NSA Opponents Will Picket Congress on Patriot Act’s Birthday
Organizers believe Saturday rally will be the largest ever against domestic surveillance By Steven Nelson, U.S. News and World Report A diverse group will gather near the U.S. Capitol on Saturday to denounce the government’s dragnet phone and Internet surveillance programs revealed in June by whistle-blower Edward Snowden. The date is the 12th anniversary of […]
Join CAIR at the 10/26 ‘Stop Watching Us’ Rally Against NSA Spying
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/21/2013) — On Saturday, October 26, CAIR will join thousands of civil rights activists participating in the “Stop Watching Us” rally against mass surveillance at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Taking place on the 12th anniversary of the USA PATRIOT Act, the rally demands that Congress provide transparency, accountability and reform of […]
CAIR-CA Testifies at State Assembly Civil Rights Hearing
(ANAHEIM, CA, 10/21/13) – A representative of the California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) testified at a state assembly hearing entitled “Diversity in California: A Conversation About Us.†The hearing was held on Thursday by the Assembly Select Committee on Human Rights, Diversity and Race Relations. Panels drawn from civil rights groups, […]
CAIR-MN 2nd Annual Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium a Success
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 10/21/13) — On October 18 and 19, some 50 students participated in the second annual Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium (MYLS) hosted by the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN). MYLS seeks to provide American Muslim youth with a proactive agenda for positive activism; empower them to guide their communities from […]
CAIR-San Diego Mobilizes Muslim Voters for 2013 Special Mayoral Election
(San Diego, CA, 10/18/13) — The San Diego Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SD) announced the release of its “2013 Special Mayoral Election Voter Guide for San Diego,” designed to encourage San Diego Muslim voters to participate in next month's special mayoral election. The guide offers a simple comparison of the candidates running […]
NYC schools could close to observe Muslim holidays
by Wilson Dizard, Al Jazeera America After a new mayor takes office in New York City next year, schoolchildren could very well have an additional two days off in observance of Muslim holidays. Both mayoral candidates, Democrat Bill de Blasio and Republican Joe Lhota, say they support the idea. If such a measure were to […]
CAIR News Update, October 18, 2013
Topics covered in the video include: Widespread Media Coverage of CAIR Islamophobia Report Rep. Michele Bachmann Smears Minn. Muslims CAIR-MN Defends Muslim Ejected from Event Because of Her Faith CAIR-CT Speaks Out Against Religious Profiling by Police CAIR-SFBA Applauds Win in Abercrombie Hijab Suit CAIR-FL Defends Constitutional Rights CAIR-MD Seeks Holiday Equality for Muslim Students […]
Anti-mosque group linked to Va. Beach councilman
By Aaron Applegate and Gabriella Souza, The Virginian-Pilot A few weeks before last month’s vote on the city’s first mosque, Councilman Bill DeSteph received a 25-page PowerPoint presentation. It came from the leader of the local chapter of ACT for America, a group concerned about radical Islamists in the United States, and alleged the proposed […]
Federal charges dropped against former Portland man suing FBI over alleged torture
Helen Jung, The Oregonian Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against a former Portland man who claims he was tortured overseas at the behest of the Portland office of the FBI. Prosecutors had charged Yonas Fikre in May 2012 with one count of conspiracy and one count of structuring for an alleged plot to conceal from […]
Support Comprehensive Immigration Reform Legislation
Avoid Piecemeal Anti-Immigrant Bills & Amendments The U.S. House of Representatives Should Support Comprehensive Immigration Reform In July the U.S. Senate adopted the bipartisan Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, S. 744, which provides a pathway to citizenship for the nation’s 11 million undocumented immigrants. While this act is far from perfect, the […]