IONA in the News CHARLOTTE, N.C. — From his parents’ basement in a part of town where homes have lots of bedrooms and most children go to college, Samir Khan blogged his way into the highest circles of Al Qaeda, waging a media war he believed was as important as the battles with guns on…
IONA in the News From sunrise until long after the full moon rose on Sunday, Macomb County residents observed the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks with prayer, song, fellowship and even floating flaming lanterns at Metro Beach Metropark. A number of churches included a Sept. 11 theme in Sunday celebrations, while several public…
IONA in the News When the twin towers of New York’s World Trade Center collapsed Sept. 11, 2001, Mohammed Kibriya’s heart sank with them.Then a 17-year-old high school student in Hamtramck, Kibriya worried that his Muslim faith would become a target of the rage and fear many Americans felt.“I didn’t feel threatened,” said Kibriya, now…
IONA in the News But they hope to use tragedy to educate fellow countrymen When the twin towers of New York’s World Trade Center collapsed Sept. 11, 2001, Mohammed Kibriya’s heart sank with them. Then a 17-year-old high school student in Hamtramck, Kibriya worried that his Muslim faith would become a target of the rage…
IONA in the News American political campaigns targeting Shariah are as red hot as Sunday’s front page in the New York Times. Unfortunately, these grassroots campaigns are aimed at scoring points with frightened voters—not at any real-world problem. No responsible Muslim leader in the United States is trying to substitute Shariah for secular American law….
IONA in the News Detroit— Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the “underwear bomber” accused of trying to blow up an airliner over Metro Detroit on Christmas Day 2009, asked a judge Thursday to free him from prison, arguing he should be judged by the Quran, not U.S. laws. The handwritten request, in which Abdulmutallab claims he is…
IONA in the News The death of the world’s most-wanted terrorist resonated Monday from the halls of Congress to the households of Macomb County. Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, ran out of time and luck late Sunday night when an elite team of U.S. Navy…
IONA in the News WARREN, Mich (WXYZ) – Local Imams are worried about the planned visit by Terry Jones, the Quran burning Pastor from Florida.He is supposed to be in Dearborn on Good Friday, April 22nd. Imam Steve Elturk and other religious leaders are urging Jones not to come. If he does they are urging…
IONA in the News DEARBORN, Mich. (WXYZ) – An interfaith group of religious leaders is calling for a prayer vigil during a controversial pastor’s planned visit to the area.The pastors and the imams represent 35 churches and mosques in metro Detroit. They are going to send a letter asking Reverend Terry Jones not to come…
IONA in the News The Insider extends kudos to county Commissioner Toni Moceri for making the brave move to invite a Muslim imam to deliver the invocation at Thursday’s Board of Commissioners meeting. But the Warren Democrat’s decision was not without controversy.The choice of a religious leader to speak at the beginning of monthly full…