State Dept to Speak at Islamophobia/Anti-Americanism Conference
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/13/05) – CAIR is pleased to announce that Gerald Michael Feierstein, director of of the Office of Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near East Affairs, will be speaking at its “Islamophobia and Anti-Americanism: Causes and Remedies” conference in Washington, D.C. Feierstein will speak at the May 14th panel “Anti-Americanism and U.S. Foreign Policy.” WHEN: […]
CANADA: Hate-Crime Charges Follow Ryerson Incidents
Two hate-crime charges have been laid against a man accused of spray-painting “Die Muslim Die” at Ryerson University. The incident was one of many last summer and fall targeting Middle Easterners at the school. Kevin Haas, not a student at the school, was initially charged in October with mischief and threatening death. Two charges of […]
MT: Scholar Links Islam with Healing
Healing is part of Islam, Seth Ward told an audience Tuesday at a talk titled “Islam: History and Healing.” Ward spoke to 20 people at the lunchtime talk at the Mansfield Health Education Center. The presentation, sponsored by St. Vincent Healthcare, is part of a series on caring for people of different faiths. Ward, visiting […]
GA: Mosque Faces Opposition Cady
DALTON, Ga. – In the 10 years Mohammed Hassan has lived in Dalton, he says he’s never had a problem living in the predominantly Christian city. Even after some local residents called their hoped-for new mosque a “terrorist hideout” during a public hearing last week, Mr. Hassan, 28, and other Muslims say they still feel […]
U.S. Muslims Report More Attacks
U.S. Muslims reported about 1,500 cases of hate crimes, unreasonable arrest, harassment and other alleged civil rights violations last year, a 50 percent increase over the previous year’s total, according to a report released yesterday by a major Islamic advocacy group. The Council on American-Islamic Relations attributed the jump, in part, to continued suspicions of […]
TX: Group Ranks TX Fifth In Rights Abuses
Anti-Muslim civil rights discrimination and harassment incidents have sharply risen since the 9-11 terrorist attacks, according to a report released today. The report, put together by the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Washington, shows that Texas is ranked fifth among the 10 states where the majority of civil rights cases have been reported in the […]
Fear of Islam on the Rise – Muslim Group
WASHINGTON, May 11 (IPS) – Reported incidents of anti-Muslim bias including hate crimes, discrimination, and harassment rose sharply in the United States last year, according to a new report by a major Islamic group. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), in a report released Wednesday, said it received 141 reports of actual or planned violence […]
MA: Muslim Leader Sues Boston Media Outlets
The chairman of the board of trustees of the Islamic Society of Boston filed a defamation suit yesterday against the Boston Herald and WFXT-TV (Channel 25), marking the second time in three months an official of that group said he had been unfairly harmed by news reports linking him to terrorism. In the suit filed […]
CAIR-PHILLY Sponsors Program on Jesus in Islam
(PHILADELPHIA, PA, 5/12/05) – “Who is Jesus in Islam? – A Review of the Quranic Perspectives on Jesus” is the theme for the centerpiece program in a Diversity Series hosted by St. John’s Episcopal Church in Huntingdon Valley on Saturday, May 21, from 9:45 a.m. to noon. The Muslim-Christian dialogue features Iftekhar Hussain, who received […]
U.S. Muslims Seek Probe of Gitmo Quran ‘Desecration’
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/11/05) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on the Bush administration to launch a public probe of allegations that interrogators at the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay flushed a Quran, Islam’s revealed text, down a toilet. At least four people were killed today in Afghanistan during protests over the […]