Federal Judge Dismisses Thomas More Law Center’s ‘Frivolous’ Lawsuit Against CAIR-MI, Executive Director
(SOUTHFIELD, MI, 1/22/2014) – The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) today announced that a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Thomas More Law Center against the civil rights organization and Dawud Walid, its executive director. In granting CAIR-MI’s motion to dismiss at the lawsuit's earliest possible stage, the […]
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CAIR-FL Welcomes Textbook Supplement Prompted by Anti-Islam Campaign
(TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 21, 2014) — The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-FL) today welcomed a supplement to a world history textbook prompted by an anti-Islam campaign. The Brevard County School Board committee tasked with reviewing the book presented its findings today and said concerns about the textbook's alleged “pro-Islam” bias proved […]
CAIR Urges President to End Bulk Collection of Metadata
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/17/14) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on President Obama to immediately end the government's bulk collection of citizens' telephone and internet metadata. CAIR additionally expressed concern over the NSA's domestic collection of citizen call records by forcing telephone providers to […]
Texas apartment owner settles discrimination lawsuit
By Terry Evans, Fort Worth Star-Telegram EULESS — An apartment manager is out of a job and the company that owns the complex where she worked is paying $317,000 to settle a federal discrimination lawsuit concerning the segregation of tenants based on race. “The federal government took my job,” said Nancy Quandt, who left her […]
New DOJ Position on Religious Profiling a ‘Step in the Right Direction’
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/16/14) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today said it is optimistic that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is taking “a step in the right direction” with the announcement that it will expand its definition of profiling to prohibit agents from considering religion and national origin in their investigations. Guidance on […]
Bullying Hits California Muslim Students
by Joseph Mayton”š Beyond Chron Bullying of Muslim students in the Bay Area is a growing concern, a report published last month by the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) revealed. The survey showed evidence that Muslim students in California as a whole are facing religious-inspired bullying at school, creating fear among students that to be […]
You’ll never guess where this FBI agent left a secret interrogation manual
“Security screwups are not very uncommon. But this is a first.” By Nick Baumann, Mother Jones In a lapse that national security experts call baffling, a high-ranking FBI agent filed a sensitive internal manual detailing the bureau’s secret interrogation procedures with the Library of Congress, where anyone with a library card can read it. For […]
Civil Rights Groups Welcome Legal Victory Against ‘No-Fly’ List
(SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 1/15/14) — Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus (AAAJ-ALC) and the San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) today welcomed a ruling issued yesterday finding that the government violated Dr. Rahinah Ibrahim's rights when it placed her on the “no-fly” list. The lawsuit, filed by San Jose-based […]
Coalition Calls on Mich. GOP to Condemn Anti-Muslim Comments by National Committeeman
(SOUTHFIELD, MI, 1/15/2014) – A coalition of American Muslim and Arab-American organizations based in Michigan today call on the Michigan Republican Party to condemn recent hostile comments made about American Muslims by Republican National Committeeman Dave Agema. Agema recently posted on his Facebook account: “Have you ever been to a Muslim hospital? Have you heard […]