• Verse of the Day: Encourage Deeds of Kindness and Compassion 
  "What will explain to you the path that is steep? It is the freeing of a (slave) from bondage, or the giving of food in a day of famine to an orphan relative or to a needy (stranger) in distress, and to be of those who believe, enjoin patience (in adversity) and encourage deeds of kindness and compassion." Quran, 90:12-17
• CAIR-CT Rep Joins Multi-Faith Panel Discussion on Compassion
  A representative of [CAIR-CT] spoke Friday on a multi-faith panel discussion about "Compassion and Creativity in the Community." CAIR-CT Executive Director Mongi Dhaouadi discussed compassion based on the teaching of Islam's Prophet Muhammed.
  • CAIR-CT: How to Develop Compassion in Every Facet of Community
  • CAIR-CT: Muslims Say Pope Francis Offers Message of Unity
    "Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, and it's natural that the Catholic world would like to establish a relationship with the Muslim community," said Dhaouadi, president of [CAIR-CT], an Islamic civil liberties group. "Catholics have not always had it easy in this country, and as Muslims reflect on that history and our experiences in this country, it's really a shared history with Catholics and Muslims."
• Video: Anti-Muslim Hate Group Leader Pamela Geller to Speak at NY Synagogue
  • Pamela Geller, Hate Speech, and Synagogues
    Here are some statements made by Pamela Geller and her associates in the hate groups AFDI/SIOA. These are individuals Geller works with, praises, has chosen to be on boards of these organizations. These statements clearly show their attitude towards Islam and Muslims -- not some Muslims or some interpretations of Islam - but ISLAM and MUSLIMS generally. I believe that they are clearly hate speech, and that individuals holding such views are not "appropriate" individuals to speak in any house of worship. Babu Suseelan of AFDI/SION: "If we do not kill the bacteria,the bacteria will kill us.  Otherwise, he warned, "Muslims will breed like rats and they will be a majority.  "Islam can be stopped! And it can be wiped out."
• CAIR-OH Files Religious Discrimination Lawsuit Against Company
  • CA: Muslim Job Seeker's Suit Can Proceed Against Abercrombie & Fitch
  • CAIR: Workplace Religious Freedom Roundup
• New Jersey Islamic Students See Basketball League Taking Shape
  • MN: Student Group to Clean Grounds of Islamic Center
  • Mohamed joins Olivia, Mason in Minnesota's Top 100 Baby Names
  • CA: At Zaytuna College, Western Traditions Alongside Koran (NY Times)
• Canada: Teacher Confronted on Death Threats Against Muslim Student
• Barbara Boxer, AIPAC Seek to Codify Israel's Right to Discriminate Against Americans
  If you're a US politician finding yourself working to allow a foreign government to discriminate against your own fellow citizens - by vesting that foreign country with a right that no other country (including your own) has - then you're essentially broadcasting to the world that the interests of that foreign government take precedence over your own and over the equal rights of your own fellow citizens.
  • U.S. Visa Waiver Bill Stymied Over Arab Americans Entering Israel