New $75 Day-Rate for CAIR Conference in DC
WHAT: A new $75 day-rate has been announced for CAIR’s 2005 Annual Conference, “Islamophobia and Anti-Americanism: Causes and Remedies.” The $75 cost will include two meals. Registration begins at 8 a.m., first session begins at 9 a.m. E-mail events@cair-net.org call 202-488-8787 ext. 6050, to register for the single-day rate. WHEN: Friday, May 13 to Sunday, […]
AIPAC Sacks Employees Over Spy Scandal
The American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has fired two of its senior officials involved in an investigation over possible spying for Israel in the United States, the New York Times reported Thursday. The pro-Israel lobby dismissed its policy director Steve Rosen and its senior Iran analyst Keith Weissman, who had both been previously suspended for […]
NY: Muslims Detained at Border Sue DHS
NEW YORK, April 20 — American Muslims detained at the border as they returned from a religious conference in Toronto sued the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday alleging they were targets of ethnic and religious profiling. The five Muslims, all U.S. citizens, say customs officials detained dozens of others from their conference in December, […]
NJ: Christians, Muslims Pledge Peace
JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (AP) – Declaring an end to “a period of agony in our community,” Muslim, Christian and other religious leaders signed a pledge rejecting hatred and promising to build better interfaith ties in the aftermath of the slaying of an Egyptian Christian family. Representatives of Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Hindu, Baha’i, […]
Muslims Sue Govt for Racial Profiling
Muslims Sue Govt for Racial Profiling Larry Fine, Reuters, 4/20/05 http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8243195
American Muslims Sue DHS Over Border Detentions CAIR
Arsalan Iftikhar , CAIR National Legal Director, addresses members of the press during the joint CAIR /NYCLU/ACLU press conference announcing the filing of the civil rights lawsuit. From left to right: Chris Dunn (NYCLU Asst. Legal Director), Asma Elshinawy (Plaintiff), Donna Lieberman (Executive Director, NYCLU), Dr. Sawsan Tabbaa (Plaintiff) and daughter Serene (WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/20/05) […]
CAIR Conf. on Islamophobia, Anti-Americanism
WHAT: The Council on American-Islamic Relations cordially invites you to attend its 2005 Annual Conference, “Islamophobia and Anti-Americanism: Causes and Remedies.” WHEN: Friday, May 13 to Sunday, May 15, 2005 Conference Banquet, Saturday, May 14 WHERE: Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner, 8661 Leesburg Pike ~ Vienna, VA (703-448-1234) To view a complete program or to […]
DC: CSID Annual Conference on Democracy and Development Center for Islam and Democracy
(CSID) invites you to attend its 6th Annual Conference on April 22 and 23 at the Marriot Wardman Park Hotel in Washington DC. The year’s conference theme is Democracy and Development: Challenges for the Islamic World: Challenges for the Islamic World and speakers include USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios, IRI President Lorne Craner, NED President Carl […]
CO: Islamic Center Vandalized
Community members rallied around the Islamic Center on Monday, a day after a brick was tossed through a window, breaking five panes of the thick glass and damaging some of the wooden framework. Though police do not believe the vandalism was a hate crime, the timing is suspect, coming on the heels of Saturday’s “Not […]
CAIR Calls for FBI Probe of CO Mosque Vandalism
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/21/05) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on the FBI to investigate recent vandalism at a Colorado mosque as a possible hate crime. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said a brick was thrown through a window of the Fort Collins Islamic Center on Sunday. Some […]