Top 10 Reasons to Support CAIR: #8 – Education
Top 10 Reasons to Support CAIR: #8 – Education CAIR distributed more than 8,000 Library Project packages to American public libraries. These packages contained 18 quality books, videos and DVDs about Islam and Muslims that are now available to millions of people around the nation. To offer your support for CAIR, go to: http://www.cair-net.org/ramadan2005/ Scholars […]
NJ Muslims ‘Profiled’ For Praying at Giant’s Stadium
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – MEDIA ADVISORY – NJ MUSLIMS ‘PROFILED’ FOR PRAYING AT GIANTS STADIUMCAIR to launch Eid ul-Fitr ‘Pray for Understanding’ Educational Campaign (TOTOWA, NJ, 11/1/05) – On Wednesday, November 2, the New Jersey and New York offices of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ/CAIR-NY) […]
CAIR-CAN Urges B.C. Muslim Group to Let Women Vote
CAIR-CAN Urges B.C. Muslim Group to Let Women Vote (OTTAWA, CANADA – 31/10/05) – The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) today called on the B.C. Muslim Association (BCMA) to respect both the religious and political right of women to vote in its decision-making process. According to media and other reports, the BCMA bars women […]
CAIR-OH: 150 Attend CAIR-Cincinnati Interfaith Iftar
CAIR-OH: 150 Attend CAIR-Cincinnati Interfaith Iftar (CINCINNATI, OH, 11/1/2005) – The Cincinnati office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) said today that some 150 people, including public officials, civic leaders and members of the interfaith community, turned out on Sunday, October 30, for its Annual Sharing Ramadan Iftar Banquet. (“Iftar” is the meal eaten […]
CAIR-SV: Sacramento Muslims to Hold Quake Relief Event
CAIR-SV: Sacramento Muslims to Hold Quake Relief Event (SACRAMENTO, CA, 11/1/05) – On Tuesday, November 1st, the Sacramento Valley Muslim community and the Interfaith Service Bureau (ISB) will hold a fundraising dinner to collect monetary donations and clothing to be sent to areas devastated by the South Asia earthquake. WHAT: Fundraising Dinner for Quake ReliefWHEN: […]
Top 10 Reasons to Support CAIR: #7 – Civil Rights
Top 10 Reasons to Support CAIR: #7 – Civil Rights Top 10 Reasons to Support CAIR: #7 – Civil Rights Since 1994, CAIR’s Civil Rights Department dealt with, free of charge, more than 16,000 discrimination cases reported by American Muslims. CAIR also publishes the nation’s only annual report on the status of American Muslim civil […]
CAIR-DC: Register Online for CAIR’s Annual Banquet
CAIR-DC: Register Online for CAIR’s Annual Banquet CAIR-DC: Register Online for CAIR’s Annual Banquet Registration is now available online for CAIR’s 11th Annual Banquet, “American Muslims: Partners for Peace and Justice.” To learn more about the dinner, or to register, GO TO: https://www.cair-net.org/2005banquet/
CAIR-MI: Follow Her Vision
The courageous stance of Rosa Parks benefited not only African Americans, but all minorities and immigrants who sought and continue to seek freedom, justice and equality in America. In later years, after her arrest in Montgomery, Ala., her efforts to encourage academic excellence among the youths of Detroit and her activism against the immoral system […]
CAIR Condemns New Delhi Bombings
CAIR Condemns New Delhi Bombings (WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/30/05) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today condemned bomb attacks in New Delhi, India, that left more than 60 people dead and many more injured. Simultaneous blasts Saturday evening targeted a bus and two markets crowded with people shopping for an upcoming Hindu festival. Many of […]
CAIR Asks U.S. Muslims to Collect Quake Aid on Eid
CAIR ASKS U.S. MUSLIMS TO COLLECT QUAKE RELIEF ON EIDIslamic and Pakistani-American groups urge collective educational, relief efforts (WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/30/05) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today asked Muslim communities nationwide to take advantage of the upcoming holiday marking the end of Ramadan to collect funds for earthquake relief in […]