IL: Study to Probe Muslim Integration
Sociologist Louise Cainkar, an authority on immigrant Arabs and Muslims in the U.S., is leading a new study here aimed at speeding the civic integration of Muslims in their suburban communities. Cainkar, a senior research fellow at the University of Illinois at Chicago Great Cities Institute, is chief investigator for the institute’s study, which is […]
KS: Muslim Students Battle Prejudice
It was just two days ago that Kansas University student Bazigha Tufail was taunted for being Muslim. Tufail, 20, stopped at a food court on campus for a bite when she casually made eye contact with a young man. Tufail wore a headscarf as she does wherever she goes. As the man walked by, he […]
Terror List Snags Americans with `Wrong’ Name
While Congress continues to debate the National Security Agency’s program of warrantless wiretapping, another form of government scrutiny has largely escaped public notice. A growing number of private companies are now screening potential customers against a government watch-list of suspected terrorists. Financial institutions, credit bureaus, charities, landlords and even employers are checking names against the […]
CAIR-OH: Bridging the Cultural Gap One Viewer at a Time
Orchard Park ”” Tucked in the back of a complex of small warehouses, Bridges TV doesn’t look like much. A small sign tacked to the front door is the only sign of life visible from outside Studio V. A couple tiny offices branch off the main hallway inside, which leads the visitor to a cavernous […]
Council OKs Cop Plan
Faced with another overflow crowd Tuesday of people advocating for a police oversight commission, the Davis City Council fast-tracked the creation of a city ombudsman position. And, straying from form, council members took turns clarifying their positions on the matter and promising something will be done. “All that we did last night is we sped […]
NV: CAIR-LA Rep to Join ‘Beyond the Danish Cartoons’ Panel
Following worldwide protests over the publication of Danish cartoons depicting the Islamic prophet Muhammad, journalists are being forced to reevaluate the ethics of publishing material that could be considered offensive. The Reynolds School of Journalism, in partnership with the Reynolds National Center for Courts and Media, will contribute to that discussion with its “Beyond the […]
CAIR-San Diego Meets with State Dept Official on Iran
(SAN DIEGO, CA, 4/20/06) – CAIR-San Diego, along with Islamic Center of San Diego, recently hosted a meeting of local Muslim leaders with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Gordon Gray to discuss U.S. policy toward Iran. CAIR-San Diego also presented a Quran, Islam’s revealed text, as a gift to Gray.
CAIR-San Antonio: ‘What is Wrong with Islam?
Fidelma O’Leary, an Irish-born Muslim, said she never regretted abandoning her Catholic religion for Islam. “I wasn’t born in Islam. I chose Islam,” O’Leary said. The neuroscientist professor at St. Edward’s University gave a testimonial last Friday about her life as a convert to Islam. O’Leary received disapproval from her Catholic family back in Ireland […]
CAIR-Chicago: Dialogue Between Zorn, Rehab
Ahmed Rehab, former director of communications and now executive director of the Chicago Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and I are engaging in an online dialogue that both of us hope will address some questions and issues and concerns on both/all sides of the controversy over the cartoons published in a Danish newspaper […]
CAIR Seeks Info on U.S. Muslim Detained in Bangladesh
CAIR Seeks Info on U.S. Muslim Detained in Bangladesh (WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/19/2006) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today said it is seeking information on the condition of an American Muslim who was reportedly detained in Bangladesh. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said the family of 19-year-old Ehsanul Islam […]