CAIR Calls for Special Counsel on NSA Phone Data Spy Program
(WASHINGTON, DC, 5/12/06) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate revelations that the National Security Agency (NSA) has built a giant database of Americans’ phone records. According to a USA Today article, the NSA “has been secretly collecting the phone call […]
Guantanamo Detainees Sue U.S. for $10m
Four Britons who were held at Guantanamo Bay have won the right to go ahead with a lawsuit suing their captors for allegedly violating their religious rights. Shafiq Rasul, Asif Iqbal and Rhuhel Ahmed, the so-called Tipton Three, and Jamal Al-Harith, from Manchester, want $10 million dollars (£5.4 million) damages from US Defence Secretary Donald […]
CAN: Muslim Girls Allowed Private Swim Test
MONTREAL””The decision to close a high school pool to give three Muslim girls a private swimming class is stoking debate over the place of faith in Quebec’s public institutions. At issue is the practice known as “reasonable accommodation” for religious views, one that’s increasingly common in a city that’s home to most of Quebec’s immigrants. […]
CAIR-CA Hosts ‘Correcting Misperceptions about Islam’ Lecture
(SAN DIEGO, CA 5/10/06) – On Friday May 12, the San Diego chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Diego) will be hosting a lecture, titled “Correcting Misperceptions about Islam: Our Role,” at the Islamic Center of San Diego (ICSD). The event will feature speakers Hussam Ayloush, Executive Director of CAIR Southern California and […]
Incitement: Hitchens Calls Prophet ‘Epileptic Plagiarist’
Incitement: Hitchens Calls Prophet ‘Epileptic Plagiarist’ Incitement: Hitchens Calls Prophet ‘Epileptic Plagiarist’James Hohmann, Stanford Dailyhttp://daily.stanford.edu/tempo?page=content&id=20434&repository=0001_article The West needs to take the threat of fundamentalist, militant Islam more seriously, controversial British commentator Christopher Hitchens told a predominately older audience at the Geology Corner auditorium last night. In an hour-and-a-half program, the liberal-socialist contrarian with a wry […]
Why I’m Nervous about `United 93′
Sept. 11, 2001 was one of the darkest days of my adult life. The memories of the pain and fear I felt on that day are still vivid more than four years later. As an American Muslim, the attacks of Sept. 11 hurt me twice over: first, it hurt to see so many innocent fellow […]
Former Commander of Abu-Ghraib Addresses CAIR-Ohio Banquet
(CLEVELAND, OH, 5/4/06) – On April 30, the Cleveland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OHIO) held its Fourth Annual Banquet and Fundraiser, with the theme “Upholding the Truth and Defending the Constitution.” Janis Karpinski, former US Army commanding general of Abu Ghraib, was a keynote speaker. The event marked the first time Karpinski […]
CAIR-CA: Muslims Fight Terror
Bill Tammeus’ efforts to recognize Muslim voices against terrorism are commendable (“Muslim rebel demands change,” Opinion, May 3). However, such voices lose credibility when they falsely claim Muslims “aren’t standing up strongly and loudly enough to this polluted version of Islam.” Muslims in America and all over the world have vehemently denounced all terrorist acts […]
CAIR-FL Trains FBI Agents on Islam and Muslims
(ORLANDO, FL, 05/05/06) – The Florida office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-FL) today held a diversity training workshop on Islam and the American Muslim community at the University of Central Florida’s downtown Orlando Ying Academic Center. Approximately 15 law enforcement agents, including members from the FBI and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, […]
CAIR-NJ: Muslims Teens Killed By Drunk Driver
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/9/2006) – On Wednesday, May 10, the New Jersey office of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) and Mother’s Against Drunk Drivers (MADD) will hold a press conference to call on the Morris County prosecutors to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law a drunk driver who killed two Muslim teens. The two […]