Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania uses 58 religious establishments for voting, so Muslims feel that objecting to voting in an Islamic house of worship is anti-Muslim prejudice. more>

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has urged Muslim air travelers who are experiencing problems at the airport to register with the federal government before flying. Local Muslim groups say this appears to be another attempt by law enforcement to single out Muslims and Arab Americans for closer scrutiny. more>

A confidential federal report, issued this week, backs state police contentions that the computer entries made by New Jersey’s Office of Counter-terrorism amounted to improper profiling of suspects. Fourteen troopers who had been assigned to that office have been removed. more>

“You see many of us are skeptical about the numbers of war dead and there is a feeling that the Department of Defense (DOD) is deliberately masking the real numbers. Certainly, according to the latest resistance video that I received a few weeks ago, there are quite a few shallow graves in Iraq containing the bodies of dead Americans.” more>

A little-known provision in the No Child Left Behind law requires schools to hand over students' personal information to military recruiters. The author argues this helps solve the armed forces' low recruitment problem at the expense of teens' privacy rights, and faults the NYC Department of Education for not protecting or informing students and their families. more>

Maj. Todd Morgan, a military intelligence officer who is attending the course, said it’s essential to understand both the ethnic and cultural mindset of the Iraqi people in order to anticipate their actions. more>

President Bush has expressed his determination to go ahead with his plans to reform the country’s immigration laws by making room for a guest workers program. Now, a Pakistani community organization is calling for “humane” immigration laws and seeking the support of members of Pakistan’s Parliament. more>

Across the nation – especially in swing states – Muslim groups organized buses and free taxi rides to bring Muslim voters to the polls, culminating in a resoundingly turnout for Kerry. With a Bush re-election, now they have the impetus to build a national civil rights coalition. more>

The Islamic Circle of North America and Muslim American Society don’t have a tradition of adopting a final declaration to wrap up their conventions. This year, at their 29th convention, the message was loud and clear: "Know your rights and struggle to protect your freedom." more>

The Islamic Cultural Center of New York held a forum to educate Muslims in safety, crime prevention, hate crimes, identity theft and how to interact with local police. more>

Presently, there is no NYC foster care agency that specializes in placing Muslim children into Islamic foster homes. The main problem, many Muslim advocates say, is that when a special need arises most children are placed into non-Muslim homes, making Muslim children lose their religion. more>