CAIR-CA Facilitates Government Internships
(SACRAMENTO, CA, 5/26/05) – The Sacramento Valley office of The Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Sacramento) announced today that it has successfully facilitated summer internships for four Northern California Muslim students. The internships are in the legislative and executive branches of the federal and state government in Sacramento, Ca. CAIR-Sacramento’s Public Policy Internship Program encourages and […]
CAIR-HOUSTON: Town Hall Meeting on Travel Safety
Learn proactive ways to deal with difficult situations and get tips on how to stay safe while you are traveling abroad. Don’t miss the chance to ask questions and learn from the authorities and experts! WHEN: Thursday, May 26th, 6 pm until 8:15 pm WHERE: Arab-American Cultural and Community Center, 10555 Stancliff Road, Houston, TX […]
Toe Tags Offer Clues to Uprising
KARADARIYA, Kyrgyzstan, May 22 – Since May 13, when Uzbek troops used fusillades of gunfire to put down a prison break and demonstration in the eastern city of Andijon, President Islam A. Karimov of Uzbekistan has insisted the troops were fighting Islamic militants, and any civilians struck were felled either by accident or the militants’ […]
DC: AIPAC’s Big, Bigger, Biggest Moment
How much clout does AIPAC have? Well, consider that during the pro-Israel lobby’s annual conference yesterday, a fleet of police cars, sirens wailing, blocked intersections and formed a motorcade to escort buses carrying its conventioneers — to lunch. The annual meeting of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee has long produced a massive show of […]
MI: Prayer Room at UM-Flint Sparks Clash
FLINT – A room for peaceful reflection and prayer at the University of Michigan-Flint has become anything but. Instead, Room 386 at the University Center – known as the Meditation Room – is at the heart of a months-long religious dispute between Muslim and non-Muslim students. The non-Muslims began complaining in November that Muslim students […]
NY: Caught in a Net Thrown for Terrorists
It was a controversial program from the outset. In the hunt for terrorists after 9/11, the government required men in the United States from more than 20 Muslim-majority countries to be fingerprinted, photographed and questioned at immigration centers. There is much debate over whether the program succeeded in gathering information about terrorist activities. An estimated […]
CAIR-CA: Rep. Capps Meets with Local Muslims
Congresswoman Lois Capps was honored May 14 by the Central Coast Islamic Center of Santa Maria and the Central Coast chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The groups held a round-table meeting with Capps to discuss social issues currently facing Muslims on the Central Coast and throughout the United States. The conversation centered on […]
CAIR-MD/VA Annual Banquet and Fundraiser
WHEN: June 4, 5 p.m. WHERE: Sheraton Premier, Tyson’s Corner, VA Tickets Now Available Online CAIR MD/VA invites the community to attend its Annual Fundraising Banquet on June 4, 2005, to be held at the Sheraton Premier in Tysons Corner, Va. The theme of our Banquet is “Establishing Trust, Building Partnerships.” We will also be […]
CAIR Educates Ohio National Guard About Islam
(Cleveland, OH, 5/24/05) – The Cleveland Office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Ohio chapter (CAIR-Ohio) recently conducted an educational session on Islam and the Middle East for members of the Ohio National Guard. CAIR’s training session, held at the Canton National Guard Armory, was well received by the soldiers, most of whom said […]
N.C. Church Sign Says ‘Koran Needs To Be Flushed’
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/24/05) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on Americans of all faiths to respond to an anti-Muslim message displayed outside a North Carolina church by obtaining and reading a free copy of the Quran, Islam’s revealed text. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) says the a sign […]