April 8, 2008

Entrapment of Muslims by the Law

Is Big Brother at your mosque?
By ABDUSSALAM MOHAMED, Senior Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES – On the first Friday of each month, Mohammed Elsisy, an Egyptian-born software engineer, usually drives from his home in Irvine, Calif., to the King Fahad mosque in Culver City, Calif., to deliver the khutba, or sermon.
Elsisy thought the first Friday of this [...]

April 8, 2008

An Interfaith View: Islamophobia and Racism

By Lawrence Swaim
In a much-anticipated speech about his Mormon faith, Mitt Romney had a perfect opportunity to illuminate the complexities of politics and religious liberty. Instead, he used the opportunity to plead for evangelical votes, signaling that he would do nothing to stop the Religious Right from using government to [...]