by Debra Smith Herald Net EVERETT -- Author Raymond Ibrahim says he wants to help Americans understand the true nature of Islam. Raymond Ibrahim, the associate director of the Middle East Forum think tank, speaks at Everett Community College Thursday. A local Muslim civil rights organization calls him a bigot and questions why a public college provided … [Read more...]
Muslim group: Community college speaker spreads hate
by Shomari Stone KOMO News EVERETT, Wash. - A controversial speaker at Everett Community College has sparked outrage among a Muslim civil rights organization who says the speaker spreads hate. The Council on American Islamic Relations asked the college not to allow Raymond Ibrahim to speak. But the college didn't budge. Everett Community College invited Ibrahim, an author … [Read more...]
Muslim group: Community college speaker spreads hate
by Shomari Stone Komonews EVERETT, Wash. - A controversial speaker at Everett Community College has sparked outrage among a Muslim civil rights organization who says the speaker spreads hate. The Council on American Islamic Relations asked the college not to allow Raymond Ibrahim to speak. But the college didn't budge. Everett Community College invited Ibrahim, an author … [Read more...]
Everett college officials decline to cancel talk by writer Raymond Ibrahim
by Katherine Long The Seattle Times Everett Community College officials say they're not planning to make any changes to a program featuring Raymond Ibrahim, associate director of the Middle East Forum and contributing writer of a blog called "Jihad Watch." A Muslim civil-rights organization, along with religious leaders from a dozen area places of worship, has asked Everett … [Read more...]
CAIR: Coalition Asks Wash. State College to Drop Anti-Islam Speaker
PR Newswire SEATTLE, May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA) today said that a coalition of some 60 interfaith and community leaders has asked Everett Community College in Everett, Wash., to drop an Islamophobic speaker scheduled to appear Thursday as part of an "Islam in America" lecture … [Read more...]