Police say vandalism at Islamic center a hate crime
Second attack on Manteca mosque By Joe Goldeen, Record MANTECA – State and federal authorities have been called upon by a national civil rights group to investigate as a hate crime the latest vandalism that occurred last week at the Islamic Center of Manteca. “Because of the nature of the vandalism and the fact that […]
Muslims, Our Natural Allies
by Robert P. George, First Things I am a Catholic. My Church teaches me to esteem our Muslim friends and to work with them in the cause of promoting justice and moral values. I am happy to stand with them in defense of what is right and good. And so I stand with the young […]
CAIR-NY Applauds Mayor on Plans to Close NYC Schools for Muslim Holidays
(NEW YORK, N.Y., 2/5/14) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today applauded NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio for plans to move forward in closing schools for the Muslim holidays of Eid ul Adha and Eid ul Fitr. “The NYC Muslim community looks forward to finally having the Eid holidays […]
CAIR Sends Letter to Tunisian President Welcoming New Constitution
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/5/14) –- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, has sent a letter through the Ambassador of Tunisia in Washington, D.C., congratulating President Mohamed Moncef Marzouki for ratifying a new constitution. In the letter, CAIR National Executive Director wrote in part: “On behalf of the American Muslim […]
Harvard recognizes Quranic verse as one of the greatest expressions of justice
Cii News Harvard Law School, one of the most prestigious institutions of its kind in the world, has posted a verse of the Holy Quraan at the entrance of its faculty library, describing the verse as one of the greatest expressions of justice in history. Verse 135 of Surah Al Nisa (The Women) has been […]
CAIR-MD Welcomes Removal of Anti-Muslim Article from Talk Radio Website
(COLUMBIA, MD 2/4/14) – The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MD) today welcomed the decision of officials at Baltimore talk radio station WCBM AM 680 to remove an anti-Muslim article that was re-published on its website. The article by an anti-Muslim blogger read in part: “The ideology of Islam (a totalitarian system cloaked in the burqa […]
CAIR Asks FBI to Probe Vandalism Targeting Calif. Mosque as Hate Crime
Raw bacon left on mosque grounds, 'F*** Islam' spray-painted on facility's sign (SACRAMENTO, CA, 2/4/14) — The Sacramento Valley chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SV), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate vandalism of a California mosque as a possible […]
Converging Bigotry: Nativist Movement Begins to Focus on Muslim Immigration
By Aaron Patrick Flanagan, Imagine 2050 The present Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) debate, as political debates tend to do, has produced much ugliness from the organized nativist movement, both anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim alike. While both rail on separate-but-not-mutually-exclusive talking points, the anti-Muslim sphere has begun focusing more and more prevalently on the issue of immigration. […]
Former NJ mosque director named head of civil-rights advocacy group
By Hannan Adely, Bergen Record Mohamed El Filali, one of North Jersey’s most well-known and outspoken Muslim leaders, has been named executive director of the state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. El Filali left his job as executive director of the Islamic Center of Passaic County in Paterson, one of the largest mosques […]
CAIR-Texas Cleanup of Burned Home Encourages Volunteerism
For background, read: Houston Muslim Volunteers to Remove Debris from Elderly Woman’s Home Ruined by Fire