CAIR-CAN Fourth Annual Toronto Fundraising Dinner
WHAT: On Saturday, May 6, CAIR-CAN’S will host its fourth annual Toronto fundraising dinner with the theme, “Defending Civil Liberties: Keeping Canada Strong and Free.” Speakers include Dr. Abdul Hakim Jackson, professor at the University of Michigan, Riad Saloojee, Outgoing Executive Director of CAIR-CAN, Karl Nickner, Incoming Executive Director of CAIR-CAN, Abdul-Basit Khan, CAIR-CAN Chair, […]
CAIR Rep to Speak at DC Islamic Education Conference
CAIR Rep to Speak at DC Islamic Education Conference WHAT: On April 6, CAIR Reseach Director Dr. Mohamed Nimer will speak at Georgetown University’s “Islamic Education in America” conference. This conference will bring together scholars, policy experts and educators to critically examine the landscape of education within the American Muslim community, its future direction and […]
CO: MEMRI’s Systematic Distortions
[Rima Barakat is a Denver-area Muslim activist.] MEMRI claims to be an independent nonpartisan research institution. One of the co-founders of the organization, Yigal Carmon, is a retired Israeli military intelligence Colonel. Checking the MEMRI website, I found it served up blatant, unbalanced propaganda and was littered with inflammatory articles aimed to incite hate and […]
CA: Relentless Attack on Muslims
Muslim-bashing has become socially acceptable in the United States. A new Washington Post/ABC News poll found that 46 percent of Americans hold negative perceptions of Islam, 7 percentage points higher than after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The poll also discovered that a third of the respondents have recently heard prejudiced comments against […]
NC: Military’s ‘Good Muslim’ to Speak at Duke
DURHAM — He was acting for his God and country, former Capt. James Yee said, when he fulfilled the mission he was given by the Army, to be a chaplain to Muslim soldiers and detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. His country then jailed him for 76 days on espionage suspicions that eventually evaporated, although he […]
TX: Muslim Woman Says Court Banned Hijab
GALVESTON – A woman in court March 15 for a child support hearing said she wound up battling religious oppression from the presiding judge and a court bailiff. Karwana Boyd said she was wearing a hajib, a headscarf worn as a sign of humility by Muslim women. Its not a fashion statement, she said. Boyd […]
CAIR-MI: Bassiouni to Speak at Annual Dinner
WHAT: The Michigan Office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) invites you to attend its Annual Fundraising Banquet on April 1. Guest speakers will include: * M. Cherif Bassiouni, Research Professor of Law at DePaul University * Nihad Awad, CAIR Executive Director * David Stacy, featured guest in FOX’s documentary “30 Days” WHEN: Saturday, […]
ID: CAIR, DOJ Offer ‘Challenging Hate’ Workshop
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/27/06) – On Saturday, March 25, CAIR Government Affairs Director Corey Saylor and Department of Justice Community Relations Service Northwest Region Director Rosa Melendez presented a workshop, titled “Challenging Hate and Stereotypes in a Time of Crisis,” at the University of Idaho. Saylor discussed rising levels of Islamophobia, basic Muslim beliefs and advocacy […]
CAIR-San Diego: Screening of ‘Muhammad’ Documentary
(SAN DIEGO, CA, 3/27/06)- On Monday, March 27, the San Diego chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Diego), in conjunction with the Muslim Student Association of San Diego State University, will sponsor a free public screening of a portion of the PBS documentary “Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet.” WHEN: Monday, March 27, 2006, […]
Minuteman: ‘I View Islam as the Scourge of the Earth’
Minuteman: ‘I View Islam as the Scourge of the Earth’ Philadelphia Inquirer http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/pennsylvania/14194093.htm Its border-control campaign was born a year after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with the Tombstone (Ariz.) Militia, which evolved into the national Minuteman Civil Defense Corps. The mission of the controversial organization – and of loosely allied groups such as Ryan’s […]