CAIR-MI Asks GOP Group to Cancel ‘Racist’ Event
CAIR-MI: MUSLIMS ASK GOP GROUP TO CANCEL ‘RACIST’ U OF MICH. EVENT (LATHRUP VILLAGE, MI, 9/13/2006) – The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) today called on the College Republicans National Committee to cancel plans for a “Catch an Illegal Immigrant Day” event at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor. In […]
CAIR Launches ‘Sharing Ramadan’ Outreach Initiative
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CAIR LAUNCHES ‘SHARING RAMADAN’ OUTREACH INITIATIVEFast-breaking events designed to enhance understanding of Islam (WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/13/2006) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today launched its annual “Sharing Ramadan” outreach effort designed to enhance understanding of Islam and to help Americans of all […]
U.S. Mosques Urged to Host ‘Sharing Ramadan’ Iftars
U.S. Mosques Urged to Host ‘Sharing Ramadan’ Iftars In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CAIR LAUNCHES ‘SHARING RAMADAN’ OUTREACH INITIATIVEFast-breaking events designed to enhance understanding of Islam (WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/13/2006) – CAIR today launched its annual “Sharing Ramadan” outreach effort designed to enhance understanding of Islam and to help […]
MO: ‘Obsession: Radical Judaism’s War with Islam’
On August 30th the ‘documentary’ Obsession: Radical Islam’s War With the West was shown in Saint Louis. Prior to the showing of the film we had approached our local Interfaith Partnership group and asked if they would stand with us to express their objection to this film, and were told that 1) this was not […]
MI: DeVos Cancels Mtg with Arab-Americans
Republican gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos pulled out of a scheduled meeting this week with an Arab-American political group after pressure from some members of the Jewish community, who criticized comments made by the group’s leaders about the Middle East. Spokesman John Truscott said Monday that DeVos had a scheduling conflict, adding that DeVos was concerned […]
CA: Plans to Honor Muslim Leader Bring Out Animosity
In a public hearing spiced with accusations of Jew-hating and Muslim-bashing, nearly four dozen religious, ethnic and civil rights activists spoke out Monday on whether a prominent Los Angeles Muslim should be disqualified from receiving a prestigious humanitarian award because he has expressed some views critical of Israel. Maher Hathout, chairman of the Islamic Center […]
IN: Slaying of Muslim Still Under Investigation
Seasoned area detectives are lending their expertise in the effort to solve the weekend slaying of a well-known Merrillville restaurant owner. This marks the first case for the newly formed Northwest Indiana Major Crimes Task, said Hobart police Detective Jeff White, one of dozens of members representing 17 participating departments. Naseeb Abdul Jabar Mohammed, owner […]
Quote: ‘We Covered Entire Towns in Cluster Bombs’
“What we did was insane and monstrous, we covered entire towns in cluster bombs,’ the head of an IDF rocket unit in Lebanon said.”
CAIR-TX: Muslims Share Sept. 11 Thoughts
Nohayia Javed, a senior from Tulsa, Okla., visited one of the Afghani refugee camps on the Pakistan side of the Pakistani/Afghani border in 2002. While she was there she noticed a young boy sitting on the floor drawing circles in the dirt with a stick. She asked him if he needed any food or water. […]
CAIR-CA: Local Muslims Wary But Resolute
Local Muslims remember how after the horror of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks sunk in, a second wave of dread about Muslims being blamed for what happened washed over them. Five years on, they are still looking over their shoulders – fearful of the government, wary about opposing policies they disagree with – but […]