CAIR-AZ: Annual Fundraising Dinner A Success
(PHOENIX, AZ, 9/11/06) – More than $100,000 was raised at the annual banquet of CAIR’s Arizona office (CAIR-AZ) held on Saturday, September 9. More than 350 people attended the dinner. CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad offered the keynote address at the event. Other guest speakers included Congressional Candidate Jim Pederson and FBI Special Agent […]
CAIR-TX: A Muslim Newspaper Begun After 9/11 Thrives
Six months after September 11, Sarwat Husain realized she could not be the sole spokesperson for her Muslim community in San Antonio, Texas. So she began a newspaper. Almost five years later, she freely distributes the paper throughout Texas-with paid subscribers in 25 cities across the country. The newspaper, called AL-ITTIHAAD, which means unity, is […]
CAIR-TX: Workshop on Political Empowerment
(SAN ANTONIO, 9/11/06) On Friday, September 8, the San Antonio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations held a workshop on the Political Empowerment of the American Muslims at the Muslim Children Education and Civic Center in San Antonio. Dr. Inayat Lalani, a General surgeon from Fortworth Texas, was the presenter. Dr. Lalani, who is […]
CAIR: IN Muslims Say 9/11 Distorts Faith
It’s when she flies that Erum Sayed-Khan feels different. Specifically, when they check her bags. “They claim it’s random, but it happens every single time,” she said. “I don’t get mad; I understand this is what the world has come to. “I also want to fly on a safe airplane. I also want my children […]
CAIR-MI: Has ‘Everything Changed’ Since 9/11?
Dawud Walid, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Michigan (from a talk at the conference of the National Association of Black Journalists): Sept. 11 only heightened the misconceptions about Islam. Islam-phobia has risen in the post-Sept. 11 era among certain populations in the United States. If there was a different administration [with] a different […]
CAIR-CA: U.S. Muslims’ Efforts Help, Strife Abroad Doesn’t
In the days after the Sept. 11 attacks, Mustafa Kuko advised Inland Muslims to reach out to their neighbors and let them know they are Americans, too. Muslims in the Inland area and in Southern California have held open houses at their mosques, invited visitors to community dinners during the holy month of Ramadan, cooperated […]
CAIR: Between Faith and Country: Muslims in America
The Sept. 11 attacks started an intense debate among American Muslims. Five years later, it isn’t over. In Chicago, that most American of cities, tens of thousands of Muslim-Americans gathered for a conference in early September. They simultaneously debated questions about Western-style dating, the application of Islamic law, Muslim-Americans’ role in the war on terror, […]
CAIR: Muslims Say Message of Peace Drowned Out
Mainstream American Islamic leaders have broadcast the same message since hours after the terrorist attacks five years ago. “American Muslims utterly condemn the vicious and cowardly acts of terrorism against innocent civilians,” said a statement the Council on American-Islamic Relations issued Sept. 11, 2001. Condemnation of subsequent attacks and plots by Muslim extremists followed. Islamic […]
CAIR-OPED: Security Alone Not Enough
Sept. 11, 2001, was undoubtedly a great tragedy. Instead of focusing on the somber lessons learned from the ill-fated day, President Bush opened the new political season by resorting to the politics of fear. His use of ill-defined rhetoric such as “violent Islamic radicalism” sounded much like his earlier faux pas “crusades” and “Islamic fascism.” […]
CAIR: MN Muslim Candidate Plays Defense
Keith Ellison is a Democrat running for an open House seat in a heavily Democratic district. But what once looked like a cakewalk has turned into a bruising campaign in which many facts are disputed but a central one is not: If he wins, he will be the first Muslim elected to Congress. Before he […]