Ten years ago, I sat in class as a high school sophomore listening to my teacher talk about English. Or maybe it was math? I can’t remember now. What I do remember quite vividly was when another teacher knocked on the door and interrupted our class. She made her way to the front of our [...]
Ten years later, reflections of a Gen-Y American Muslim Woman on 9/11
Sept. 11, 2011 Leave a Comment
Woman sues Abercrombie & Fitch over being fired for wearing hijab
June 29, 2011 4 Comments
Company accused of religious discrimination
Bin Laden’s “Islamic” burial — A divided reaction
May 4, 2011 6 Comments
Shortly after Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. special operation forces, his body was buried at sea. The justification for this was given by John O. Brennan, President Barack Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser. In an official statement, Brennan said, “The disposal of – the burial of Bin Laden’s remains was done in strict conformance with [...]
Muslim group praises life in prison sentence for Faisal Shahzad
Oct. 5, 2010 Leave a Comment
Further reading:The proceedings in the Shahzad case. A noted Islamic advocacy group praised the life in prison sentence for would-be Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) also said it “rejected the perverted religious views expressed by Shahzad at his sentencing” on Tuesday. Shahzad pleaded guilty to the attempted May [...]
Koran allegedly burned at San Francisco mosque
Sept. 18, 2010 Leave a Comment
A copy of the Koran, the Muslim holy book, was found burned at a mosque in the Bay Area, according to an Islamic group. The Koran was found this week at the Islamic Society of San Francisco, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, an Islamic advocacy group. Regrettably, the recent wave of hate incidents [...]
Obama’s speech resonates with Cairo crowd
June 4, 2009 Leave a Comment
I thought it was really effective in its own way and for its own purpose, which was to get Muslims and Americans thinking about their attitudes toward one another and to show the Arab world that America’s new government is committed to mending international relationships that have been negatively affected by Muslim extremists.
1/27: Muslim world charm offensive
Jan. 27, 2009 Leave a Comment
- As Middle East envoy George Mitchell leaves to try to broker peace between Israel and Hamas, Obama does his first post-inauguration TV interview with Arab channel Al-Arabiya and extends the hand of friendship. The whole video is worth a watch.
- Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) will introduce a constitutional amendment requiring a special election, instead of a governor appointment for open Senate seats.
Said Feingold: “The controversies surrounding some of the recent gubernatorial appointments to vacant Senate seats make it painfully clear that such appointments are an anachronism that must end. In 1913, the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution gave the citizens of this country the power to finally elect their senators. They should have the same power in the case of unexpected mid term vacancies, so that the Senate is as responsive as possible to the will of the people. I plan to introduce a constitutional amendment this week to require special elections when a Senate seat is vacant, as the Constitution mandates for the House, and as my own state of Wisconsin already requires by statute.”
- The first bill Obama signs will be the “Lily Ledbetter Act.”
The bill is a response to a 2007 Supreme Court ruling that said a person must file a claim of discrimination within 180 days of a company’s initial decision to pay a worker less than it pays another worker doing the same job. Under the bill, every new discriminatory paycheck would extend the statute of limitations for another 180 days.
- Obama tries to woo Republicans, as the stimulus bill hits the House floor tomorrow for a vote.
