Muslim Group Aims To Mediate With DELL
A national Muslim organization says it wants to mediate with Dell Inc, over 30 Somali workers who are at the center of a dispute over prayer at work. The Council on American and Islamic Relations in Washington, D.C. sent an e-mail and letter yesterday to Dell president and chief executive Kevin B. Rollins after the […]
CAIR-SV SPONSORS CHILDREN’S PLAY
(SACRAMENTO, CA, 3/2/05) – The Sacramento Valley chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SV) recently sponsored a special performance of “The Beggars’ Strike,” a play by the Children’s Theatre of California. The play by renowned playwright Carlyle Brown is based on a novel by Senegalese author Aminata Sow Fall. Its main themes are the […]
CAIR-LA Hosts Panel On Immigration, Civil Rights (Los Angeles, CA, 3/11/05)
On March 13, the Islamic Society of Orange County (ISOC), the Arab American Council, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations – Southern California (CAIR-LA) will host a panel discussion on immigration and civil rights concerns. The panel is designed to help attendees to learn about current immigration laws, understand how to protect your civil rights […]
Save The Date: CAIR Conference On Islamophobia, Anti-Americanism
On May 13-15, CAIR will host its 2005 Annual Conference, “Islamophobia and Anti-Americanism Causes and Remedies,” at the Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner, Vienna, VA. Online registration will be offered in the near future. If you have any questions or would like to volunteer to help with the conference, please call 202-488-8787 or email events@cair.com. […]
CAIR Condemns Mosul Funeral Bombing
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/11/05) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today condemned the bombing of a funeral gathering yesterday near a mosque in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul that killed dozens of mourners. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said in a statement: “No cause could possibly justify the killing […]
CAIR-CAN Denounces Xenophobic Comments By Quebec Politicans
OTTAWA, CANADA – 11/03/2005) – The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) will address recent comments made by members of Quebec’s provincial assembly on faith-based arbitration at a Montreal lecture tonight. The Montreal gazette today reported that prominent Quebec politicians stated that Islamic family law arbitration has no place in Canada and that Muslim immigrants […]
Muslim Leaders Seek Bias Crimes Prosecution In Anti-Islamic Comments
Leaders of the Muslim community in northern New Jersey want the state attorney general to determine whether anti-Islam comments made by some Coptic Christians implicating Muslims in the killings of a Jersey City family should be prosecuted as bias crimes. Sohail Mohammed, the lawyer for the American Muslim Union, wrote to Attorney General Peter Harvey […]
CAIR-SFBA Participates In Statewide Educators Conference (Santa Clara, CA)
CAIR-SFBA PARTICIPATES IN STATEWIDE EDUCATORS CONFERENCE (SANTA CLARA, CA)- On Friday, March 4th and Saturday, March 5th, representatives of the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) dialogued with over 600 K-12 grade teachers who attended the annual California Teacher’s Association (CTA) conference. CAIR representatives informed educators about the special […]
Dismantling of Israeli Settlements Sought
JERUSALEM (AP) – An inquiry into the establishment of unauthorized West Bank settlement outposts found widespread complicity of successive Israeli governments and recommended Wednesday that prosecutors consider investigations some of those involved. The government-sponsored study was conducted by former state prosecutor Talia Sasson, who presented her findings at a news conference Wednesday. Sasson said ”drastic […]
Data is Lacking on Irans Arms, U.S.Panel Says
WASHINGTON, March 8 – A commission due to report to President Bush this month will describe American intelligence on Iran as inadequate to allow firm judgments about Iran’s weapons programs, according to people who have been briefed on the panel’s work. The report comes as intelligence agencies prepare a new formal assessment on Iran, and […]