CAIR Director Attends State Department Ramadan Iftar
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CAIR DIRECTOR ATTENDS STATE DEPARTMENT RAMADAN IFTAR (WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/25/05) – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tonight hosted the State Department’s seventh annual “Iftar,” or Ramadan fast-breaking dinner, in Washington, D.C. The dinner took place after sunset, in accordance with Islamic practices. Muslim […]
Top 10 Reasons to Support CAIR: #3 – Empowerment
Top 10 Reasons to Support CAIR: #3 – Empowerment Top 10 Reasons to Support CAIR: #3 – Empowerment CAIR conducted get-out-the-vote campaigns in the crucial battleground states of Florida and Ohio during the 2004 Presidential Election Campaign, reaching more than 40,000 American Muslims in those states and ensuring that they voted for the candidates of […]
US Tries to Limit Damage from Body Burning
WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday tried to limit damage from television images appearing to show U.S. soldiers burning the corpses of two Taliban fighters in Afghanistan and using the incident for propaganda. U.S. embassies around the world were told to explain that what people saw in the tape shown on […]
CAIR-Ohio Welcomes New Director
CAIR-Ohio Welcomes New Director (COLUMBUS, OH, 10/21/05) – The Ohio office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) is pleased to announce that Adnan Mirza has been hired to fill the position of director for its Columbus office. Adnan was awarded a National Merit Scholarship to Eastern Michigan University where he earned a political science […]
CAIR-LA President Receives Award
CAIR-LA President Receives Award (PASADENA, CA, OCTOBER 20, 2005) – State Senator Jack Scott, Assembly Majority Leader Dario Frommer and Assembly member Carol Liu presented Tahra Goraya with the Nonprofit Executive Director of the Year Award as part of their sixth annual Women In Business Award Luncheon on October 19 at the Pasadena Hilton. Goraya […]
CAIR-SV Hosts Iftar at California State Capitol
CAIR-SV Hosts Iftar at California State Capitol (SACRAMENTO, CA, 10/21/2005) – On Wednesday, October 19, the Sacramento Valley chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SV) and several state assembly members and senators held the 2nd Annual Capitol Ramadan Iftar (fast-breaking) at the California State Capitol. The iftar, held in the Rotunda Cafeteria, was co-hosted […]
CAIR-FL: Halal Food Option Grows With Muslim Community
Early on Friday mornings during Ramadan, Mustafa Nassar, a Miami Lakes carpet salesman, drives to a slaughterhouse on Okeechobee Road to buy 10 lambs and a cow. One at a time, he draws a knife swiftly across their throats in a single motion, reciting words that make the kill lawful in Islam: Bismallah, Allau-akhbar. ”In […]
CAIR-IL: Muslim Officer in WI Files Bias Complaint
Milwaukee’s first Arab-American police officer, arrested and later released in August after he was accused of saying he wanted to shoot up the district where he worked, has filed complaints saying he faced harassment following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Ayman Khatib, a Palestinian native who gained U.S. citizenship in 1997 and joined the […]
U.S. Troops Use Burned Afghan Bodies As Propaganda
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE U.S. TROOPS USE BURNED AFGHAN BODIES AS PROPAGANDACAIR calls for ‘top-to-bottom’ Pentagon policy, training review (WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/20/2005) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on the Pentagon to conduct a “top-to-bottom” review of policies and training related […]
Action: Order Eid Stamps Today
Action: Order Eid Stamps Today Action: Order Eid Stamps Today Stamps marking the Islamic Eid holidays are available from the United States Postal Service. To order Eid stamps, go to: http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/postal_store_non_ssl/display_products/productDetail.jsp?OID=2689760 Stamps, as well as a free comprehensive catalog, are available by toll-free phone order at 1-800-STAMP-24.