Muslim employee claims Disneyland banned her from wearing head scarf in front of customers A Muslim woman who works as a hostess at a Disneyland restaurant alleged Wednesday the theme park would not allow her to appear in front of customers while wearing her head scarf. Imane Boudlal, 26, appeared…
UPDATE: OBAMA ‘NOT COMMENTING ON WISDOM’ OF NYC MOSQUE Although his passionate defense of Muslim Americans’ right to build a mosque in lower Manhattan was hailed by some as “one of the finest moments” of his presidency, President Barack Obama clarified his comments Saturday. “My intention was simply to let…
Lebanon’s Shiite TV stations cancel controversial show on Jesus amid outcry from Christians Two Shiite Muslim television stations in Lebanon canceled a controversial program about Jesus on Friday, saying they do not want to stir up sectarian conflict in the country. The 17-episode program, which was produced in Iran, describes…
Ex-Bush official: My ‘affirmative action’ theory wasn’t to imply contest was ‘rigged’ Newly-crowned Miss USA Rima Fakih is the pride of her native village, with residents saying the Lebanese-American not only brought honor to southern Lebanon but also offered a different image of Shiite Muslims often stereotyped as radicals. Meanwhile,…
A Muslim civil rights group on Friday accused the US government of forcing an American citizen into “exile” because he was an Islamic convert. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said Raymond Earl Knaeble IV, 29, had been placed on a no-fly list and had been unable to return…
PARIS (AFP) – The French government will ban Muslim women from wearing a full-face veil in public, despite a warning from experts that such a law could be unconstitutional, it announced Wednesday. The spokesman for President Nicolas Sarkozy’s government said a bill would be presented to ministers in May and…
An Obama administration logo for the Nuclear Security Summit might be a secret nod to Muslims if you believe some conservatives and even Fox News. They say that the logo sports a crescent similar to those seen on the flags of Muslim nations. Following the lead of those conservative pundits,…
For the second time in the past few months, conservative commentators see something sinister in an Obama administration logo. Following a controversy in February over what some said was a “Muslim crescent” in the logo of the US Missile Defense Agency, some commentators are saying they see the same thing…
President Obama’s most vigorous opponents have gone to great lengths to paint him as a Muslim, despite all evidence to the contrary. At a recent event, a Tea Party organizer pushed those limits even further. “In the yellow cinder-block meeting room of the Munford, TN, municipal building, the Tipton County…
By speaking to Muslim countries, the president gives support to those who don’t believe the official account of 9/11, says former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. “I saw even Ahmadinejad is now saying 9/11 is a fabrication,” Romney told Fox News’ Chris Wallace. “These sorts of voices should not receive any…