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CAIR-MI: Detroit Area Muslims Fear Fallout

“We feel the weight — we know we are under suspicion,” says Imad Hamad, regional director of the American-Arab Anti- Discrimination Committee. See full image At the same moment Imad Hamad, regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, was in a telephone conference helping federal officials Thursday, amid new concerns about terrorism, a local Muslim […]

DC: CAIR Takes Part in FBI News Conference On UK Terror Plot

DC: CAIR TAKES PART IN FBI NEWS CONFERENCE ON UK TERROR PLOT (WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/11/06) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today took part in an FBI press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., dealing with the alleged plot to bomb airliners flying between the United Kingdom and America. Other groups […]

WA Judge Admonished for Removing Muslim Woman from Court

The Washington State Commission on Judicial Conduct has admonished two local judges, one for leading a football cheer before sentencing a man for manslaughter and one for forcing a Muslim woman out of the courtroom when she wouldn’t take off her head scarf. Superior Court judge Beverly Grant, who led the cheer, and Tacoma Municipal […]

CAIR-MI Welcomes Arrest of Kidnapping Suspects

U.S. Marines who cracked the Jill Carroll kidnapping case say the American journalist who grew up in Ann Arbor was held for a time in a home within sight of a sprawling U.S. military base in western Iraq. The Marines said the big break occurred May 19, when they searched a suspect’s home near the […]

CAIR-LA Rep to Speak at Anti-War Rally

ANSWER TO FEATURE PAPARIAN Former Pasadena Mayor and Green Party congressional candidate Bill Paparian, who is running a campaign in opposition to the Bush administration and the war in Iraq, is one of several speakers to be featured Saturday at an anti-war march in downtown Los Angeles. Demonstrators are expected to gather at 1 p.m. […]

CAIR-FL: Muslims Denounce Plot, Wary of Backlash

CAIR-FL: REGIONAL MUSLIM LEADERS DENOUNCE PLOT, WARY OF BACKLASH Even as they denounced the terror plot in London, South Florida Muslim leaders braced for a possible backlash because of suspicions that Muslim terrorists were behind it. “In the past, when there have been incidents in the world that have Muslim involvement, there are repercussions here […]

CAIR Statement on Alleged Airline Terror Plot

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CAIR STATEMENT ON ALLEGED AIRLINE TERROR PLOT (WASHINGTON D.C., 8/10/06) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today issued the following statement at a news conference in Washington, D.C., in response to the arrests of 21 individuals for allegedly plotting to use liquid […]

U.S. Muslims To React To Alleged Airline Terror Plot

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful -MEDIA ADVISORY – U.S. MUSLIMS TO REACT TO ALLEGED AIRLINE TERROR PLOT (WASHINGTON, DC, 8/10/06) – On Thursday, August 10, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will hold a noon news conference in Washington, D.C., to offer the Muslim community’s reaction to an alleged plot to […]

NY: Pakistani-Born Pilot Sues for Discrimination

A Pakistani-born pilot now living in North Carolina is suing JetBlue Airways Corp. for discrimination, claiming the airline rescinded a job offer and told him it was because of his background. Faisal Baig, a U.S. citizen who was raised in Yonkers, claims in the suit that an airline manager told him in March that he […]