CAIR-DC: Pentagon Says Koran Defiled
WASHINGTON ”” The Pentagon late Friday confirmed five incidents of Koran desecration at the prison for detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, wrapping up a high-priority investigation. The findings concluded that one soldier deliberately kicked the Muslim holy book, other guards hit it with water balloons, and a soldier’s urine splashed on a prisoner and his […]
Muslime Prayer Hall Burned To Ground In Calif.
(ANAHEIM, CA, 6/3/05) – The Southern California office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today called on the FBI to investigate a fire at a Muslim prayer hall in that state as a possible hate crime. CAIR-LA was contacted by the director of the United Islamic Youth Organization who said the prayer hall, located […]
Gitmo Jailer Splashed Urine On The Quran
WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/3/05) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group said tonight that the Bush administration must address the “climate of abuse” at U.S. detention centers worldwide following a new revelation that an American jailer at the Guantanamo Bay prison splashed urine on a Quran. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) […]
Israeli Troops Admit “Eye for Eye” Killing Spree
JERUSALEM – Israeli commandos killed eight Palestinian policemen in “eye for an eye” shootings three years ago that were ordered to avenge comrades slain in an ambush on an army checkpoint in the West Bank, a newspaper said on Friday. The report in the Maariv daily, confirmed by senior Israeli security sources, was the latest […]
Video Gives Proof of Srebrenica Massacre
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, June 2 – Almost 10 years after the massacre of more than 7,000 Muslim men and boys by Serbian security forces in Srebrenica, a video has surfaced that presents graphic details of their fate. Several people in the video were arrested as a result, the Serbian prime minister said Thursday. Serbian television ran […]
AL: Muslims Work to Clear Woman’s Name
Family and friends of a Muslim woman arrested last November for refusing to leave a local Wal-Mart are working to clear her name, several months after the woman died in her native Egypt. Afaf Saudi, 68, was charged with simple assault, second-degree trespass and resisting an officer. Saudi apparently discovered money missing from her wallet […]
CANADA: McGill Shuts Door on Muslim Prayer
With nowhere else to go, Muslim students at McGill University – some wearing their graduation gowns – prayed on the grass across from a convocation tent yesterday. Just after midnight Tuesday, security guards went to the room Muslim students had been using for prayer, asked those inside to leave, and changed the locks on the […]
CAIR-TX: Not in the Name of Islam
Re: “From Mistake to Mayhem – Where’s Muslim leadership on other atrocities?” May 19 Editorials, and “CAIR is complicit,” by Raymond Trapp, May 25 Letters. Let me assure everyone that all Muslims in the U.S. are upset and disappointed by the emotional and devastating reaction to the story of the Quran desecration. However, we in […]
Thousands Of Americans Request Free Qurans
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/2/05) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today said some 5,000 people have requested free copies of the Quran since the launch of the group’s “Explore the Quran” campaign on May 17. CAIR’s campaign is designed as a positive response to the recent controversy over desecration of the Quran. Those who have […]
CAIR Launches Muslim Volunteerism Campaign
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/1/05) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today launched an initiative, called “Muslims Care,” designed to promote volunteerism in the American Muslim community. The summer-long campaign by the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) offers Muslims the resources and information they need to help improve the communities in which […]