CAIR-FL: Various Faiths Observe Day of Prayer
People of many faiths came together in Davie, Plantation and Hollywood to observe the National Day of Prayer. “This is a great event where we celebrate the freedom we have in the United States to be able to pray,” Andy Fernandez, executive director of Firewall Ministries in Davie, told about 400 people at the Southwest […]
CAIR-LA: Health Care Not Only For Privileged
[Ayloush is executive director of CAIR, the Council on American Islamic Relations, Southern California.] Q: How should people of faith respond to the growth in the number of people without adequate health-care coverage? A: Spiraling medical costs and a growing uninsured population require that religious leaders join the health-care debate and offer a solution. Faced […]
CAIR Rep Discusses Privacy Concerns on NBC
CAMPBELL BROWN, co-host: On CLOSE UP this morning, that domestic surveillance program, the NSA’s tracking of phone calls made by ordinary citizens in this country. The issue is sparking a lot of debate, and in the center of it all is the man President Bush has tapped to become the new head of the CIA. […]
Former CAIR-CAN Chair Speaks to Canadian Security Agency
(OTTAWA, CANADA – 05/12/06) – The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) recently invited CAIR-CAN’s former Chair, Dr. Sheema Khan, to give a lecture to its personnel on the experience of Canadian Muslims after 9/11. “I appreciated the opportunity to speak directly to CSIS members about the concerns of Canadian Muslims and Arabs, while also discussing […]
CAIR Asks Muslims to Support Fund for Family of Slain VA Officer
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/14/06) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on members of the Washington-area Muslim community to contribute to a fund set up to support the family of Fairfax County Police Detective Vicky Armel, who was gunned down outside her police station last Monday. Armel was the mother of two young children. […]
Incitement: Threats on Internet Hate Site
Incitement: Threats on Internet Hate Site http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=20548#c0008 The next time someone in a truckstop or a Starbucks or a library or any public place says ANYTHING even resembling support for the Muslim ’cause’ WILL be sent to either the hospital or worse. . .just waiting to bash someones face in. no more games. http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=20548#c0017 Islam […]
UI School Prevails In Mock Trial Competition
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Noor-Ul-Iman School’s mock trial team had no objections to their first victory at the Middlesex County Bar Association’s mock trial competition. The team, composed of nearly one-third of the entire high school population of 48, was the winner of the Feb. 9 competition, defeating teams from five other schools. On Wednesday, they […]
CAIR-MI: Attempt at Increased Security Lacks Supervision
CANTON TOWNSHIP — Immigrants and advocates for civil liberties in Metro Detroit Thursday criticized unsupervised domestic spying by the government, but they also said that national security remains an important priority in the wake of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The immigrants and advocates were responding to reports that the Bush Administration has, with […]
CAIR-CA: Uproar over Phone Spying
Revelations that the government has collected phone-call records of millions of Americans touched off a political firestorm Thursday in Washington that spread quickly to Silicon Valley, where the news fueled outrage among business and community leaders – particularly those who make a lot of overseas calls. Triggering the furor was a USA Today report that […]
CAIR St. Louis Receives “What’s Right with the Region” Award.
(ST. LOUIS, MO, 5/12/06) – On Thursday May 11, the St. Louis chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-St. Louis) received a “What’s Right with the Region” Award from FOCUS, an organization that honors individuals and organizations who make the St. Louis area a better place to live. CAIR-St Louis was honored specifically for […]