CAIR-Chicago Rep to Speak at Gitmo Protest

CAIR-CHICAGO REP TO SPEAK AT GITMO PROTEST WHAT: International Day to Shut Down Guantanamo Join Chicago-area peace groups to take a “Stand Against Torture” and act in solidarity with others nationwide protesting the five year anniversary of the first prisoners being brought to Guantanamo Bay. WHEN: Thursday, January 11, 2007, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Speakers […]

CAIR-MI Rep Appointed to Worker Issues Board

CAIR-MI REP APPOINTED TO BOARD OF INTERFAITH COMMITTEE ON WORKER ISSUES (SOUTHFIELD, MI, 1/11/07) – CAIR-MI Executive Director Dawud Walid was yesterday appointed to the executive board of the Detroit-Metropolitan Interfaith Committee on Worker Issues. Walid was among five people to receive the prestigious three-year appointment. The Interfaith Committee on Worker Issues has 60 chapters […]

Action: Contact ABC

Action: Contact ABC ABC Turns Blind Eye to Glenn Beck’s Anti-Muslim Smears ACTION REQUESTED: (As always, be POLITE.) CONTACT ABC to express your concerns about the network’s decision to provide a platform for a person with a history of anti-Muslim statements. CONTACT: Mr. Jim MurphySenior Executive ProducerABC Good Morning America147 Columbus AveNew York, NY 10023-6503 […]

Incitement: ‘Koran is a Document of Hate, Death’

Incitement: ‘Koran is a Document of Hate, Death’ INCITEMENT WATCH: ‘KORAN IS A DOCUMENT OF HATE, DEATH’ MUSLIM CONGRESSMAN SWORE TO DEFEND U.S.Tucson Citizen, http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/frontpage/38228.php Keith Ellison, a Muslim, has been elected to Congress by the people of Minnesota. Before his swearing in, he alleged “knowledge and wisdom can be gleaned from a number of […]

DC Event: ‘Face to Face with a Guantanamo Detainee’

CAIR-CAN: LOCAL MUSLIMS BIG ON LITTLE MOSQUE Halal can be hilarious. CBC’s Little Mosque on the Prairie was already getting big laughs before it debuted last night from an Ottawa-based Muslim group who called it stereotype-busting and just plain funny. A local comic behind a show dubbed We Ain’t Terrorists expected it to be full […]

CAIR-MI: Muslims Seek Peace

CAIR-MI: MUSLIMS SEEK PEACE Concerned about the possible spread of sectarian violence in metro Detroit, Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims are set to meet today in a Dearborn Heights mosque to hash out any tensions between the diverse Middle Eastern and Muslim communities. As Iraqi-American Shi’ites seethed over the trashing of several of their businesses and […]

CAIR-MI: Imams to Meet on Vandalisms

CAIR-MI: IMAMS TO HOLD SPECIAL MEETING ON VANDALISM INCIDENTS DETROIT — Imams from across Metro Detroit will meet Wednesday in Dearborn Heights to discuss a spate of vandalism in the Warrendale area. Many local Muslims who are originally from Iraq believe they may have been targeted. While community leaders stress that until the perpetrators of […]

CAIR-MI: Muslims Call for Federal Probe into Vandalism

CAIR-MI: ISLAMIC GROUP CALLS FOR FEDERAL PROBE INTO VANDALISM OF BUILDINGS An Islamic coalition representing southeast Michigan Sunni groups and centers said Tuesday that the vandalism of Shiite mosques and businesses over the weekend could be hate crimes and called on the federal government to investigate. Late Saturday night or early Sunday, vandals broke windows […]