CAIR-MN to Launch Free Monthly Legal Clinics
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 5/28/14) — On Saturday, May 31, the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) will launch a new legal advocacy project called the Free Brief Advice Legal Clinic. The monthly clinics will provide free legal advice in areas such as civil rights, housing, family law, immigration, and employment. WHAT: Free Brief […]
Video update on CAIR’s work and issues, May 23, 2014
Topics Include: CAIR Asks Kansas Sheriff to Drop Anti-Muslim Trainer CAIR Challenges Pamela Geller’s Anti-Muslim Hate Ads CAIR-OK Defends Muslim Limo Driver Assaulted in Bias Attack CAIR-NY Calls for DOJ Probe of NYPD Coercion of Muslim Detainees to Become Informants CAIR-FL Questions Troubling History of FBI Agent Who Shot Muslim CAIR Joins Muslim Leaders in […]
Kansas sheriff won’t partner on training by John Guandolo
By Tim Potter, The Wichita Eagle The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office said Friday that it has decided not to partner with a citizens group sponsoring an anti-terrorism training session planned for next week, saying it has become too controversial. The Sheriff’s Office said in a news release issued at 5 p.m. that it had heard […]
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Sheriff’s Office shouldn’t have scheduled anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist
Wichita Eagle Editorial Department What was the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office thinking when it scheduled John Guandolo to conduct a terrorism threat training session next week? Guandolo resigned from the FBI after it was revealed that he had a sexual relationship with a confidential source. Since then, he has been making a living peddling Muslim […]
CAIR Marks Memorial Day with Video Featuring Muslim Veterans
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/22/14) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today marked the upcoming Memorial Day holiday with the release of a video featuring American Muslim veterans expressing pride in serving their nation through military service and sacrifice. In the 44-second video, three CAIR representatives describe […]
CAIR-OK Questions School’s Use of OKC Bombing Conspiracy Theory Film
(TULSA, OK, 5/22/2014) — The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) today called on Jenks Public Schools to drop the use of a film promoting conspiracy theories linking Middle East groups to the 1995 Murrah Federal Building bombing in Oklahoma City. That call comes following a meeting today at which school officials […]
CAIR-LA Welcomes Appeals Court Ruling in Favor of Family of Muslim Shot by LAPD Officer
(LOS ANGELES, CA, 5/20/2014) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today welcomed a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to reverse many of a lower court's rulings that were unfavorable to the family of Mohammad Usman Chaudhry, a 21-year-old autistic Muslim man […]
CAIR-LA Helps Egyptian Teen Inventor Seek Asylum in U.S.
(ANAHEIM, CA, 5/19/14) — The Greater Los Angeles-Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today said it is assisting an Egyptian teenager seek asylum in the United States after he was initially barred from travelling to California for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair because of charges brought by coup regime authorities […]