CAIR-MD Conducts Anti-Bullying Workshop at Masjid An-Nur
Sunday school students learn techniques to prevent, address bullying PHOTO: (L-R) CAIR-MD Operations Coordinator Salam Shaguj, CAIR National Outreach Coordinator Lauren Schreiber, and CAIR-MD Outreach Coordinator Mariam Mirza facilitate CAIR-MD’s anti-bullying workshop at Masjid An-Nur in White Marsh, Md. On October 27, 2013, the CAIR-MD team presented an anti-bullying workshop to some 125 Sunday school […]
CAIR-FL Organizes Muslim Veterans Parade Participation
The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR–FL) organized the particiaption of South Florida Muslims veterans in the November 8 Miami-Dade County Golden Veterans Parade 50th Anniversary Commemoration. The parade was an initiative of County Commissioner Jose “Pepe” Diaz and the Miami-Dade County Military Affairs Board, and with the support of 34 Miami-Dade […]
Muslim workers say they were fired for praying
Mark Curnutte, The Cincinnati Enquirer CINCINNATI — For more than three years, Mohamed Maow worked at DHL Global Mail in Hebron, Ky. He said he earned $11.57 an hour to sort mail and was paid time-and-a-half for overtime. Maow, 27, a refugee from Somalia who came to the U.S. in 2007, said he never received […]
Protesters demand justice in Renisha McBride shooting death
By Ashley Sword, Press and Guide Newspapers About 50 people gathered in front of the police station Thursday evening to protest the shooting death last weekend of a 19-year-old Detroit woman. Renisha McBride died after she was shot at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday on the front porch of a house on Outer Drive, just north […]
Scam Alert: Beware of Callers Impersonating Government Agents
Individuals falsely claiming to be officers from the DHS, FBI, IRS and/or USCIS are calling American Muslims (WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/8/13) — A number of CAIR chapters have received complaints in the last few weeks from community members who have received calls from individuals falsely claiming to be from the DHS, FBI, USCIS and IRS. The […]
CAIR-Cincinnati to Announce EEOC Complaints Against DHL for Firing 24 Muslim Workers Over Prayers
(CINCINNATI, 11/7/13) –- Later today, the Cincinnati chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cincinnati) will hold a news conference to announce the filing of an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) civil rights complaint on behalf of 24 former workers at the DHL Global Mail facility in Hebron, Ky., who were fired for exercising their […]
CAIR-MI Rep Speaks to Students About Civil Rights
(SOUTHFIELD, MI, 11/7/2013) — A representative of the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) yesterday spoke to students at Henry Ford Academy in Detroit, Michigan about the importance of connecting the history of the civil rights movement with contemporary challenges of ethnic and religious discrimination. CAIR-MI Executive Director Dawud Walid spoke to […]
CAIR-MI Rep Speaks on American Muslims Post-9/11 Panel
(SOUTHFIELD, MI, 11/7/2013) – A representative of the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) yesterday participated on a panel discussion at the University of Michigan – Flint about civil rights challenges and Islamophobia facing American Muslims after 9/11. CAIR-MI Executive Director Dawud Walid spoke about the importance of coalition building in regards […]
Groundbreaking Ceremony for Islamic Center for Nation’s Largest Bosnian Community
(SAINT LOUIS, MO, 11/5/13) — On Saturday, November 9, the St. Louis Islamic Center Nur (STLICN), the St. Louis chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-St. Louis) and the Bosnian community will gather for the ground breaking ceremony for a new Islamic center for the city's 77,000 Bosnians. WHAT: Groundbreaking Ceremony for St. Louis […]
CAIR-MI Welcomes Renovation of Oakland University Reflection Room
(SOUTHFIELD, MI, 10/5/2013) — The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) today welcomed the opening of an improvised prayer and reflection room at Oakland University in the Kresge Library. CAIR-MI Safe Spaces Coordinator Warda Kalim worked with the Oakland University Dean of University Libraries Adriene Lim and students on the renovated reflection […]