Serb authorities in Bosnia-Hercogovina have been ordered to pay $42 million to local Muslims for the destruction of mosques during the Bosnian civil war. All of the 16 mosques in town of Banja Luka of the Serb-run Rebpublika Srpska were destroyed during the 1992-1995 war. Hundreds of religious buildings were additionally destroyed, in addition to…
Several Islamic clerics will join police and youth workers in an innovative new scheme to deter and help Muslim youth from getting involved with gang activity. The imams – mostly Scottish born – will take to the streets, targeting youth believed to be on the edge of Asian gang culture. Their allies, including workers from…
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has called on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to determine whether or not a California bank violated a Muslim woman’s civil rights when it denied her service because she was wearing a headscarf, or hijab. According to the woman, she was denied service at a Navy Federal Credit…
Members of Congress are pushing the FBI for additional information on the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) after it called the organization a front for radicals. Leading member of the House of Representatives Frank Wolf of Virginia is asking the FBI to explain why it did not notify Congress that it had cut ties with…
In late January, more than 20 people from a “biblical group” gathered outside the Islamic Society of Tampa Bay carrying signs and bullhorns to shout and denounce the religion of Islam. Slurs against Islam and the prophet Muhammad were shouted, and anti-Muslim literature was also handed out, according to a mosque official. CAIR has asked…
