Cardinal Dolan on Brookfield Mosque: Muslims Deserve Worship Space|
Former Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy Dolan, recently elevated to Cardinal in New York, supported Muslims’ efforts to build a second mosque in the Milwaukee area, although he didn’t address the specific Brookfield site
Peter King Defends NYPD Monitoring, Plans More Hearings on Islam|
Appearing on WCBS in New York this morning, Representative Peter King offered a strong defense of NYPD’s spying on mosques and Muslim businesses and student groups in several states. Criticism of the recently revealed program has intensified in recent days, but King said he was proud of the police department.
Anti Muslim graffiti insulting Allah scrawled on Kensington insurance shop|
By Simone Weichselbaum / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Bangladeshis in Kensington said they are living in fear after Muslim hate graffiti was found on a storefront in the neighborhood’s bustling shopping strip.
Muslims Targeted in Four Attacks in Queens With Homemade Firebombs|
By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS (NYTimes)
A wave of arson attacks spread across eastern Queens on Sunday night, and the police said the firebombings were being investigated as bias crimes — with Muslims as the targets.
NYC mayor doesn’t address Muslim boycott of event|
NEW YORK – More than a dozen Muslim clerics and civic leaders skipped Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s annual interfaith breakfast Friday, saying they were upset that he supported police department surveillance efforts in their neighborhoods.
New York Muslims to snub Bloomberg breakfast in surveillance protest|
A group of prominent Muslim figures in New York City have said they will boycott an annual meeting on Friday with Mayor Michael Bloomberg in order to protest against police surveillance of their communities.
Church group steps in to save Muslim food pantries|
The Muslim Women’s Institute for Research and Development has been operating food pantries in Highbridge and Parkchester since 1997, but without $50,000, the organization would have had to shutter the pantries at the end of the month.
Islamofascist Cab Drivers Launch Shariah Double-Parking Attack|
In today’s Muslim threat news: Some New York cabbies are Muslims! And they pray, to their Muslim god! And when they do, they illegally double-part their taxicabs on the street, because Muslims “obey religious laws over parking rules.”
Muslim and Jewish Volunteers Feed the Hungry by Cooking 350 Meals Sunday|
By Jennifer Bradshaw
Project co-sponsored by they Muslims Against Hunger Project, Rutgers University Shalom-Salaam, and the New York-based Foundation for Ethnic Understanding.
Carter: Maplewood woman could be first American Muslim to wear hijab while competing at Olympics|
Ibtihaj Muhammad jogs lightly across the second floor gym at the Manhattan Fencing Center in New York. She’s warming up, eager to get some work in.
