The poll found considerable distrust of Muslim-Americans and robust disapproval of the mosque proposal. Asked whether they thought Muslim-Americans were ³more sympathetic to terrorists² than other citizens, 33 percent said yes, a discouraging figure, roughly consistent with polls taken since Sept. 11, 2001. Thirty-one percent said they didn¹t know any Muslims; 39 percent said they…
By MARGOT ADLER A proposed Islamic cultural center and mosque two blocks from the site of the destroyed World Trade Center has become a flash point of controversy. The Islamic center is supported by most politicians in Manhattan and by religious leaders of many faiths. It is opposed by some Sept. 11 families, by conservative…
On September 11, 2009, the American Muslim Voice Foundation, along with interfaith groups and community organizations, will host a “Light the Night for Peace and Friendship” candle-light vigil and Ramadan fast-breaking meal (iftar) outside the White House in memory of the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks. A press conference announcing the vigil and iftar…
Onur looks intently at the photomontage. From all the famous news images, he picks one: New York’s World Trade Center aflame. “Did you know that the Jews were warned before to get out?” he whispers. “I read it on the Internet.” Onur, 15, and his classmates are participating in a weeklong educational program at the…
The time has come for Islam in the West to become Islam of the West, and put the last nine years of madness and suffering in the past, according to the president of the İslamic society of Britain (İSB). Zahoor Qureshi spoke alongside five other British Muslim representatives at Bahçeşehir University last week, saying their…
