CAIR: Muslims Feel Sting of Distrust
CAIR: MUSLIMS FEEL STING OF DISTRUST Siham Awada Jaafer is American, through and through. Born and raised in Metro Detroit, she and her husband are proud citizens, living red, white and blue lives of aspiration and duty. On Sept. 11, 2001, Jaafer was angry at the terrorists who attacked her country. Her resentment has only […]
CAIR-LA: US Muslims Face Prejudice, Growing Acceptance
CAIR-LA: US MUSLIMS SAY THEY FACE PREJUDICE, GROWING ACCEPTANCE American Muslims say they have faced increased suspicion since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. But some say the dialogues that began after those events opened new lines of communication. Mike O’Sullivan has more from Los Angeles, where local Muslim leaders spoke with reporters. Every […]
CAIR-CAN: For Muslims, Guilt by Association
CAIR-CAN: FIVES YEARS AFTER 9/11: FIRST IN A SERIESFor Muslims, guilt by association When Ahmed Farooq crosses the Canada-U.S. border, he isn’t surprised when he is singled out for questioning. He is, after all, a young, single, Muslim man born in Saudi Arabia who fits the racial profile of would-be terrorists. But the fourth-year medical […]
CAIR-TX: Cleared Cell Phone Case Suspect Cites Prejudice
CAIR-TX: CLEARED MAN CITES PREJUDICE Frustration tempered celebration Thursday afternoon as Louai Othman and Muslim community leaders gathered to discuss the three-week ordeal that began with terrorism charges against three Mesquite men and ended Tuesday with all charges being dropped. Mr. Othman, 23, spoke at the Farmers Branch offices of the Council on American Islamic […]
CAIR: Yusuf Islam Plans Comeback Album
CAIR: YUSUF ISLAM, ONCE CAT STEVENS, PLANS COMEBACK ALBUM Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) — Yusuf Islam, the singer who was known as Cat Stevens before he underwent a spiritual conversion, will release his first pop-music album in 28 years in November. The recording, ”An Other Cup,” will be distributed by Atlantic Records in North America in […]
CAIR-St. Louis: ADL Protested at Interfaith Dinner
CAIR-ST. LOUIS: INTERFAITH PARTNERSHIP CELEBRATES 20TH ANNIVERSARY, AMID PROTESTS More than 400 people gathered Thursday evening at the Frontenac Hilton Hotel to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Interfaith Partnership of Metropolitan St. Louis. Outside the hotel, about a dozen people gathered along Lindbergh Boulevard to protest the group’s choice of speaker, Abraham Foxman, national […]
CAIR-LA, Police Plead for Peace on 9/11 Anniversary
CAIR-LA: POLICE AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS PLEAD FOR PEACE, TOLERANCE AS 9/11 ANNIVERSARY NEARS Southern California law enforcement officials joined religious leaders Thursday in urging peace and calm in advance of the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. “This weekend, it’s important that we as people of faith say once again that responding to […]
CAIR-FL: Anti-Muslim Incidents on Rise in FL
CAIR-FL: ANTI-MUSLIM INCIDENTS ON RISE IN STATE, WATCHDOG GROUP SAYS Zaid Ismail had been selling cars at a local auto dealership for about eight months when the harassment started. His new manager called Ismail, a Palestinian, ”little terrorist.” When he was in the restroom, someone knocked on the stall door saying, ”Hey, are you making […]
CAIR-FL: Muslims Suffer Increase in Hate Crimes
CAIR-FL: MUSLIMS IN SOUTH FLORIDA SUFFER INCREASE IN VANDALISM, HATE CRIMES Incidents of anti-Muslim discrimination are on the rise in South Florida, from slurs painted on mosque walls to a woman told she would have to remove her head covering if she wanted to keep her job, a report by the Council on American-Islamic Relations […]
CAIR: In U.S. Visit, Iran’s Khatami Urges Dialogue
CAIR: IN U.S. VISIT, IRAN’S KHATAMI URGES DIALOGUE WASHINGTON – Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, undertaking an American tour rare for ex-officials of the government in Tehran, called Thursday for a “dialogue of civilizations” among Jews, Christians and Muslims, even as he scolded the Bush administration for its treatment of detainees and other alleged human […]