"People need to know that Pamela Geller, the sponsor of these ads, is one of the nation's leading anti-Muslim bigots," said Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. "She's recognized as that. The Southern Poverty Law Center has named her as one of the nation's inner circle of hatemongers of Islam."

By Detroit News staff and wire reports, The Detroit News

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul's demand that the government vow not to use drones on American soil without an "imminent threat" reflects the view of some Arab-Americans in Metro Detroit, the leader of an Islamic advocacy group said Wednesday.

"We've been long overdue for having a national conversation about the abuse of drones in extrajudicial killings," said Dawud Walid, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Michigan.

By Gustavo Arellan, OC Weekly

Ameena Qazi was in her first year of law school at Wayne State University in Detroit when a professor gave the female students fashion advice that amused her.
"She was telling us how to dress when we argue cases in front of a judge," says the Fullerton resident, who's the deputy executive director and lead attorney for the Council on American Islamic Relations' (CAIR) Los Angeles chapter (which, contrary to its name, is based in Anaheim).