CAIR-Chicago Meets with Delegation of Danish Youth
(CHICAGO, IL, 6/30/06) – A delegation of eight young leaders from Denmark recently visited CAIR-Chicago’s downtown office. The delegation came to Chicago through the State Department’s International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP). That program, administered by the Meridian International Center, seeks to introduce participants to American community organizations that effectively address local social and educational issues. […]
Cultural Ignorance Leads to Misuse of Islamic Terms
BAGHDAD – The pen is mightier than the sword, and sometimes in the war of words we unwittingly give the advantage to the enemy. In dealing with Islamic extremists, the West may be giving them the advantage due to cultural ignorance, maintain Dr. Douglas E. Streusand and Army Lt. Col. Harry D. Tunnell IV. The […]
New Book: Questions Doctors’ Roles in Torture
Morning Edition, June 28, 2006 · In the spring of 2004, when Americans were horrified by the pictures of abuse at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison, medical ethics expert Steven Miles had just one question: Where were the doctors? Miles, a doctor and medical ethics expert who has treated victims of torture throughout the world, had […]
LA: Two Held in Arson at Muslim Home
Two Jefferson Parish teen-agers were booked with simple arson in an incident where two bottles were set on fire outside a Kenner home in April, authorities said. Originally thought, at least by the victim, to be a hate crime because the resident of the house is Muslim and had reported several earlier incidents of vandalism, […]
CAIR-San Antonio: Blame Game Won’t Save Lives in Iraq
[Sarwat Husain is president of the Council on American Islamic Relations-San Antonio.] The recent deaths of the two young American soldiers in Iraq are another extremely painful reminder of the unnecessary war we are fighting in Iraq and its tragic consequences. On behalf of the American Muslim community, I extend our sincerest condolences to the […]
CAIR-CAN Seeks Freedom for Rights Activist Held in China
(OTTAWA, CANADA 29/06/06) CAIR-CAN is calling on the Canadian government to increase its efforts to secure the release of Huseyin Celil, a Canadian Muslim who faces execution after being imprisoned in China this week. “The Canadian government must use every avenue of recourse to secure the release of this Canadian citizen,” said Karl […]
CAIR-OH: Muslims Meet with Political Candidates
(CLEVELAND, OH, 6/29/06) The Cleveland office of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland) recently organized a meeting with Rep. Sherrod Brown. Members of the Ohio Muslim and Arab American communities gathered at a special breakfast event to discuss civil rights issues in the post-9/11 era. The candidate also discussed the political ramifications of his votes […]
CAIR: U.S. Muslims Condemn Kidnapping of Palestinian Officials
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/29/06) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on the United States and the international community to repudiate Israel’s kidnapping of dozens of democratically-elected Palestinian officials and cabinet ministers, including the deputy prime minister. CAIR called Israel’s hostage-taking a form of “state terror.” In a joint statement, U.S. Secretary of State […]
CAIR Calls Ruling Against Gitmo Trials ‘Victory for Rule of Law’
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CAIR Calls Ruling Against Gitmo Trials ‘Victory for Rule of Law’ (WASHINGTON, DC, 6/29/06) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today welcomed a Supreme Court ruling that President Bush exceeded his authority in ordering military tribunals for Guantanamo Bay […]
Book: ‘The Extraordinary Lives of Muslim Women in America’
“The Face Behind the Veil: The Extraordinary Lives of Muslim Women in America” by Donna Gehrke-white Are they veils or chains? It is a question that Muslim women who wear traditional Islamic head coverings often face in the United States. They know that many Americans do not understand such veiling or consider it repressive – […]