August 6, 2007

Islamophobia 101: Episode 18–Republican Presidential candidate threatens Islam’s holiest sites in Mecca and Medina

WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican presidential hopeful Tom Tancredo says the best way he can think of to deter a nuclear terrorist attack on the U.S. is to threaten to retaliate by bombing Islamic holy sites.

The Colorado congressman on Tuesday told about 30 people at a town hall meeting in the state of Iowa that he [...]

August 6, 2007

Muslim doctors’ group seeks to educate about Islam’s medical care guidelines

Susan Hogan/Albach, The Chicago Sun-Times, August 6, News, p. 16

Can a Muslim ever use medicine containing pork products? Terminate a pregnancy? Use fertility drugs?
For American Muslims, there isn’t anything like a Catholic magisterium issuing definitive policies. So who decides?
“Some patients turn to Muslim doctors; others turn to imams,” said Shiraz Malik of the Islamic Medical [...]