CAIR-Chicago Hosts Programs on Islam in America
(CHICAGO, IL, 4/11/2006) – The Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago), along with Elderhostel, will host a lecture series titled, “Building Bridges to Islam.” The all-day program will be held every Wednesday from April 5 to May 10, 2006. Participants are treated to two interactive lectures on Islam and Muslims, a Q&A […]
CAIR-OH to Moderate FBI Town Hall Mtg on Bridges TV
(COLUMBUS, OHIO 4/11/06) – CAIR-Ohio’s Columbus Director Adnan Mirza will host an upcoming FBI town hall meeting on Bridges TV. The meeting, scheduled to air May 15 at 9 p.m. (EST), will create a forum for Muslims to ask FBI Chief Legal Counsel Paul Moskal to address areas of concern to them and their communities. […]
CA: Prosecution Sees Setback at Terror Trial
SACRAMENTO – The federal terrorism trial that has been going on here for the past several weeks has not lacked for surprises. Its shockers have included word of a sighting of one of the world’s most sought-after terror suspects in a town not far away and the last-minute discovery of a surreptitiously recorded tape. Unfortunately […]
WA: Prison Term for Cross Burning
A 19-year-old Lynnwood man was sentenced to three months in prison, three months of house arrest and three years of probation in U.S. District Court Friday for lying to a federal grand jury about his involvement in a July 2004 cross burning in Edmonds. According to U.S. District Court documents, Joseph Lin pleaded guilty in […]
Book Review: American Muslim Women’s Lives Explored
Donna Gehrke-White, a reporter for The Miami Herald, has attempted to do for Muslim women what Studs Terkel once did for American workers. When it was published in the ’70s, Terkel’s Working was a revelation, a catalogue of the worldview of citizens rarely heard from or represented in any previously existing literature: washroom attendants, steelworkers, […]
MA: Court Rules for Muslim Inmate
The state’s highest court ruled yesterday that the prison system had failed to justify denying special meats to a Muslim inmate on Islamic feast days. The decision pointed out that the Massachusetts Constitution goes further than the US Constitution to protect the religious freedom of prisoners.
CAIR-FL: Schizophrenic Man Jailed as ‘Terrorist’
TAMPA – When he’s not in a cell as wide as he is tall, Nabil Mouad uses one of his two free hours a day playing the only sport available in jail, basketball. All the while, he wishes he could play soccer, which was his life, his dream, his goal. “When I have a problem,” […]
CAIR: Reward Offered in Attack on TX Muslim Student
The national board of the Council on American-Islamic Relations on Friday announced a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the man who assaulted a female Muslim student at Baylor University on April 1. The Dallas-Fort Worth office of the Washington-based advocacy group called for increased efforts to promote racial and […]
CAIR-CAN: Canadian Troops Must Not be Complicit in Torture
(OTTAWA, CANADA – 10/04/06) – The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) today called on members of Parliament to ensure that Canadian troops are not complicit in the torture of Afghani prisoners. The call came after the release today of two new reports by human rights organizations and legal experts that Canadian soldiers could find […]
CAIR-OH: ‘Muhammad’ Screening Sunday
The Cincinnati Enquirer, 4/9/06 The Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati will show the PBS documentary, “Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet,” at 3 p.m. Sunday, followed by a question and answer session. The center, 8092 Plantation Drive, West Chester, will also be open for guided tours. The event, co-sponsored by the Council on American Islamic Relations, […]