CAIR-CAN: Four Men Haunted by Torture
CAIR-CANADA: FOUR MEN HAUNTED BY TORTURE Ottawa’s Abdullah Almalki often shrinks from the distress of his children, terrified by the memories their crying unmoors. Mr. Almalki, 35, a Carleton University graduate and a father of six, endured 22 months in Syrian jails where, he says, he was repeatedly tortured and interrogated, based on information that […]
CAIR-FL: Issue of Religious Holidays Before School Dist.
CAIR-FL: ISSUE OF RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS BACK BEFORE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT An issue which put the Hillsborough County School District in the national spotlight, is once again back. This week the district sent out 4,000 surveys, asking parents what religious holidays they’d like students to have off next school year. Traditionally, classes have been off […]
CAIR-CA: Toys Teach Religious Tolerance
CAIR-CA: TOYS TEACH RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE Kathy Harper wanted to create a store that was welcoming to people of all faiths. Harper’s store, Star Tulip Stuffies, is best known for selling stuffed animals, but Harper has made it a store that has gifts for Christians, Jews and Muslims. Harper began selling Muslim-themed books, games and dolls […]
CAIR-NY, AMAL Event: ‘Racial Profiling Post 9-11’
AMAL PRESENTS ‘RACIAL PROFILING POST 9-11: THE EVOLUTION OF SANCTIONED PREJUDICE’ ON SEPT. 21 CAIR-NY invites all its members to an evening of engaging dialogue on a contemporary and controversial topic. WHAT: AMAL (Association for Muslim American Lawyers) Presents Racial Profiling Post 9-11: The Evolution Of Sanctioned PrejudiceWHEN: September 21, 2006 6 p.m.WHERE: New York […]
CAIR-CA: Bay Area Mosques Share Ramadan
CAIR-CA: BAY AREA MOSQUES SHARE RAMADAN – TOP Mosques Open Doors Weekend!Saturday, October 7 and Sunday, October 8 The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and Bay Area Mosques invite you to celebrate Ramadan. Seven Bay Area Mosques are opening their doors on the weekend of October 7th and 8th to break fast with friends, neighbors, […]
CAIR-CA, IEC Seek Mtg to Discuss Mayor’s Islamophobic Remarks
CALIFORNIA MUSLIMS SEEK MEETING TO DISCUSS MAYOR’S ISLAMOPHOBIC REMARKS (SACRAMENTO, CA, 9/11/2006) – The Islamic Educational Center (IEC) of Orange County in Southern California and the Sacramento Valley chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SV) today expressed concern about recent anti-Muslim remarks made by Redding, Calif., Mayor Ken Murray, who he referred to Shia […]
CAIR: Man Sentenced for Shooting Cars at Mosque
CAIR: HATFIELD MAN SENTENCED FOR SHOOTING CARS AT MOSQUE A Hatfield Township man who said his son is serving in Iraq has pleaded guilty but mentally ill to firing 52 shots at two cars in the parking lot of a Lansdale mosque last year. Robert Blackburn, 54, of 199 W. Vine St., was sentenced Monday […]
CAIR: Urge Congress to Oppose Warrantless Surveillance
URGE CONGRESS TO OPPOSE WARRANTLESS DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE (WASHINGTON, DC, 9/13/2006) – CAIR today called on American Muslims and other people of conscience to urge their elected officials to resist the fast-track legalization of warrantless domestic surveillance programs. Last week President Bush put wiretapping bills on a fast track when he asked Congress to give him […]
CAIR: MN Muslim Candidate Wins Congressional Primary
MN: DEMOCRAT SEEKS TO BE FIRST MUSLIM CONGRESSMAN MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – A Minnesota state legislator who advocates a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq was favored to become the first Muslim in Congress, a day after he won his Democratic primary race. State Rep. Keith Ellison, a lawyer who made little mention of his Muslim faith during […]
CAIR-Chicago Condemns Candidate’s Remarks on Profiling
CAIR-CHICAGO: IL MUSLIMS CONDEMN CANDIDATE’S REMARKS ON PROFILING (CHICAGO, IL 9/13/2006) – The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) today condemned comments made by Andrea Zinga, a congressional candidate for the 17th district of Illinois. “Profiling doesn’t bother me,” Zinga told the Associated Press, “if we are profiling. . .the people. . […]