CAIR-CA: Muslims Retain Identity, Take a Stand
CAIR-CA: Muslims Retain Identity, Take a Stand Sandi Dolbee, Union Tribune, 9/15/05http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050915/news_lz1c15muslims.html Teenager Ilias Hassaine, with his surfboard at Torrey Pines State Beach, is among a new generation of American Muslims coming of age – and looking to be future leaders. The dome of California’s capitol rises above the trees, another kind of Mecca for […]
CAIR-San Diego Mayoral Forum a Success
CAIR-San Diego Mayoral Forum a Success (SAN DIEGO, CA, 9/16/05) – The San Diego office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Diego) hosted a forum for the Muslim community with mayoral candidate Donna Frye on September 15th. The forum provided an opportunity for Councilwoman Frye to present her views to the Muslim community prior […]
U.S. Mosques Urged To Host ‘Sharing Ramadan’ Iftars
U.S. Mosques Urged To Host ‘Sharing Ramadan’ Iftars In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful CAIR ACTION ALERT #467 U.S. MOSQUES URGED TO HOST ‘SHARING RAMADAN’ IFTARS National initiative designed to challenge growing anti-Muslim views (WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/16/2005) – CAIR today launched its annual “Sharing Ramadan” outreach effort designed to enhance understanding of […]
Flight 93 Families: Memorial Does Not Mimic Crescent
Flight 93 Families: Memorial Does Not Mimic Crescent Religion News Service, 9/14/05http://www.religionnews.com/ The president of the Families of Flight 93 on Wednesday (Sept. 14) labeled as “absurd” a Republican congressman’s claim that a proposed memorial in Pennsylvania is a “tribute to hijackers” because it incorporates a crescent shape that he said is associated with Islam […]
CAIR-CAN: Sharia Debate Deserves a Hearing
CAIR-CAN: Sharia Debate Deserves a Hearing Sheema Khan, Globe and Mail, 9/15/05http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050915/COSHEEMA15/TPComment/TopStories [Sheema Khan is the chair of CAIR-CAN. http://www.caircan.ca/] Sharia is an Arabic word that literally means “a path to water,” the source of life. For Muslims, it is a comprehensive framework of justice based on the Koran and the example of Prophet Mohammed. […]
CAIR-FL: U.S.-Muslim Views Discussed
CAIR-FL: U.S.-Muslim Views Discussed Stephen Majors, Bradenton Herald, 9/15/05http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/12648090.htm SARASOTA – To commemorate the fourth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, New College of Florida students and faculty held a discussion Wednesday to explore the state of U.S.-Muslim relations. New College anthropology professor Uzi Baram was joined by political science professor Frank Alcock […]
CAIR-CA Participates in ‘Know Your Rights’ Panel
CAIR-CA Participates in ‘Know Your Rights’ Panel (SACRAMENTO, CA, 9/15/05) – The Sacramento Valley Chapter of CAIR participated in a “Know Your Rights” panel discussion on September 14 at California State University in Sacramento. CAIR “Know Your Rights” brochures were made available to attendees of the panel discussion. SEE: CAIR Know Your Rights Pocket Guidehttps://www.cair-net.org/comersus/store/comersus_viewItem.asp?idProduct=1020 […]
CAIR-FL: Interfaith Leaders Deliver Relief Aid
CAIR-FL: Interfaith Leaders Deliver Relief Aid CAIR-FL Central Florida Director Ahmed Bedier joined Tampa Bay interfaith leaders at a news conference yesterday to deliver $55,000 to the American Red Cross for Hurricane Disaster Relief. The funds were raised during an interfaith prayer and relief service organized by CAIR-FL last week. To watch a video clip […]
FL: Divisions Fall as Americans Rush to Help
FL: Divisions Fall as Americans Rush to Help Mike Thomas, Orlando Sentinel, 9/15/05http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-miket1505sep15,0,3420054.column I suppose there was a time when 20 Muslims wielding chain saws in a southern Mississippi town might have raised an eyebrow or two among the locals. But not when they are cutting toppled trees off houses. That is what members of […]
CAIR-CA Rep Helps Feed Katrina Evacuees
CAIR-CA Rep Helps Feed Katrina Evacuees (SACRAMENTO, CA, 9/15/2005) – A Representative of the Sacramento Valley chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-SV) returned recently from a mission to serve Katrina evacuees in Houston, Texas. “Compassion, kindness and humility are essential teachings of Islam,” said CAIR-SV Treasurer Tamer Ahmed. “It was a humbling […]