Glenn Greenwald Talk in Anaheim Next Month More Vital with NSA “Assassination” Report
By Matt Coker, OC Weekly When Glenn Greenwald speaks in Orange County next month, he’ll have more to talk about than the classified documents from Edward Snowden on the massive U.S. and British surveillance programs or the injustice of the Bradley Manning prosecution. It was revealed Saturday that Greenwald and fellow journalist Jeremy Scahill’s investigation […]
NYC Republican Mayoral Candidate Defends NYPD Muslim Spying
Joe Lhota attacks the Associated Press while defending the controversial program in a BuzzFeed interview. Andrew Kaczynski, BuzzFeed New York City Republican mayoral hopeful Joe Lhota defended the NYPD’s broad surveillance of Muslims and attacked the Associated Press’ Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting during a wide-ranging interview with BuzzFeed Tuesday. Lhota dismissed the AP’s reporting as based […]
CAIR Releases Video of S. African Ambassador’s Inspiring Banquet Address
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/3/13) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today released video of an “inspiring” keynote address by South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool at the group's 19th annual banquet on Saturday in Arlington, Va. At CAIR's sold out event, almost 900 community members, activists, diplomats, […]
CAIR-NY ‘Disappointed’ with Mayoral Candidate Lhota’s Defense of NYPD Muslim Spying
(NEW YORK, N.Y., 10/3/13) — The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today expressed “disappointment” with mayoral candidate Joe Lhota's recent remarks in defense of the NYPD's widespread surveillance of law-abiding Muslims and their religious institutions. SEE: NYC Republican Mayoral Candidate Defends NYPD Muslim SpyingCAIR-NY Board Member Ibrahim Mossallam said: “We are […]
Urge State Speaker to Block Voting on Broad Child Agency Placement Bill
(SOUTHFIELD, MI, 10/2/2013) – CAIR-MI today joined other advocates against the introduction of Michigan House Bill No. 4991, which would grant child placement agencies the right to object to placing children in particular foster homes based upon their religious or moral convictions. This bill if it becomes law would not guarantee Muslim children placement into […]
CAIR-CT Welcomes Recognition of Muslim Holidays on School Calendar
(HARTFORD, CT, 10/2/13) – The Connecticut Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CT) today welcomed a decision by the New London Board of Education to recognize the two major Muslim holidays, Eid ul-Fitr and Eid ul-Adha, by including them on the school calendar along with all other major religious holidays. CAIR-CT said the board’s […]
How Muslims Wash, Bury Their Dead
By Tasnim Shamma, WFAE When a loved one dies, most of us turn to a funeral home or crematorium to take care of the body. In the Islamic tradition, it’s different. Family members often help wash and bury their bodies within 24 hours. But first, you have to learn how to do it. WFAE’s Tasnim […]
TSA Hajj Traveler Awareness: Know Before You Go
TSA understands that the Hajj is a significant event for Muslims and is one of the five pillars of Islam. Many observant Muslims perform Hajj, a pilgrimage to Mecca and Madinah in Saudi Arabia. Each year, more than a million pilgrims take part in the Hajj, including over ten thousand Americans. The dates for Hajj […]
CAIR Reminds U.S. Hajj Pilgrims of Legal Rights, Responsibilities
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/30/13) – Thousands of American Muslims will soon travel to take part in religious observances associated with the annual Hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca, taking place in mid-October. SEE: Hajj Information Because of past concerns about “flying while Muslim” airport profiling incidents, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today urged American Muslims taking […]
Catholic campus houses Suffolk’s first Muslim school
By Bart Jones, Newsday In classrooms where Catholic girls once studied the Bible and prayed the Our Father, young Muslims now study the Quran and pray in Arabic. The girls no longer wear uniforms of skirts and blazers, but traditional Muslim floor-length dresses called jilbabs, with hijabs covering their heads. Boys are neatly attired in […]