CAIR-San Antonio Offers Training at Police HQ
(SAN ANTONIO, TX, 8/19/05) – The San Antonio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Antonio) yesterday offered a sensitivity training workshop at the Texas Police Association headquarters in Austin, Texas. The workshop focused on the American Muslim community and Islamic beliefs and practices. Feedback from the four-hour session was very positive.
CAIR-MI Offers Workshop on Islam
(LATHRUP VILLAGE, MI, 8/19/05) – The Michigan office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) yesterday held a training workshop on Islam for some 40 health care and education professionals as part of a one-day diversity program at the Arab-American Museum in Dearborn. CAIR-MI’s presentation focused on basic Islamic beliefs and practices, including discussion of […]
Death of Iraqi Brothers Sparks Anti-U.S. Rage
BAGHDAD, Aug 18 (Reuters) – An angry Iraqi crowd carried coffins through a Baghdad district on Thursday and threw rocks at American soldiers, accusing U.S. troops of killing three innocent middle-aged brothers, one of them in a wheelchair. The U.S. military said they had killed three “terrorists”. “They call everybody terrorists but they just commit […]
CAIR-NY: Muslims Meet with ICE Officials
(NEW YORK, NY, 8/18/05) – Representatives of the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) and leaders of the New York Muslim community met yesterday with officials from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the FBI to discuss issues related to outreach and mutual cooperation. At the meeting, Muslim leaders listened to […]
CAIR-Chicago Discusses Civil Rights, Patriot Act
(CHICAGO, IL, 8/17/05) On Tuesday 8/16, The Chicago chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago), in conjunction with the Civil Liberties Coalition of Illinois (CLCI) and Representative Danny K. Davis held a press conference to discuss the new threat to civil liberties due to the […]
CAIR-AZ to Offer Free Qurans at Mosque Open Houses
(PHOENIX, AZ, 8/18/05) – On August 20 and 27, the Arizona chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-AZ) will host two open houses for the public to meet with Muslim community members and to receive a free English translation of the Quran, Islam’s revealed text. WHEN: August 20, 2005 (10 AM-1 PM)WHERE: Islamic Community […]
CAIR-CA Youth Leadership Conference at State Capitol
(SACRAMENTO, CA, 8/18/05) – The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) is holding the first California Muslim Youth Leadership Conference in Sacramento. The conference begins today and will run until August 21. It features workshops on community organizing and advocacy, public speaking and media activism. The highlight of the conference will be […]
CAIR-LA: Muslims Will Respond to Calif. Arrests
(LOS ANGELES, 8/18/05) – On Friday, August 19, Muslim leaders and chaplains will hold a press conference in Los Angeles to respond to the arrest of three men believed to be connected with a terror plot targeting locations in Southern California. The arrest this week of a 21-year-old Pakistani man on unspecified charges has been […]
CA: Bias Against Middle Eastern Students
Laila and her friend Cathleen were hanging out in the courtyard at Galileo Academy of Science & Technology, talking about shopping to blow off steam after their sixth-period math test. It was a cool December day in San Francisco, and Laila remembers wanting to go inside early. A few minutes before the bell rang to […]
CAIR-CAN Calls for Apology Over Profiling Comments
(OTTAWA, CANADA – 16/08/05) – The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) is calling on a Toronto city councilor to apologize for advocating racial profiling against young black males in Toronto. According to reports, Michael Thompson, a Toronto city councilor, suggested that police should randomly target and stop young black men in order to curb […]