prestigious "Family Approved" designation from the distinguished Dove Foundation. The series, from Laura J. Wellington and The Giddy Gander Company LLC, is dedicated to making the world a better place ...
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