CAIR-FL: Rep Says Constituents Agree with Anti-Muslim Comments
CAIR-FL: BROWN-WAITE SAYS HER CONSTITUENTS AGREE Take it from Ginny Brown-Waite: Eric Rudolph, the notorious “Olympic Park bomber?” Not a Muslim. Deadly, sure. Ideologically driven? Check. A terrorist, even? Affirmative. To Brown-Waite, that makes him one in a million – well, two in a million, when you add in Timothy McVeigh, as the recently re-elected […]
CAIR-FL: Brown-Waite is Way Off the Mark This Time
CAIR-FL: BROWN-WAITE IS WAY OFF THE MARK THIS TIME Ginny Brown-Waite has made a political career of knowing how to choose her battles. From breaking ranks with her party about suing tobacco companies while a state senator, to opposing the government’s interference in the Terry Schiavo feeding tube controversy, to supporting federal funding of stem […]
VA: Dealing with Difference from an Islamic Perspective
VA: AL-HEWAR CENTER SPONSORS DISCUSSION November 17, 2006 Friday WHAT: The Al-Hewar Center holds a discussion, “The Etiquette of Dealing with Difference from an Islamic Perspective,” with Zainab Al-Alwani of Johns Hopkins University.WHEN: November 17, 2006WHERE: Al-Hewar Center, 124 Park Street SE, Vienna, Va. CONTACT: 703-281-6277, alhewar@alhewar.com; [Note: This event is in Arabic.]
CAIR-CAN: Welcomes Poll Results on Multiculturalism, Islam
CAIR-CAN WELCOMES POLL RESULTS ON MULTICULTURALISM, ISLAM http://www.caircan.ca/itn_more.php?id=2779_0_2_0_C (OTTAWA, CANADA, 11/14/06) – The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) today welcomed survey results released by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation that attitudes towards Canadian Muslims have improved since 2003. According to the survey, the more contact that Canadians have with Muslim friends and colleagues, the […]
CAIR Banquet Countdown: Only 4 Days Left
CAIR BANQUET COUNTDOWN: JUST 4 DAYS LEFT TO RESERVE YOUR TICKET Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) will join other elected officials as a keynote speaker November 18th at CAIR’s 12th Annual Banquet in Arlington, Va. Other speakers at the event include a representative of the FBI and Amy Goodman of Democracy Now. To learn more […]
CAIR Reports on Election Efforts / New Muslim-Liberal Coalition / Democrats’ Wins Hinged on Muslims
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CAIR REPORTS TO COMMUNITY ON ELECTION EFFORTS (WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/14/2006) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today offered a report to the Muslim community on its efforts to promote political participation in the recent mid-term elections. CAIR chapters in 11 states participated […]
CAIR: U.S. Muslims Finding Niche In Politics
CAIR: MUSLIMS FINDING NICHE IN POLITICS, NU STUDENTS SAY Last week’s election of the United States’ first Muslim congressman is a sign of the religious group’s newfound political activism, leaders of Northwestern’s Islamic community said. During the Nov. 7 elections, Democrat Keith Ellison became the first American Muslim to win national office when he beat […]
CAIR: New Muslim Rep Does Double Duty
CAIR: NEW REPRESENTATIVE ELLISON DOES DOUBLE DUTY As Keith Ellison heads into his first term in Congress, he faces a balancing act between his duty to constituents and the inevitable pressure his new prominence creates to be a spokesman for all American Muslims. Already the balancing act is evident for Congressman-elect Keith Ellison. The newly […]
CAIR-Chicago: FBI Still Clearing Utah Muslims for Citizenship
CAIR-CHICAGO: FBI IS STILL CLEARING UTAH MUSLIMS FOR CITIZENSHIP If Abdullah Hassan were a U.S. citizen, he says he’d have likely voted for the GOP in Tuesday’s election. “I like Republicans because they removed Saddam from power,” said Hassan, a Kurdish asylee from Iraq. However, more than a year after he’s met all the requirements […]
CAIR-CA: ‘Wear a Hijab’ to Honor Slain Muslim Woman
CAIR-CA: MANY WILL WEAR A VEIL OR TURBAN ON MONDAY TO HONOR SLAIN FREMONT WOMAN AND BUILD TOLERANCE On Monday, some Bay Area women-no matter their religious beliefs-will add a new element to their morning routine: they will don the Muslim headscarf that may have motivated the murder of a Fremont mother last month. These […]