CAIR-Houston Annual Banquet Sept. 24
WHAT: On September 24, the Houston chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Houston) will host its annual banquet, “American Muslims: Partners for Equality, Promoting Community.” WHERE: The Westin Oaks, 5011 Westheimer Road at Post Oak Blvd., Houston, Texas 77056 WHEN: September 24, 2005 Action Requested: 1) Mark Your Calendars 2) Contact CAIR-Houston to help […]
CAIR-CA Hosts ‘Know Your Rights’ Session
WHAT: On Saturday August 13, the Sacramento Valley chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SV) and the Bay Area Association of Muslim Lawyers (BAAML) will host a panel discussion, titled “Know Your Rights,” a panel at the Tracy Islamic Center. Confirmed Speakers include: Shirin Sinnar, Esq. – Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights; Marwa El-Zankaly, […]
Muslims Care: IL Muslims Collect Meals for Food Drive
www.muslims-care.org As of August 8, 2005, the Chicagoland Muslim community summer canned food drive has provided 22,678 meals, through the Greater Chicago Food Depository and the Northern Illinois Food Bank. These numbers are not final, because food has not yet been picked up from all locations. If your organization has a barrel of food that […]
CAIR-MI Meets with Paper Over Offensive Cartoon
(LATHRUP VILLAGE, MI, 8/9/05) – The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) today announced that steps have been taken to resolve Muslim concerns about an offensive newspaper cartoon. On July 28, 2005, the Oakland Press located in Oakland County, Mich., printed a cartoon portraying Muslims and their symbols as causes of terror. […]
CAIR-CA: Youth Leadership Conference at State Capitol
WHAT: Beginning August 18, the California office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) will hold the first Annual Muslim Youth Leadership and Empowerment Conference in Sacramento. WHEN: Thursday, August 18 – Sunday, August 21, 2005 WHERE: California State Capitol, Sacramento California The conference will feature workshops on community organizing and advocacy, public speaking and […]
VA Muslim Attacked by Men Shouting Racist Slurs
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/9/05) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on law enforcement authorities to treat an assault this morning on a Virginia Muslim woman as a hate crime. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) reported that a 23-year-old Muslim woman, who is 8 months pregnant and wears and […]
INCITEMENT: Islam’s Crusade Against the West
INCITEMENT: Islam’s Crusade Against the West Paul Erdman, Market Watch, 8/08/05 http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B6096CB7D%2D85B9%2D47D5%2DADD4%2DF4359DD2A891 What should be apparent to all is that we are not dealing with a few thousand religious renegades led by the likes of Osama bin Laden. We are facing the wrath, overt and covert, of a sizable percentage of the Islamic world — […]
CAIR-FL: Why Attackers Haven’t Hit U.S.
After the bombings in London and Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, the question that rivets America is one that has no sure answer: Why haven’t Muslim militants executed another suicide terror attack on the U.S. home front? If suicide bombers can strike daily in the Middle East and hit the capitals of Europe, why does 9/11 remain […]
Probe Urged for Fire at Muslim Home in Rhode Island
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/8/05) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said today called on state and national law enforcement authorities to investigate a recent fire at a Muslim family home in Rhode Island for the possibility of a bias motive. CAIR said three members of the North Kingstown, R.I., Muslim family were injured, one severely, […]
CAIR-CAN Urges Hate Crime Probe of Swastika Vandalism
(OTTAWA, CANADA – 08/08/05) – The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) is calling on police in Windsor, Ontario, to investigate the recent vandalism of spray-painted Nazi swastikas as hate crimes. According to media reports, swastikas and racial slurs were spray-painted late last week at an elementary school, on street signs and at the homes […]