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CAIR-MI: Muslim Groups Demand Answers on Inmate's Death
Local Muslim advocacy groups today said they are concerned that an apparent suicide Friday of a Macomb County Jail inmate may have been a homicide, and they want more answers.
Muslims Who Washed Body Saw Things ‘That Seemed Odd’
Local Muslims are asking for a state investigation into the death of a 22-year-old murder suspect in custody at the Macomb County Jail, calling into question authorities' ruling that the death was a suicide.
CAIR-Chicago: Bias May be Factor in Rejection of Mosque
Mahmood Ghassemi, chairman of the Irshad board, said the group did everything it was asked to do to meet county requirements and satisfy neighbors, but "our good will was not reciprocated by neighbors or by the officials."
CAIR-LA: Profiling an Insult to Basic Freedoms
Simply put, racial and religious profiling does not work. How can it?
CAIR-Video: Threats Against Chicago Muslims on the Rise
Islamic rights advocates say there's been a rise in the number of threats directed at local Muslims. And some of these threats are being delivered right to their doors.
CAIR-MN: Anti-Muslim Cartoons to be Discussed at Meeting
The meeting will be attended by Mayor Dave Kleis, St. Cloud State President Earl H. Potter III and a representative of the city attorney’s office, according to a statement issued by organizers.
CAIR-MI: Muslims 'Reserving Judgment' on Inmate Death
Local Muslim leaders say sheriff officials answered their questions today about the apparent suicide of a 22-year-old jail inmate, but they aren't yet ready to dismiss concerns of a possible homicide.
CAIR-LA: Muslim Station Receives ‘Avalanche of Anti-Islam Comments’
CAIR-MI: Security Breach Shows Why Profiling Does Not Work

Unusual behavior, Walid said, is the best indicator of a security issue. "Anyone who is acting suspicious and not complying to an order, whether from India or Sweden, they should be pulled aside and questioned."

Video: Threats, Support For Fired Muslim Woman (CBS)
A 19-year-old woman who said she was fired from a San Mateo store for wearing a headscarf has received threatening notes, along with some support.
CAIR: Calif. Muslim Fired for Wearing Head Scarf (AOL News)
A 19-year-old woman says she lost her job at a popular clothing store after refusing to remove her Muslim head scarf.
CAIR: Abercrombie Hates Your Hijab (Salon.com)
Hijabs are sooo not hot this season -- or, like, ever -- if you ask Abercrombie and Fitch. A 19-year-old Muslim employee at one of the company's Hollister stores in Northern California learned that the hard way: losing her job. But now the Council on American-Islamic Relations has filed an official complaint on her behalf against the company.
Abercrombie & Fitch Draws EEOC Complaint for Banning Hijab
The Council on American-Islamic Relations has filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging racial discrimination by Abercrombie & Fitch Stores Inc. after a manager fired a Muslim employee who refused to remove her hijab, or head scarf.
CAIR-LA: Even Rude, Unpopular Speech is Worth Defending (OC Reg)
It is incomprehensible that an institution of higher learning that claims to engage in and promote the free exchange of ideas now seeks to punish its students for peacefully expressing political views, however unpopular, at a student-organized event.
Fired from Hollister for Wearing the Hijab?
A Muslim woman, apparently fired from teen clothier Hollister Co. for wearing the hijab, a religious headscarf, filed a federal complaint this week charging that she was wrongfully fired due to religious discrimination.
CAIR-TX: Defining Terrorism (Dallas Morning News)
If Stack's attack fits the four-pronged criteria of terrorism -- a criminal act against a civilian population with intent to cause fear, death, or injury, and as a means to influence government and/or politics -- but is dismissed empathetically as an act by one of our own, does this actually mean "being Muslim" is one of the understood, but unstated, criteria in the definition of terrorism?
CAIR-CA: Muslims, Japanese-Americans Share Experiences
The power to change the injustice toward minority groups in America is "in the youth," said sophomore teacher preparation and math major John Kanemoto at today's Voices Unite in Solidarity: Japanese-American and Muslim-American Experiences Post 9/11 forum.
Video: Muslims Claim Nevada Police Detained Them for Praying
LAS VEGAS (KLAS-TV) - Henderson Police are investigating some of their own officers regarding a complaint filed by a group of Muslim men who stopped to pray in a parking lot.
CAIR Video: Wis. Mosque Faces Islamophobic Opposition
Rev. Wayne Devrou said, "There's some people that are afraid and their afraid for a good reason, because Islamic philosophy and ideology starts in a mosque and throughout the world Islamic terrorism comes from its roots and worship in the mosque."
Muslims Worry About Intent of Census (Washington Post)
The millions of blue forms being mailed this month in the first census count since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, do not ask about religion. But the idea of answering any questions posed by the government makes some Muslims uneasy, so community leaders are worried that many may avoid the Census altogether...
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