DEARBORN, Michigan - (AHRC statement issued 18-Sep-2014): The American Human Rights Council (AHRC) joins the international community and more than 100 British Muslim imams, organizations and individuals who expressed their "horror and revulsion" at the "senseless murder" of Briton David Haines and the threat to the life of Mr Alan Henning according to the … [Read more...]
Western Ignorance of the ‘Conditions of Omar’
EDITORIAL -- A jihadi group occupying the Syrian town of Raqqa recently gave Christian minorities living there three choices: 1) convert to Islam, 2) remain Christian but pay tribute and accept third-class subject status, or 3) die by the sword. According to the BBC, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria issued a directive: citing the Islamic concept of … [Read more...]
The Rising Sex Traffic in Forced Islamic Marriage
EDITORIAL - In 2008, the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, and Nicholas Phillips, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, both suggested that the UK could consider, in Lord Phillips's words, "embracing Sharia law" because "there is no reason why Sharia Law, or any other religious code should not be the basis for mediation or other forms of … [Read more...]
Dearborn Library Selected for “Muslim Voices” Pilot Program
DEARBORN, MI – The Dearborn Public Library has been selected to participate in the “Muslim Voices” pilot program for teens by the Michigan Humanities Council, and the New York Council for the Humanities. Muslim Voices is a new reading and discussion program for children and teens that uses literature to explore the lives of Muslim youth through time … [Read more...]
Hate Crime Stats Deflate ‘Islamophobia’ Myth
A detailed analysis of FBI statistics covering ten full calendar years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks reveals that, on a per capita basis, American Muslims, contrary to spin, have been subjected to hate crimes less often than other prominent minorities. From 2002 to 2011, Muslims are estimated to have suffered hate crimes at a frequency of 6.0 incidents … [Read more...]
Human Rights Conference at Hyatt Sparks Controversy
DEARBORN, Michigan - The Dearborn area will be hosting two conferences on Sunday, April 29 that deal with the controversial topics of "Honor Killing in Islam" and "Islamophobia". It's been about one year since Jessica Mokdad was murdered. She was just 20 years old. Organizers for the Jessica Mokdad Human Rights Conference (to be held at the Hyatt Sunday … [Read more...]
Christless Christianity – As Dangerous As Islamic Law
LETTER TO THE EDITOR (In response to Terry Jones anti Sharia protest rally in Dearborn) -- I am a Michigan native, though I have not lived there for a long time. Growing up in Western Michigan, I viewed Detroit as the exotic, far-off place where we went to sit in the old hallowed grounds at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull, watching Trammell and … [Read more...]
Grand Mufti Calls for ‘Destruction of All Churches in Region’
EDITORIAL - According to several Arabic news sources, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, declared that it is "necessary to destroy all the churches of the region." The Grand Mufti made his assertion in response to a question posed by a delegation from Kuwait: a Kuwaiti parliament member recently called for the "removal" of … [Read more...]
The Coming Oil-Shale Revolution?
The chief executive of Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company -- Aramco -- has admitted that the development of large oil shale reserves in North America looks set to shift the monopoly over global energy supplies increasingly away from the Middle East. To preface, when it comes to global petroleum supplies, a distinction is drawn between "conventional" … [Read more...]
Sabeel Media Promotes Faith and Culture Video Contest
DEARBORN, Michigan - The world can learn an important lesson from observing the friendship of Imam Talib Al Sanjari and his good friend Rev. Hanna Sulaka. A new video from Sabeel Media portrays the story of their friendship. The two religious leaders, a Muslim and Christian - both originating from Iraq (not knowing each other) - immigrated to the US and … [Read more...]