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| | CAIR-MI Welcomes Police Commissioners Resolution on Imam's Shooting | | (SOUTHFIELD, MI, 2/8/10) -- The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) today welcomed a recent resolution from the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners calling for "objective scrutiny and resolution to the fatal shooting of Cleric Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah," which took place on October 28 of last year in Dearborn. |
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| | VA: CAIR to Co-Host Film Screening, Interfaith Dialogue | | (WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/16/10) - On Sunday, February 28, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will co-host a screening and interfaith dialogue about a new film on global Muslim public opinion at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Arlington, Va. |
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| | Video: CAIR Rep Debates Body Scanners, Profiling on Fox | | Ahmed Rehab, the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Chicago, quickly rebuked Doocys comment about the presumed appearance of terrorists. Behavioral profiling is one thing, how they look is another, said Rehab. |
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| | La. ROTC Use of 'Muslim' Props Highlights Islamophobia | | (WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/26/10) - A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy group said today that the Louisiana Army ROTC's use of props portraying stereotypically-dressed Muslim men crouching behind an oil barrel and sheep highlights the disturbing Islamophobic trend toward viewing all Muslims as "the enemy." |
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| | CAIR Concerned About Reported Rise in Militias, 'Patriot' Groups | | (WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/2/10) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Washington-based Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, today expressed concern about the reported rise in the number of anti-government and anti-immigrant extremist groups during the past year. |
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| | Texas Apartment Complex Refused to Rent to Muslims | | (WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/4/10) - A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today called on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to investigate allegations that a Texas apartment complex had a policy of refusing to rent to Muslims or segregating them in buildings away from other tenants. |
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| | CAIR to Support D.C. Panel on Muslims and the Census | | (WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/3/10) - On Monday, March 8, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will join in supporting an event at Georgetown University hosted by the American Muslim Interactive Network (AMIN) to encourage participation in the 2010 U.S. Census. |
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| | Tariq Ramadan to Be Keynote Speaker at CAIR-Chicago Banquet | | CAIR-Chicago is pleased to announce that Professor Tariq Ramadan will be the keynote speaker at its sixth annual banquet on April 10, 2010. The appearance by Professor Ramadan will be his first in the U.S. since he was banned from entering the United States almost six years ago. Late last month Secretary of State Hilary Clinton signed an order revoking Professor Ramadan's visa ban. |
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| | CAIR-OK to Celebrate 4th Anniversary with Annual Banquet | | (OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 3/1/10) - On Saturday, March 20, the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR Oklahoma) will hold its fourth annual banquet at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. |
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| | Calif. Muslims Detained for Praying in Nevada | | (ANAHEIM, CA, 3/5/10) -- The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) announced today that it has filed a misconduct complaint against police officers in Henderson, Nev., who allegedly detained seven California Muslims for “suspicious behavior" after they prayed next to their vehicle in a parking lot as they traveled through the town. |
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 | | CAIR Offers Condolences on Passing of Aminah Assilmi | | (WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/5/10) - The board and staff of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today offered their sincere condolences to the family of Aminah Assilmi, a national Muslim community activist, scholar and leader who died earlier today in a car accident outside of Newport, Tenn. |
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| | CAIR-NY: Vigil for Muslim in Pre-Trial Solitary Confinement | | (NEW YORK, NY, 3/9/10) - The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), together with Theatres Against War, hosted a vigil yesterday for Fahad Hashmi, an American citizen who is being held on material support charges in a federal jail under conditions that threaten his mental health and his ability to participate in his own defense. |
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| | CAIR Seeks Probe of Vandalism at Brandeis U Muslim Office | | (WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/9/10) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on Massachusetts' Brandeis University and relevant law enforcement authorities to investigate vandalism at a Muslim Student Association (MSA) office on campus as a possible hate crime. |
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| | CAIR-San Diego Commends Univ. for Hate Probe of Graffiti | | (SAN DIEGO, CA, 3/9/10) The San Diego chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Diego) today commended California State University, San Marcos (CSU San Marcos) for investigating the recent graffiti found last week in several campus bathrooms as a hate crime. |
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