IL: Man Who Threatened CAIR Sentenced
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/21/06) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today said that an Illinois man who had threatened the Washington-based Islamic civil rights and advocacy group has been sentenced to three years probation. In 2005, Max Oakley, a resident of Toledo, Ill., sent e-mails to CAIR threatening to blow up its Capitol Hill headquarters […]
CAIR-Chicago: Families Fear for Loved Ones in Mideast
(CBS) CHICAGO There is no end in sight to the escalating violence in the Middle East, and evacuees can’t get out fast enough. The first planes carrying American evacuees are arriving on U.S. soil. One group of Lebanese-Americans was forced to leave Beirut after fighting broke out with Israel more than a week ago. They […]
CAIR-MI: Criticism of U.S. Efforts Persists
“The Arab Americans and American Muslims who have returned have consistently expressed the sentiment that they feel like second-class citizens,” Dawud Walid, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Lathrup Village, said Thursday. “They are all taxpayers and expected more from their government.”
CAIR: US Muslims Ask for Mideast Casualties Accounts
The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations is using an online questionnaire to collect eyewitness accounts of American citizens or permanent residents injured or killed in the fighting in Lebanon, it was reported on Friday morning. CAIR’s survey asks if the respondent was injured, then asks him or her to list the names of American citizens […]
CAIR-MI: Interfaith Leaders Pray for Peace
(LATRHUP VILLAGE, MI, 7/21/06) The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) joined local Muslim, Jewish and Christian faith communities today to pray for peace in the Middle East. The interfaith prayers at the Muslim Center in Detroit were organized by the Council of Islamic Organization of Michigan (CIOM). In attendance were […]
CAIR-AZ: Children’s Candlelight Vigil for Mideast Peace
(PHOENIX, AZ, 7/21/06) – On Saturday, July 22, CAIR-AZ, in cooperation with other Muslim and Arab-American organizations, will hold a candlelight vigil by children seeking peace and justice for young people in the Middle East. The vigil will be held beginning 7 p.m. at the Islamic Community Center in Tempe. CONTACT: Bushra Khan, 602-262-2247, 202-276-9227, […]
TN: Mosque Quran Incident Suspect Identified
A Chattanooga man under investigation for allegedly shooting a Quran and leaving it outside a local mosque was arrested in 1998 for throwing homemade bombs at a church, records show. A source close to the investigation identified Jason Thomas Mullican as the man using the name mully88 on a MySpace .com Internet site. On the […]
CAIR-OH: Area Muslims Call For Cease-Fire
BLUE ASH – Zeinab Schwen of Symmes Township is worried about her brother’s safety in Gaza. On Wednesday she joined a news conference calling for a cease-fire called by the Cincinnati office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Blue Ash. Nationally, CAIR, an advocacy group of American Muslims, has called for a cease-fire, and […]
CAIR-OH: Muslims Urge Bush to Declare Cease-Fire
A group of local Muslims are asking President Bush to call an immediate cease-fire to end the violence in the Middle East. The local office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations held a news conference Wednesday afternoon. “There is a tragedy, an absolute human tragedy, going on in Gaza that we completely forgot about,” said […]
CAIR-CT: Worry for Relatives Caught in Fighting
Hassan, along with New London resident Holly Khader, who is also Lebanese, and Groton resident Sanat Mansour, a Palestinian, have joined forces with the local chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations to spread the stories of their families in the Middle East. The New London chapter is the only one in New England. Chapters […]