Video: Congresswoman Defends Muslim Bashing
VIEW THE VIDEO BROOKSVILLE – When Governor-elect Charlie Crist heard one of his supporters call Islam a “hateful and frightening” religion, he kicked her off his election team. Governor Bush also condemned Hernando Commissioner Tom Hogan’s and his wife for the remark. Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite didn’t respond until after the election, then she rushed to […]
CAIR-Ohio: Faithful Voted on Values
CAIR-OHIO: FAITHFUL VOTED ON VALUES Adnan Mirza, executive director of the Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said that exit polls conducted by CAIR showed 90 percent of Muslims voting Democratic in the races for governor, the U.S. House and Senate, and Franklin County commissioner. “I think you can almost say it was […]
CAIR-IL: Record Number of Muslims Turn Out at Polls
CAIR-CHICAGO: RECORD NUMBER OF MUSLIMS TURN OUT AT POLLS On Tuesday, November 7, 2006, 200 volunteers poured into the Mosque Foundation’s basement where New Americans Democracy Project Fellow Haady Taslim (a project lead by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and co-hosted by CAIR-Chicago) waited anxiously to start the day. It was Election […]
CAIR-Ohio: Area Society Hosts Islamic Day
CAIR-OHIO: AREA SOCIETY HOSTS ISLAMIC DAY The Islamic Society of Akron and Kent is hosting the 19th annual statewide observance of Islamic Day. A luncheon will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the Islamic Community Center, 152 E. Steels Corners Road in Cuyahoga Falls. “Muslims have a long tradition of living and working in Ohio […]
CAIR-CA Hosts 4th Youth Leadership Workshop
CAIR-CA HOSTS 4TH YOUTH LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP (SANTA CLARA, CA, 11/10/06) – On November 11, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, San Francisco Bay Area (CAIR-SFBA), along with the Muslim Community Association (MCA) Youth Committee, will host the fourth of a quarterly series of Youth Leadership Workshops, to be held on Saturday, November 11, at the MCA […]
Video: Keith Ellison’s Acceptance Speech
VIDEO: KEITH ELLISON’S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=1425483&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1
FBI Thanks CAIR-FL for Helping Keep America Safe
FBI THANKS CAIR-FL FOR HELPING KEEP AMERICA SAFE – TOP FBI Tampa Division Special Agent in Charge (Director) Carl Whitehead speaking at the CAIR-Tampa 2006 Annual Banquet on 9/16/2006 at the Tampa Convention Center. During his talk, Mr. Whitehead thanked CAIR and Mr. Ahmed Bedier, Executive Director of CAIR-Tampa by acknowledging Bedier’s efforts for helping […]
CAIR-Ohio: Muslims Voted For Democrats
CAIR-OHIO: MUSLIM VOTERS VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS (COLUMBUS, OH 11/10/06)- An informal poll of Muslim voters, conducted by the Columbus office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) indicated that the overwhelming majority of Muslim voters in that state voted for Democrats in Tuesday’s mid-term elections. Seventy-five Muslim voters from Ohio responded to a post-election survey. […]
CAIR-CAN: Contact Prime Minister on Gaza Killings
CAIR-CAN: Contact Prime Minister on Gaza Killings ACTION ALERT: CONTACT PRIME MINISTER AND MPS ON GAZA KILLINGS (OTTAWA, CANADA NOV 9, 2006) The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) is calling on all Canadians to press Prime Minister Steven Harper, Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay, the Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations and […]
CAIR-FL: Congresswoman Supports Muslim-Bashing
CAIR-FL: BROWN-WAITE ON MUSLIM BASHING Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite on Thursday angrily refused calls by a Muslim advocacy group to condemn a prominent Hernando County Republican who called Islam a “hateful, frightening religion.” Brown-Waite condemned Gov. Jeb Bush and the head of the Republican Party of Florida who last week demanded an apology from Commissioner Tom […]