DNC Chairman Howard Dean Commemorates Laylatul Meraaj
DNC CHAIRMAN HOWARD DEAN COMMEMORATES LAYLATUL MERAAJ Washington, DC – Today Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement in honor of Laylatul Meraaj, Muhammad’s ascent to Heaven: “Yesterday Muslims in America and around the world celebrated a very special day in the Islamic calendar, the ascent of Mohammad to heaven. Traditionally, Muslims […]
12 Arrested on U.S. Plane to Be Released
12 ARRESTED ON U.S. PLANE TO BE RELEASED Prosecutors said Thursday they found no evidence of a terrorist threat aboard a Northwest Airlines flight to India that returned to Amsterdam, and they are releasing all 12 passengers arrested after the emergency landing. The men, all Indian nationals, had aroused suspicions on Flight NW0042 to Bombay […]
CAIR-NY: Alarm Over US Racial Profiling
CAIR-NY: ALARM OVER US RACIAL PROFILING A leading US Muslim group said today it was disturbed by reports that US authorities were racially profiling passengers at New York’s Kennedy airport. The Council on American-Islamic Relations said it had received three separate reports from Iraqi-born Americans alleging they were detained for up to six hours at […]
CAIR-NY: U.S. Family Says Racially Profiled
CAIR-NY: U.S. FAMILY SAYS RACIALLY PROFILED AT NY AIRPORT The American Civil Liberties Union and a leading Islamic group on Wednesday accused security officials at New York’s JFK airport of racially profiling Muslims. “The price to pay for racial profiling is too high,” Dennis Parker of the American Civil Liberties Union told a news conference. […]
CAIR-NY: Racial Profiling Led to Detention
CAIR-NY: MUSLIM-AMERICANS SAY RACIAL PROFILING LED TO DETENTION AT JFK AIRPORT A group of Muslim-Americans say they were detained for hours at Kennedy Airport when they came back to the U.S. last week after trips abroad, and they say it was only because of their looks, their backgrounds, or their faith. In the following report, […]
CAIR-NY: JFK Illegally Targeting Muslims
CAIR-NY: JFK ILLEGALLY TARGETING MUSLIMS, GROUPS SAY Muslim, Arab and South Asian passengers are being profiled by Homeland Security officers at Kennedy Airport, civil liberties groups said Wednesday, citing a New Jersey family that was detained and interrogated after a flight from Dubai last week. The family, a mother and her 20-year-old twin daughters from […]
CAIR-Chicago: Muslim Men Saw Pay Drop After 9/11
CAIR-CHICAGO: MUSLIM, ARAB MEN IN U.S. SAW PAY DROP 10% AFTER 9/11, STUDY FINDS Suspicious stares. Physical assaults. Thinner wallets? Post-9/11 anti-Islamic and anti-Middle Eastern sentiment hasn’t just taken an emotional toll on Muslim and Arab men living in the United States. It has also put a dent in their checkbooks, a study indicates. Arab […]
CAIR-LA: Building a Basis for Understanding
CAIR-LA: BUILDING A BASIS FOR UNDERSTANDING Are “Muslim fanatics” at the root of Middle East unrest? Is Israel racist in its policy toward refugees who want to return there? Are there areas of common ground that could lead to better understanding between Jews and Muslims in Orange County? Events in the Middle East resonate here […]
CAIR-Chicago: Charities Struggling for Mideast Causes
CAIR-CHICAGO: CHARITY ARE STRUGGLING FOR MIDEAST CAUSES While several groups have launched fundraising campaigns for Israel, an atmosphere fueled by fear has hindered their Islamic and Arabic counterparts. “A lot of people are afraid of donating to Middle East causes because they’re afraid they’ll be accused of supporting something other than humanitarian causes,” said Duston […]
CAIR-FL: Interfaith Prayer Vigil Urges Peace
CAIR-FL: INTERFAITH PRAYER VIGIL URGES PEACE IN MIDEAST PRAYER FOR PEACE An self-proclaimed atheist, 53-year-old Debbie Rozanski, didn’t think she’d attend a church but found herself sitting in a pew last week. Rozanski was among the four dozen people who congregated at the Miami Lakes Congregational Church where Muslims, Jews, Christians and even the secular […]