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Illinois Man Arrested For Threat Against U.S. Muslim Group
GROUP (WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/5/05) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today thanked the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Washington Metropolitan Police Department for “swift and professional” actions that led to the arrest of an Illinois man who allegedly threatened to bomb the group’s Capitol Hill headquarters. The U.S. Department of Justice announced […]
NY: Muslim Cabbie Returns Lost Diamonds
He’s a gem of a guy. An honest Brooklyn cab driver Thursday answered the prayers of a Canadian jewelry dealer by returning a diamond-stuffed suitcase that had been left in the trunk of his yellow cab. “It’s like a perfect miracle,” said Thierry Delisha, 32, of Montreal. “I am so proud to meet such an […]
Illinois Man Arrested For Hoax Bomb Threat
Washington, D.C. – United States Attorney Kenneth L. Wainstein announced that Max L. Oakley, age 50, of Toledo, Illinois, was arrested by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigations today on charges of sending e-mail threats to bomb the headquarters of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) located in Washington, DC. The criminal complaint charges […]
WMAL Advertiser Drops Spots over Anti-Islam Host
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/5/05) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)today applauded a decision by an advertiser on a Washington, D.C., radio station to drop its commercials from a program that Muslims say promotes Islamophobic hatred. CAIR said the advertiser dropped its ads from WMAL-AM’s Michael Graham program after receiving complaints from concerned Muslims. In an […]
2 Million Americans View CAIR Anti-Terror PSA
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/5/05) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said today that more than two million people nationwide have already viewed the group’s “Not in the Name of Islam” anti-terror television public service announcement (PSA) since its release last month. CAIR’s 30-second PSA ties into the “Not in the Name of Islam” online petition […]
INCITEMENT: Islam is a Religion of Hate
INCITEMENT: Islam is a Religion of Hate http://www.lufkindailynews.com/opin/content/news/opinion/stories/2005/08/05/20050805LDNletter.html SEND POLITE COMMENTS TO: aadams@coxnews.com COPY TO: cair@cair-net.org
NY City Sued Over Subway Searches
The New York Civil Liberties Union will file suit against the city Thursday to keep police from searching the bags of passengers entering the subway, organization lawyers said. The suit, which will be filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, will claim that the two-week old policy violates constitutional guarantees of equal protection and prohibitions […]
CA: ‘Fatwa’ Against Terrorist
A GLOBAL CRY for peace was answered on Tuesday in the halls of San Bruno’s Al Madinah Academy, as Moi Din joined hundreds of Muslim leaders from California to Great Britain in support of a “fatwa” condemning terrorism and religious extremism. “We’re totally against terrorism because there is no such thing in Islam,” said Din, […]
CAIR-CAN: ‘Sheik’ Quip Lands Banker in Training
Jeff Rubin, the famously voluble chief economist of CIBC World Markets, has been sent to sensitivity training after angering Canada’s most prominent Islamic lobby group with language he used in a report on the oil market. In April, he predicted that oil prices would double by 2010. Demand will outstrip supply because “this time around […]