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ADL Letter to Representative Virgil Goode, Jr.

ADL LETTER TO REPRESENTATIVE VIRGIL GOODE, JR12/21/06 http://www.adl.org/civil_rights/goode_ltr.asp Representative Virgil Goode, JrU.S., House of RepresentativesWashington, DC Dear Representative Goode: We are writing to express strong concerns about reports that you sent a letter to constituents assailing immigration to the United States by Muslims and the use of the Koran to swear in an elected Member […]

CAIR-OH: Muslim Woman Reinstated in Medical Program

GOOD NEWS: CAIR-OHIO HELPS REINSTATE MUSLIM WOMAN EXPELLED FROM MEDICAL PROGRAM (COLUMBUS, OH, 12/21/06) – CAIR-Ohio announced today that it intervened successfully to help a local Muslim woman be reinstated in a community college medical technology program after she was expelled for allegedly discriminatory reasons. The woman, who had been a straight-A student, says she […]

CAIR-FL Meets with Officials to Ensure Stress-Free Hajj Travels

CAIR-ORLANDO MEETS WITH SECURITY OFFICIALS TO ENSURE STRESS-FREE HAJJ TRAVELS (ORLANDO, FL, 12/21/06) – The Orlando, Fla., office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Orlando) today met with officials from the Greater Orlando Airport Authority (GOAA), the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) and the Orlando Airport Police Department (OAPD) to discuss safety tips for passengers and […]

CAIR-CA: Interfaith Leaders Condemn ‘JDL’ Threat Against Peace Activist

CAIR-CA: SACRAMENTO INTERFAITH LEADERS CONDEMNS THREAT AGAINST PEACE ACTIVIST (SACRAMENTO, CA, 12/21/2006) – Sacramento Valley interfaith leaders today held a press conference in reaction to a threat against a local peace activist. Mary Bisharat, an 80-year-old Sacramento Valley resident, reportedly received a threatening note after she wrote a letter to the Sacramento Bee criticizing Israeli […]

Senator Menendez Statement on Goode’s Anti-Muslim Remarks

SENATOR MENENDEZ STATEMENT ON REP. GOODE’S REMARKS For Immediate ReleaseContact: Desiree Ramos, 201-803-4537 “America was founded by people seeking religious freedom. Congressman Virgil H. Goode’s statements against Congressman-elect Keith Ellison are an attack on the sanctity of religious freedom that all Americans are guaranteed under the Constitution. “Rep. Goode should apologize to Mr. Ellison and […]

CAIR: Prager Asked to ‘Do the Right Thing and Resign’

PRAGER ASKED TO ‘DO THE RIGHT THING AND RESIGN’ – TOP Holocaust Memorial: Dennis Prager’s views ‘antithetical’ to mission (WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/21/06) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on Dennis Prager to resign from the United States Holocaust Memorial Council after the executive committee of that taxpayer-funded board issued […]

Rep. Honda ‘Surprised and Offended’ by Goode’s Anti-Muslim Remarks

Rep. Honda’s Letter to Rep. Goode – TOP Dear Congressman Goode: I was surprised and offended to hear about a constituent letter you wrote in response to Representative-elect Keith Ellison’s intention to use a Koran during his ceremonial swearing in ceremony. In your letter, you warned that “”¦if American citizens don’t wake up and adopt […]