CAIR-St. Louis Helps Build ‘Habitat’ Homes
CAIR-St. Louis Helps Build ‘Habitat’ Homes (ST. LOUIS, MO, 9/15/05) – On Saturday, September 10, CAIR-St. Louis participated in the building of “Habitat for Humanity” homes in the Hilsdale area of St. Louis. That same day, CAIR-St. Louis members volunteered for Channel 9 (KETC) to help with fundraising efforts by staffing phones. CONTACT: Kamal Yassin, […]
Michigan Mosque Vandalized
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MICHIGAN MOSQUE VANDALIZEDCAIR asks FBI to probe similar incidents nationwide (LATHRUP VILLAGE, MI, 9/15/05) – The Michigan office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) today called on local law enforcement authorities to step up patrols at a Dearborn Heights mosque vandalized early […]
Muslims Hold 9/11 Vigil at U.S. Capitol
Leaders of the interfaith community gathered for an interfaith candlelight vigil at the Capitol Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., to mark the fourth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks on Friday, September 9th.
MA Governor Suggests Wiretapping Mosques
MA Governor Suggests Wiretapping Mosques MA Governor Suggests Wiretapping Mosques Scott Helman, Boston Globe, 9/15/05 http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/09/15/wiretap_mosques_romney_suggests/ WASHINGTON — Governor Mitt Romney raised the prospect of wiretapping mosques and conducting surveillance of foreign students in Massachusetts, as he issued a broad call yesterday for the federal government to devote far more money and attention to domestic […]
Lawmaker Critical of Memorial Shape
Joanne Hanley, superintendent of the Flight 93 National Memorial, said the design team led by Paul Murdoch Architects followed what the memorial mission statement requested: It honors the plane’s passengers and crew and touches very lightly on the land. ”Crescent of Embrace” is the name of the design, not the memorial, and can be changed, […]
CAIR-CAN: Groups Deeply Concerned Over
CAIR-CAN: Groups Deeply Concerned Over http://www.caircan.ca/itn_more.php?id=1971_0_2_0_C (OTTAWA, CANADA – 14/09/05) – The National Council on Canada-Arab Relations (NCCAR), the Canadian Arab Federation (CAF) and the Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN), supported by a coalition of organizations and community leaders, are alarmed over allegations that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) discriminates against people who […]
FL Muslims React to Vandalism at Islamic Center
(MIAMI, FL, 9/14/05) – On Thursday, September 15, representatives of the Florida Muslim and interfaith communities will take part in a news conference to condemn apparently bias-motivated vandalism at a Boca Raton Islamic center. The Florida office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-FL) reports that vandals threw several rocks through glass doors of the […]
CAIR-CT Hosts First Annual Dinner
WHAT: On September 17, CAIR-Connecticut will host its First Annual Dinner in West Hartford. The keynote speaker at the dinner will be CAIR National Legal Director Arsalan Iftikhar. Other speakers include Daisy Khan, executive director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement and Imam Qasim Sharief of the Muhammed Islamic Center of Greater Hartford. WHEN: […]
CAIR: CO Rep’s ‘Crescent’ Comments a Ploy to Gain Publicity
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/13/05) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today dismissed Rep. Tom Tancredo’s (R-CO) comments on the design of a memorial to those aboard a plane that crashed in Pennsylvania on 9/11 as a cynical political ploy designed to gain national attention. (See: http://tancredo.house.gov/) CAIR also called on state and national leaders of the […]
6.5 Million View CAIR ‘Not in the Name of Islam’ PSA
More than six million American television viewers have already seen CAIR’s “Not in the Name of Islam” public service announcement (PSA) since its release in June. To view the PSA, go to: http://www.cair-net.org/video/psa.ram