http://www.utne.com/pub/2005_132/features/11859-1.html November / December 2005By David Schimke, Utne magazine In the wake of the terrorist attacks that shook London’s transit system on July 7, a proclamation against all things extremist was drafted by a group of North American Muslim scholars and signed by some 250 Islamic organizations. It was not the first...

Tampa Tribune, 11/6/06 The Hillsborough County School Board’s recent vote to drop Christian and Jewish holidays from the school calendar creates a very negative precedent for reasonable religious accommodation in the state’s education system. The Council on American- Islamic Relations, which has been at the forefront of the Muslim community’s...

WORK WITH MAINSTREAM MUSLIMS TO DEFEAT EXTREMISM by Dr. Parvez Ahmed Star Tribune, 8/19/05 http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/5567821.html Why are some Muslims willing to kill in the name of their faith, despite clear Islamic injunctions against committing such heinous acts? The debate usually boils down to “they hate us” versus “they hate...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s yes-and-no decision on the public display of the Ten Commandments and the loss of Sandra Day O’Connor swing vote has refocused the debate over the line separating of church and state. In that debate, we may wish to consider redrawing that line. The First Amendment clearly states that that government shall not make any laws...

TERRORISM NOT IN FAITH OF MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS Parvez Ahmed, Daily News, 7/14/05 http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~24781~2963573,00.html [Parvez Ahmed, Ph.D., is board chairman of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group. He may be contacted at: pahmed@cairfl.org. For a photo of Parvez...