CA: Bias Threatens Muslim Careers
CA: Bias Threatens Muslim Careers Momo Chang, Inside Bay Area, 9/19/05 A Muslim engineer who works at a leading technology company is called a terrorist by his co-workers and told that on Halloween he should dress as one. A teacher at a vocational college tells a Muslim student who wears a hijab, or head scarf, […]
Image of Muslim Americans Complicated
Image of Muslim Americans Complicated Jim Bertel, Voice of America, 9/16/05 A terror investigation in California; arrests in upstate New York; a charity shut down for illegal activities. For some, these images define American Muslims. The Muslim community says these images are wrong. But the picture is a bit complicated. In the United States, a […]
James Yee to Speak at CAIR-Houston Dinner
James Yee to Speak at CAIR-Houston DinnerMuslim speakers Houston Chronicle, 9/16/05 Former Army Chaplain James “Yusef” Yee will be one of the speakers at a banquet benefiting Houston’s chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 24 at the Westin Oaks, 5011 Westheimer. Yee was arrested on charges of mishandling classified information […]
CAIR-Philly Sets Up Shop
CAIR-Philly Sets Up Shop Philadelphia Inquirer, 9/17/05 The fledgling Philadelphia office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a national advocacy group, is offering a weekly class, “Understanding Islam and Muslims Through History.” Sessions will be 7 p.m. Tuesday through Nov. 8 at Great Valley Middle School, 255 N. Phonenixville Rd., Malvern. Cost is $70. The […]
1,800 Turn Out for CAIR-LA Banquet
1,800 Turn Out for CAIR-LA Banquet (LOS ANGELES, CA, 9/18/05) – More than 1,800 people turned out Saturday night for the annual banquet of CAIR’s Los Angeles office (CAIR-LA) at the Anaheim Convention Center. Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni of DePaul University offered the keynote address at the event. Other event highlights included a speech by […]
Cair ‘Sharing Ramadan’ Initiative Encourages Outreach
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CAIR ‘SHARING RAMADAN’ INITIATIVE ENCOURAGES OUTREACHFast-breaking events designed to enhance understanding of Islam (WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/16/2005) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today launched its annual “Sharing Ramadan” outreach effort designed to enhance understanding of Islam and to help Americans of all […]
CAIR-MI: Concerns of Anti-Muslim Hatred Linger
CAIR-MI: Concerns of Anti-Muslim Hatred LingerDAVID CRUMM, FREE PRESS, 9/16/05http://www.freep.com/news/locway/mosque16e_20050916.htm Worshippers at the Islamic House of Wisdom swept up heaps of shattered glass inside their Dearborn Heights mosque Thursday and wondered: Were they the targets of anti-Muslim vandalism? Police don’t believe so, saying Thursday the broken doors and windows of the mosque were merely the […]
CAIR-FL: Police Probe ‘Hate Crime’ at Mosque
CAIR-FL: Police Probe ‘Hate Crime’ at Mosque Dale M. King, Boca Raton News 9/16/05http://www.bocaratonnews.com/index.php?src=news&prid=12671&category=Local%20News Vandalism at a Muslim education center in east Boca is being classified as a ‘hate crime.” On two occasions – Aug. 25 and last Monday night – vandals threw large rocks through glass doors of the Assidiq Islamic Education Foundation on […]
CAIR Critical of Gov’s Call to Wiretap Mosques
CAIR Critical of Gov’s Call to Wiretap Mosques David A. Fahrenthold, Washington Post, 9/16/05http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/15/AR2005091502090.html BOSTON, Sept. 15 — Civil liberties and Muslim groups criticized Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on Thursday for suggesting that authorities should spend more time monitoring mosques and their attendees, possibly with wiretaps. The comments came during a speech on domestic preparedness […]
CAIR-OH Offers Diversity Training for Cleveland Police
CAIR-OH Offers Diversity Training for Cleveland Police Officers learn about Islamic beliefs, practices and culture (CLEVELAND, OH, 9/16/05) – The Cleveland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland) recently conducted diversity training for Cleveland police officers. The course is designed to augment community policing efforts by educating officers about the local Muslim community. The […]