News Agencies – February 2, 2012 The French National Observatory against Islamophobia (l’Observatoire national contre l’islamophobie) has reported that Anti-Muslim acts and threats reported in 2011 have increased 34% over the previous year. According to Abdallah Zekri, president of the organization that is attached to the French Council of the Muslim Faith, these figures are…
As his administration faces a firestorm over a video shown to hundreds of police officers that depicted Muslims as extremists, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg conceded on Thursday that the episode had damaged relations between the city’s Islamic community and the Police Department. While the mayor defended the police commissioner, Raymond W. Kelly, who has apologized…
The city of Detroit is “ground zero” for the culture wars, raves preacher Lou Engle, who has begun to stage overnight prayer events intended to convert Muslims to Christianity through revelations in their sleep. This the latest news from Rachel Maddow, who reminded her audience last night that kooky religious extremism was not foreign to…
MASON, Tex. — Crockett Keller, a weapons instructor who runs a general store in this small town in Central Texas, needed a few more students for a recent concealed-handgun course. He decided to put an ad on a local country music radio station, but his attempt to prohibit certain students from signing up has jeopardized…
News Agencies – February 22, 2011 The vehicle and motorcycle of French anthropologist Dounia Bouzar were vandalized outside of her Parisian residence. Several inflammatory texts were included. The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) has publicly condemned the vandalism and remarks.
