The ultimate oxymoron: Islamic matrimony speed dating. It is a twice-yearly conclave started in 2007 by a Pakistani-American financial adviser from Long Island who was tired of being asked by Muslim clients if he knew anyone suitable for their children. “It’s a combination of East and West,” said the organizer, Jamal Mohsin. He was inspired…
Having created rich roles for his actors, writer-director Qasim Basir,elicits from them inspired portrayals. A potent feature debut for writer-director Qasim Basir, “Mooz-lum” attacks Islamist extremism while offering audiences a rare and illuminating depiction of life as a Muslim in America. Having created rich roles for his actors, Basir elicits from them inspired portrayals. Well-crafted…
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said at a congressional hearing Wednesday, that the terrorist threat to the United States may be at its most “heightened state” since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and al-Qaeda and its affiliates are placing increased emphasis on recruiting Americans and other Westerners to carry out attacks. Napolitano spoke before the…
A Jewish advocacy group says its members should also face criminal charges in light of Orange County prosecutors’ decision last week to charge 11 Muslim student protesters with conspiracy to disrupt the Israeli ambassador to the United States’ speech at UC Irvine last year. When 11 students affiliated with the Muslim Student Union at UC…
The new chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said Monday that he planned to call mostly Muslim and Arab witnesses to testify in hearings next month on the threat of homegrown Islamic terrorism. Representative Peter T. King, Republican of New York, said he would rely on Muslims to make his case that American Muslim…
