U.S. Muslim Anti-Terror TV Ad Now Online
( WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/14/05 ) – At a news conference this morning in Washington, D.C., a prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group released a nationwide television public service announcement (PSA) designed to highlight the Muslim community’s condemnation of terrorism and rejection of those who carry out terror attacks. The “Not in the Name […]
Help Muslim Anti-Terror Message Air On Local TV Stations
Help Muslim Anti-Terror Message Air On Local TV Stations ( WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/14/05 ) – CAIR is calling on Muslim community leaders and activists nationwide to urge local television stations to air a CAIR public service announcement (PSA) released today that is designed to highlight Islam’s rejection of anyone who carries out terror attacks such […]
UK: Islamophobia Blamed for Beating Death of Muslim
A Muslim man has been beaten to death outside a corner shop by a gang of youths who shouted anti-Islamic abuse at him, the Guardian has learned. Kamal Raza Butt, 48, from Pakistan, was visiting Britain to see friends and family. On Sunday afternoon he went to a shop in Nottingham to buy cigarettes and […]
128,000 Iraqi Civilian Casualties
BAGHDAD — An Iraqi humanitarian organization is reporting that 128,000 Iraqis have been killed since the U.S. invasion began in March 2003. Mafkarat al-Islam reported that chairman of the ‘Iraqiyun humanitarian organization in Baghdad, Dr. Hatim al-‘Alwani, said that the toll includes everyone who has been killed since that time, adding that 55 percent of […]
CAIR-CAN: We Must Face the Enemy Together
[Sheema Khan is chair of CAIR-CAN. SEE: http://caircan.ca/ ] On Monday, Public Safety Minister Anne McLellan sounded the warning bells. “I don’t believe that Canadians are as psychologically prepared for a terrorist attack as probably we all should be,” she said, adding that we have a misguided sense of complacency. According to Ms. McLellan, lack […]
CAIR-CA: Forum on Psychological Impact of Terror
(SACRAMENTO, 7/13/05) – The Sacramento Valley office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SV), the Council of Sacramento Valley Islamic Organizations (COSVIO) and the Sacramento Region chapter of Muslim American Society (MAS) announced plans to hold a panel presentation at 7:00 pm Friday, July 15, 2005, to discuss the psychological impact of terrorist acts on […]
CAIR-OH to Launch Food Drive
(CINCINNATI, 7/13/05) – The Cincinnati office of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today announced the launch of a food collection drive to benefit the needy of the Cincinnati community. The effort is part of a larger, national effort initiated by CAIR called “Muslims Care” (SEE: www.muslims-care.org). CAIR-Cincinnati is asking local Muslims to donate canned and […]
Muslims Care: DC Muslims Join Clean-Up Initiative
(WASHINGTON, DC, 7/13/05) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today announced that local Muslims will participate in clean-up initiative in southeast Washington, D.C., as part of the summer-long “Muslims Care” volunteerism campaign. SEE: www.muslims-care.org WHEN: Sunday, July 17, 2005 10 a.m. WHERE: Islamic Information Center, 301 L St, SE Washington, D.C. CAIR’s “Muslims Care” […]
U.S. Muslims to Release Anti-Terror TV Ad
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/13/05) – On Thursday, July 14, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will hold a news conference in Washington, D.C., to launch a nationwide television public service announcement (PSA) campaign, called “Not in the Name of Islam,” designed to highlight the Muslim community’s condemnation of terrorism and rejection of those who carry out […]
CAIR-IL: Charges in 2003 Anti-Muslim Attack
A Burbank man was arrested Monday on federal charges he violated the civil rights of a Muslim family when he allegedly tossed a fireworks explosive into their unoccupied van. Eric K. Nix, 26, has been convicted in Cook County of misdemeanor charges stemming from the same 2003 incident. Shortly after his arrest at 8:30 a.m. […]