| | CAIR Asks Muslim Prayer Leaders to Urge Swine Flu Precautions | | (WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/29/09) - A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy group today called on Islamic religious leaders, or imams, to use daily and Friday congregational prayers in the nation’s mosques as a platform for providing information about preventing the spread of swine flu. |
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| | Calif. Muslims Join Pilgrimage to Japanese-American Internment Camp | | (ANAHEIM, CA, 4/29/09) - On Saturday, April 25, the Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA), in cooperation with the Manzanar Committee, the Japanese American Citizens League and Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress, led a group of some 100 Southern California Muslims on a day-long pilgrimage to a former internment camp known as the “Manzanar War Relocation Center.” |
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| | CAIR Welcomes Pope’s Statement of Respect for Islam | | (WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/8/09) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today welcomed Pope Benedict XVI’s expression of respect for Islam and Muslims as he began his first trip to the Middle East. |
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| | Sen. Specter Cancels Speech at Anti-Islam Event | | (WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/18/09) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced today that Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) has canceled a scheduled appearance at an “anti-Islam” conference in Washington, D.C., hosted by a right-wing think tank headed by Daniel Pipes, who is regarded by many Muslims as one of the nation’s leading Islamophobes. |
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| | CAIR Applauds FBI for Preventing Attacks on NY Jewish Sites | | (WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/21/2009) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today applauded efforts by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies that apparently thwarted an alleged plot to attack Jewish institutions in New York. |
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| | Calif. Mosque Targeted with Hate Graffiti | | (ANAHEIM, CA, 6/4/09) - The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) said today that vandals targeted a local mosque with hate graffiti early this morning. |
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| | Muslim Group Condemns Shooting at D.C. Holocaust Museum | | (WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/10/09) - A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today condemned a shooting incident at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., during which a security guard and the alleged gunman were reportedly wounded. |
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| | CAIR Seeks Clarification on Hijab in Michigan Courts | | (WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/17/09) - A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today called for clarification of a new administrative rule adopted by Michigan’s Supreme Court that, if broadly interpreted, might allow judges to demand that witnesses remove religious head coverings during testimony in their courtrooms. |
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| | CAIR-NY Supports Sikh Call for Change in MTA Uniform Policy | | (NEW YORK, N.Y., 6/17/2009) - The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today joined the Sikh Coalition in its request to end a Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) uniform policy that requires Sikh and Muslim transit workers to brand their religious head covering with MTA logos. |
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| | CAIR-MI Hosts Town Hall Forum on Civil Rights | | (SOUTHFIELD, MI, 6/15/09) - The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) recently held a successful town hall forum at the Islamic Center of Detroit to discuss pressing civil rights issues impacting American Muslims and Arab-Americans. |
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| | CAIR-NY Seeks Probe of Bias Motive in School Beating | | (NEW YORK, N.Y., 6/15/2009) - The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today called on school officials and law enforcement authorities to investigate a possible bias motive for the beating of a Muslim student by a classmate. |
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| | U.S. Muslims to Offer Qurans to 100,000 American Leaders | | (WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/26/09) - On Tuesday, June 30, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will hold a news conference in Washington, D.C., to announce the launch of a major campaign to distribute free copies of the Quran, Islam’s revealed text, to 100,000 local, state and national leaders. |
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| | 100,000 American Leaders to Receive Free Qurans | | (WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/30/09) - A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy organization today announced that it intends to distribute free copies of the Quran, Islam’s revealed text, to 100,000 local, state and national leaders. |
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