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MI: For Arab Men, U.S. Citizenship Can Be Elusive

Ali Ali says he loves America — for its freedom, its values and opportunities. But the Iraqi immigrant says he has been unable to become a U.S. citizen, despite passing all the citizenship tests and requirements and waiting for almost a year. His problem is shared by other Arab and Muslim men in metro Detroit […]

CAIR-Chicago Rep Discusses Hijab Removal Case on MSNBC

Tonight’s “Under the Radar” segment comes to us from Arlington Heights, Illinois. That’s where a 24-year-old Muslim woman, Rehana Khan, says police violated her religious principles by removing her head scarf after arresting her for battery, to which she later pled guilty. Officials deny wrongdoing, saying cops followed standard procedures. My next guest says the […]

CAIR: FBI Asked to Probe Attack on Georgia Muslim Family

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/26/2006) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today asked the FBI to probe an attack on a Georgia Muslim family as a possible hate crime. On April 8, vandals torched the Douglasville, Ga., family’s van and spray-painted “Killers Go Home!” on a wall of their home. The family told […]

CAIR ‘Explore the Quran’ Requests Top 30K

To date, more than 30,000 Americans of all faiths have requested free copies of the Quran, Islam’s revealed text, through CAIR’s “Explore the Quran” campaign, and more requests are coming in daily. The group’s educational campaign was initiated as a positive response to the controversy over allegations that American military personnel desecrated the Quran at […]

MI Workout Chain to Accommodate Muslim Privacy Concerns

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MICHIGAN WORKOUT CHAIN TO ACCOMMODATE MUSLIM PRIVACY CONCERNSCAIR-MI welcomes company’s ‘accommodation for customers of all faiths’ (LATHRUP VILLAGE, MI, 4/26/06) – The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) today welcomed a decision by the West Bloomfield-based Fitness USA workout chain […]

Poll: Americans Would Vote for Muslim President

(Angus Reid Global Scan) – Many adults in the United States would not see faith as a deterrent for a politician seeking the nation’s highest office, according to poll by Ipsos-Reid released by CanWest Global. 64 per cent of respondents say they would be willing to vote for a presidential candidate who was an Evangelical, […]

U.S. Professor Under Fire After Comments

DETROIT (Reuters) – A Michigan State University professor who referred to Muslims as “brutal and uncivilized” and urged Islamic students to return to their “ancestral homelands” came under fire from a civil rights group on Monday.The Council on American-Islamic Relations called engineering professor Indrek Wichman’s remarks “Islamaphobic” and issued a statement quoting the e-mail that […]

MSU Prof Says E-Mail Biased

EAST LANSING — A professor at Michigan State University admitted Monday that he sent an e-mail with statements reflecting prejudice against Muslims. He said he thought his missive would remain private. Indrek Wichman, a professor of mechanical engineering, said he intended the letter as a critique of Muslim students’ protests at the university about the […]

CAIR-MI: Mosque Plan Spurs Outreach Effort

WARREN — Steve Elturk says he was shocked at the reaction he received over his request to establish the first mosque in Warren. The controversial project approved by the Warren Planning Commission ignited concerns from residents and commission members over traffic, ties to terrorists and religious sacrifices. The mosque would be at Ryan Road south […]