CAIR-LA: Mosque Became Place of Refuge After 9/11
POMONA – It was a terrible shock, and a time for faith. The terrorist attacks on New York and Washington horrified the nation, and in the days and weeks after Sept. 11, 2001, many turned to religion for comfort. More than 35 million people attended a religious service in the days following Sept. 11, according […]
CAIR-OH: Patriot Act Eroded Privacy
It’s there, protecting you, helping law enforcement investigate drug dealers, murderers and terrorists. It doesn’t inconvenience you – unless you’re evil. Or, it’s there, lurking in the background. You don’t know when the government is snooping through your bank accounts and your library records. You will likely never know. So go the arguments for and […]
CA: Muslims Say Interest in Islam Has Grown Since 9/11
CA: Muslims Say Interest in Islam Has Grown Since 9/11
Video: Islamophobia in a Post-9/11 World
Video: Islamophobia in a Post-9/11 World
MA: Muslims say Worries of 9/11 Fade; Bad Signs Seen
MA: Muslims say Worries of 9/11 Fade; Bad Signs Seen
PA: Five Years after 9/11, Muslims Adapt, Adjust
CAIR-OH Hosts Focus Group on Mental Health
(CLEVELAND, OH, 9/9/06) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations recently hosted a focus group in partnership with the Ohio Department of Mental Health and the Multiethnic Advocates for Cultural Competence (MACC) on the mental health needs of the Muslim community in Ohio. The statewide project is designed to seek input from diverse communities to help […]
New York Muslims Beset by Suspicion
The Muslim owner of the Dar-us-Salaam store on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn was polite, but he didn’t want to talk. At the Firdous cosmetics shop next door, a bearded young Moroccan was equally wary, when asked how things had changed for the city’s Muslims since the September 11 terror attacks. “We get so many people […]
Muslims in Utah See Little 9/11 Backlash
At first, James Michael Herrick didn’t believe the 7-Eleven cashier who told him a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. He thought she was joking. But then after purchasing a cup of coffee and a hot dog on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Herrick returned home and turned on the the television. […]
NJ: Morris Muslims: We’re Treated Well
The hostility, loathing and mistrust that Muslims in New Jersey and the United States say they have experienced since members of al-Qaida hijacked planes five years ago have not been as apparent in Morris County, local Muslims say. After a recent Friday prayer, as men piled quickly out of the Islamic Academy in Boonton to […]