Mosque

May 17 2012

Remembering the 1962 shootings

Fifty years ago, Nation of Islam Muslims Monroe X Jones and Fred X Jingles were reportedly taking a garment bag from their vehicle outside Mosque, No. 27, at 56th Street and Broadway late on the evening of April 27, 1962, when LAPD officers Frank Tomlinson and Stanley Kensic pulled up in their police cruiser and questioned the two men. The officers frisked the men and asked where the clothes came from.

May 16 2011

Florida man in Taliban funding case to face detention hearing in L.A.

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—One of three Florida men charged with supporting Pakistani terrorists waived his right to an identity hearing today in Los Angeles, but will face a bail hearing on Thursday.

In his initial federal court appearance this afternoon, Irfan Khan also waived his right to have a stamped copy of the charges presented to him.

Apr 6 2011

Koran burning

SANTA ANA, Calif.—The Rev. Terry Jones, the Florida preacher blamed for inciting unrest in Afghanistan by burning a Koran, was in Santa Ana today to appear on Truth TV, an Arabic language Christian network.

Arriving at LAX last night, Jones told Fox11 News he had no plans to burn any more Korans but that he may hold another mock trial for the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

"We've had about 400 death threats,'' he said, adding that Hezbollah, the Shia Muslim militant group, had put out a "reward out on my head for $2.4 million.''

Feb 23 2011

ACLU and the Council on American-Islamic Relations

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A suit filed by the ACLU and the Council on American-Islamic Relations accuses the FBI of violating the 1st Amendment rights of hundreds of Muslims by using a paid informant to monitor several Southern California mosques.

The mosques were targeted based solely on religious grounds, according to the suit, which was filed in federal court Tuesday on behalf of three Muslims and seeks damages, class-action status and the destruction of all materials collected by an FBI informant.

Anthony Asadullah Samad, Ph.D.  |   OW Contributing Columnist
Sep 16 2010

Playing with God: Terry Jones, Christian radicalism and 15 minutes of fame

As our nation grapples with the vestiges of terrorism over the last decade, a new xenophobia has spread over the country tied to belief in God and belief in right. We assume God is love and love is right, but religious demagoguery has twisted what both God and right stand for.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.