CAIR-NY to Announce Article 78 Filing by Muslim Targets of NYPD Spying
(NEW YORK, N.Y., 11/25/13) — On Tuesday, November 26, the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), along with other Muslim and civil rights organizations, will hold a noon news conference at One Police Plaza with Imam Abdur-Rashid and Samir Hashmi, who have filed Article 78Â petitions against the NYPDÂ in response to the […]
Good News Alert: Senate Takes Steps Toward Closing Gitmo
CAIR thanks the hundreds of concerned citizens who responded to our action alert urging the Senate to ease such transfer provisions for Guantanamo Bay inmates. Last week, the Senate took significant steps toward closing the prison at Guantanamo in their markup of the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NAA). The Senate has adopted several NDAA […]
CAIR’s Weekly News Update for November 22, 2013
If you missed any recent news impacting the American Muslim community, here’s a 5-minute video review. Topics covered in the video include: CAIR Challenges Government No-Fly List CAIR Calls on DOJ to Probe Bigoted Rant Targeting Va. Cabbie CAIR-FL Condemns Attempted Censorship of Textbook Teaching About Islam CAIR-MN Files Complaint on Behalf of Muslim Woman […]
Saud Anwar, Connecticut’s First Muslim Mayor
By Catie Talarski, WNPR South Windsor physician Saud Anwar is the state’s first Muslim mayor. He sat down with Where We Live to talk about his faith, his vision for the town, and how he plans to juggle his busy schedule. Anwar is a native of Pakistan, who came to Connecticut via Illinois to study […]
Civil rights advocacy group says banks closed more accounts of Muslims
Mark Hicks, The Detroit News The Council on American-Islamic Relations-Michigan is asking federal officials to investigate more complaints that JPMorgan Chase is allegedly closing bank accounts of Muslim customers in Metro Detroit. “It seems like it’s solidifying our idea more that there’s a disturbing pattern going on,” said Dawud Walid, executive director of CAIR-MI. “These […]
Muslim woman ejected from event over religion
by Shelby Capacio, KMSP-TV The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations has filed charges of discrimination on behalf of a Minneapolis woman who was physically escorted out of an event because of her religion. “The retreat organizers engaged in discrimination when they denied a Muslim woman from participating in the event while opening […]
Bosses May Use Social Media to Discriminate Against Job Seekers
By Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, Wall Street Journal Many companies regularly look up job applicants online as part of the hiring process. A new study suggests they may also use what they find to discriminate. The study, a Carnegie Mellon University experiment involving dummy résumés and social-media profiles, found that between 10% and a third of U.S. […]
Ask Your Senators to Ease Transfer Provisions for Gitmo Inmates
(Washington, D.C., 11/19/13) — On Friday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) joined 18 human rights and civil liberties organizations in calling on the Senate to support Guantanamo Bay detainee transfer provisions included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2014 (S. 1197). SEE: Human Rights and Civil Liberties Coalition Urges Senate […]
Fla. School Board Resists Censorship of Textbook on Islam
(TAMPA, FL, 11/19/13) –Â CAIR today applauded a Florida school board for resisting calls by Islamophobes to drop a textbook offering basic historical information about Islam. Yesterday, representatives of CAIR's Florida chapter joined with local students, members of the Democratic Party and moderate Republicans at a school board meeting in Deltona, Fla., to counter an organized […]
CAIR-MN Files Charges of Discrimination for Muslim Woman Ejected from Event
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 11/19/13) — The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today announced that it has filed charges of discrimination with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights on behalf of Rania Elsweisy, a Muslim woman who was physically escorted out of a public event in Chisholm, Minnesota because of her religion. On […]