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| | CAIR: New TSA Screening Rules Amount to Profiling | | (WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/4/2010) - A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today said new security measures announced by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) amount to profiling of Muslims. |
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| | CAIR-CAN Condemns Vandalism of Hamilton Mosque | | The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) condemns today’s act of vandalism, the fire-bombing of The Hamilton Mosque, in which one of the mosque’s windows was smashed and a bottle with flammable material was either thrown or placed inside the window. |
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| | CAIR-LA: Calif. Mosque Holds Town Hall in Response to Anti-Muslim Hate | | (ANAHEIM, CA, 1/8/10) - The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) announced today that a town hall meeting will be held at the Orange County Islamic Foundation tonight in response to the recent anti-Muslim hate incidents in Mission Viejo and Costa Mesa. |
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| | CAIR-OK to Host Town Hall on Profiling of Muslims at Airports | | (OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 1/12/10) -- On January 15, the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) will hold a town hall meeting at the Melody Banquet Hall in Moore to discuss issues of concern to the Muslim community such as airport profiling, youth empowerment and civic engagement. |
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| | CAIR Asks Muslims to Help Repair Malaysian Churches | | CAIR today called on American Muslims and other people of conscience to help fund repairs to Malaysian churches damaged by vandals. The attacks on the churches came following a court ruling that overturned a ban on the use of the Arabic word for God, “Allah,” by Christians in that nation. |
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| | CAIR: TSA Tells Muslim Traveler Hijab Now Triggers Security Checks | | (WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/6/2010) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to clarify whether Islamic head scarves, or hijab, will now automatically trigger additional security measures for Muslim travelers. |
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| | Alert: Reports of FBI Visits Prompt Reminder of Legal Rights | | (LOS ANGELES, CA, 1/20/10) -- The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) said today that CAIR offices nationwide have received reports that FBI agents, along with local law enforcement officers, are visiting and interviewing Muslim students and participants in a recent Islamic educational seminar in connection with an ongoing investigation. |
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| | CAIR Welcomes Lifting of Ban on Muslim Scholar | | (WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/20/10) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today welcomed a decision by the U.S. Department of State to lift a ban that prevented Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan from entering the United States for the past five years. |
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| | CAIR Urges Pentagon to Drop Gun Sights with Bible Verses | | (WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/20/2010) – A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today called revelations that gun sights used by the U.S. military are inscribed with Biblical references a “potential recruiting tool for anti-American forces” and urged the Pentagon to withdraw the sights from combat use. |
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| | CAIR: Poll on Anti-Islam Bias Shows Need for U.S. Muslim Outreach | | (WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/21/2010) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said today that a new poll showing that more than 4 in 10 Americans admit to anti-Muslim prejudice demonstrates the need for increased educational outreach efforts by U.S. Muslims. |
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| | CAIR-OK Hosts Sold-Out Premiere of ‘Inside Islam’ | | (OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 1/26/10) - Some 400 people turned out for Saturday's sold-out Oklahoma premiere of Unity Production Foundation’s Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think, hosted by the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) and the Muslim Student Association (OU-MSA) at the University of Oklahoma. |
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| | CAIR-Cincinnati Holds Domestic Violence Seminar | | (CINCINNATI, 1/25/10) - The Cincinnati office of Council on American-Islamic Relations-Ohio (CAIR-OH) held a Domestic Violence seminar on Saturday at the Islamic Association of Cincinnati mosque. The program included speakers addressing the issue of domestic violence and abuse from the perspective of Islamic religious teachings, the psychological effects on victims, the effects on children, and services available to victims. |
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