CAIR, Va. Muslims Get Out the Vote in Tight Gubernatorial Race
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/4/13) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is joining the Virginia Muslim Political Action Committee (VMPAC) and the Muslim Association of Virginia to mobilize Muslim voters in Virginia through a get-out-the-vote (GOTV) campaign that includes a nonpartisan, non-denominational statewide call this evening urging all Virginians to vote. Tonight's call will be made […]
CAIR Video News Update, November 1, 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-FL Seeks Public’s Help to Find Man Who Tried to Force Muslim Mom off the Road CAIR-OK Challenges Anti-Muslim Police Trainers in Legislature CAIR-MN Gets School to Drop Anti-Islam Speaker CAIR-PA […]
CAIR-OK to Comment After Anti-Muslim Training in Legislature
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 10/31/13) – On Friday, November 1, the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) will hold an impromptu news conference following a law enforcement training seminar by several notorious Islamophobes in the Oklahoma House of Representatives chamber. Video: CAIR-OK Decries Anti-Muslim Law Enforcement Training SeminarTulsa World: Oklahoma Islamic group Says […]
CAIR-FL Seeks Public’s Help After Road-Rage Incident Targeting Muslim Mom
(GREATER ORLANDO, FL, 10/30/2013) – The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-FL) is seeking the public's help in identifying a man the Osceola County Sheriff's Office believes committed aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a third degree felony, by attempting to run a young Muslim mom and her two small daughters off […]
NYPD must ditch discriminatory Muslim surveillance for its own good
by Faiza Patel, Al Jazeera America Twice in the course of the last month, the New York City Police Department has been forced to defend its Muslim surveillance program in court. Police documents show that at least since 2003, the NYPD’s Intelligence Division intensively monitored the daily lives of law-abiding American Muslims in the city […]
Okla. State Rep. Decries Anti-Muslim Speakers
OKLAHOMA CITY – State Rep. Mike Shelton said today that two speakers scheduled to present at an event sponsored by a legislative caucus on Friday at the state Capitol have spread hate speech toward Muslims in the past and should be condemned by leadership of the House of Representatives. This Friday, the House Counterterrorism Caucus […]
NYC police commissioner booed off stage at Brown
Providence Journal PROVIDENCE, R.I. — New York’s police commissioner Raymond Kelly was booed off the stage at Brown University and did not get to speak Tuesday afternoon. Kelly was to deliver a lecture Tuesday at Brown on “proactive policing.” Kelly was to discuss his time as head of the New York Police Department and his […]
Oklahoma Islamic group says seminar speakers are anti-Muslim
By Barbara Hoberock, Tulsa World The leader of an Oklahoma Islamic group said Monday that a law enforcement training council is being used to promote anti-Muslim speakers. Adam Soltani, executive director of the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, asked that anti-Muslim speakers who are scheduled to speak Friday at the Legislative Counterterrorism […]
CAIR-MN Asks Calvary Evangelical Free Church to Condemn Hate Speech
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 10/29/13) – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today called on Calvary Evangelical Free Church in Bagley, Minn., to consider the negative impact a series of hate speeches will have on the Muslim and interfaith community. The church has been hosting anti-Muslim speaker Usama Dakdok for the past three […]
Urge Congress to Support the USA FREEDOM Act and End Surveillance
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/29/13) Today, Americans have been given the first sign of hope that Congress will put a stop to the National Security Agency’s (NSA) massive domestic phone and internet surveillance programs and restore the privacy rights of all citizens with the introduction of the bipartisan USA FREEDOM Act. Only Congress can put an end […]