CAIR-FL: A Campaign to Promote Understanding
Educating non-Muslims about the prophet Mohammed may be the best way to make them understand why cartoons portraying him as a terrorist are evoking such a violent response worldwide, local religious leaders say. A Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, first printed the caricatures in September. The newspaper has since apologized to Muslims for the cartoons, one of […]
CAIR-GA: U.S. Muslims Condemn Fanaticism
Robert Ariail’s cartoon on religious fanaticism is thought-provoking and should be viewed in its proper context — that fanaticism is using religion, in this case Islam, to further its agenda of creating discord and fueling hatred (issue, Feb. 27). Muslims in America condemn the actions of religious fanatics and have worked hard at countering their […]
CAIR-Cincinnati Dinner a Success
(CINCINNATI, 3/6/06) – More than 250 people turned out on Saturday for CAIR-Cincinnati’s Fourth Annual Meeting and Fundraiser. The keynote speaker for the event was Imam Siraj Wahhaj of Masjid at-Taqwa in Brooklyn. Other speakers included CAIR National Chairman Dr. Parvez Ahmed and CAIR-Ohio President Dr. Asma Mobin-Uddin. “This event was a great success and […]
CAIR-San Antonio Rep to Speak at Women’s Day March
The International Women’s Day March will begin at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, March 5, at HemisFair Park downtown and end at Dignowity Park, at Nolan and Hackberry. Supporters of women’s rights will march to demand equality and raise awareness about women’s health care, reproductive rights, and violence against women. Speakers include Councilwoman Elena Guajardo, president of […]
CAIR-TX Offers Diversity Training for Police
CAIR-TX Offers Diversity Training for Police (SAN ANTONIO, TX, 3/3/06) – The San Antonio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Antonio) this week offered a diversity training workshop to 75 state law enforcement officials in Austin. The workshop focused on the American Muslim community and Islamic beliefs and practices. CAIR-San Antonio Chair Sarwat […]
CAIR-CAN Welcomes Court Ruling on Religious Freedom
(OTTAWA, CANADA – 02/03/06) – The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) welcomes the decision from the Supreme Court of Canada that upholds religious freedom by overturning a ban on the Sikh ceremonial dagger in Quebec schools. “Today’s Supreme Court decision is a strong statement protecting religious freedom in educational settings,” says Riad Saloojee, the […]
CAIR: Con Man Pleads Guilty to Fraud of Muslims
A career con artist who was accused of using Canada as a base to defraud Muslim associations around the world for two decades pleaded guilty in Alabama yesterday to trying to bilk a U.S. mosque out of cash. Mohammed Agbareia, a Palestinian man with Israeli citizenship, told a federal judge in Mobile, Ala., that he […]
CAIR-CA Empowers Youth with Leadership Workshops
CAIR-CA Empowers Youth with Leadership Workshops (SANTA CLARA, CA, 3/2/06) – On Saturday, February 25, the Bay Area Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) hosted the first of a quarterly series of workshops for a new Youth Leadership Educational Initiative. Thirty Bay-Area high school students met at the Muslim Community Association in Santa […]
NJ: Lautenberg Accused of Anti-Arab Racism
NJ: Lautenberg Accused of Anti-Arab Racism NJ: Lautenberg Accused of Anti-Arab RacismROBERT COHEN, STAR-LEDGER, 3/2/06http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-2/114127864225560.xml&coll=1 WASHINGTON — An Arab-American civil rights group yesterday accused Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) of making racist comments about Arabs during a New Jersey rally this week when he condemned the takeover of U.S. port operations by an United Arab Emirates-owned […]
CAIR ‘Explore the Quran’ Campaign
CAIR ‘Explore the Quran’ Campaign CAIR ‘Explore the Quran’ Campaign Obtain of sponsor a FREE Quran by going to: http://www.cair-net.org/explorethequran/