Guess who will receive the first-ever ‘Muslim of the Year’ award’?
Past events have been sold out, no tickets are sold at the door — so register TODAY to reserve your place! On Saturday, September 28, CAIR will present the first-ever “Muslim of the Year” award during its 19th annual banquet at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Va. The national award, one of CAIR’s “2013 […]
CAIR-MI Congratulates Staff Attorney for Bar Association Honor
(SOUTHFIELD, MI, 9/12/13) — The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) today congratulated Staff Attorney Lena Masri for being honored by a chapter of the Federal Bar Association for her pro bono work. Masri was honored yesterday at the United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan Chapter of the Federal Bar […]
CAIR-St. Louis sponsors 9/11 service project
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Service project: A part of the national day of service to mark 9/11, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, along with the Muslim community, interfaith groups and Veterans for Peace, has organized a neighborhood cleanup project in the Yeatman Market neighborhood. Volunteers are needed to pick up garbage, cut lawns and clear debris […]
CAIR-MN Congratulates Muslim Community Activists for Winning Veterans Voices Award
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 9/11/13) – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today congratulated CAIR-MN advisory board member Sakinah Mujahid and volunteer Mohammad Zafar for receiving the Minnesota Humanities Centers' 25 Veterans' Voices Award. The 25 Veterans' Voices Award highlights veterans who have made “exceptional contributions to the community, in business, health care, […]
Not a Game: How the NYPD Uses Sports for Surveillance
Dave Zirin, The Nation In 2009, the Arab American Association of New York sponsored the Brooklyn United, a team in the New York Police Department’s youth soccer league. “We were trying to engage with law enforcement, get kids off the street and it was kind of putting out our hand to the NYPD,” said the […]
Abercrombie & Fitch loses ruling over hijab
Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle Abercrombie & Fitch and its Hollister Co. outlet in San Mateo violated the religious rights of a Muslim employee who was fired for refusing to remove her headscarf, a federal judge has ruled. The clothing retailer failed to prove it would suffer undue hardship by accommodating the beliefs of Hani […]
Muslim mother seeks justice for the son she lost on 9/11
Omar Sacirbey, Religion News Service It’s been five years now that Talat Hamdani has been able to talk about her son without crying, but she still prefers mostly not to tell his story. “It’s all over the Internet,” she said. She’s stopped talking about how she initially didn’t worry when her son, Mohammad Salman Hamdani, […]
CAIR-SFBA, LAS-ELC Win Judgment Against Abercrombie & Fitch in Hijab Case
Look-conscious retailer found liable for religious discrimination in firing of Muslim worker (SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 9/9/13) — The San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) and the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center (LAS-ELC) today announced a legal victory in a lawsuit against clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch over the firing […]
CAIR-MI Welcomes Halal Accommodations in Crestwood District Schools
(SOUTHFIELD, MI, 9/9/13) — The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) today welcomed the Crestwood School District implementing halal meals to accommodate its Muslim students. The Crestwood School District, which compromises schools in the City of Dearborn Heights, has a significant and growing Muslim student population. CAIR-MI worked with the district and […]
CAIR-Ohio Wins Important Naturalization Delay Lawsuit
(COLUMBUS, OHIO – 9/6/13) — The Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) announced today that it received a favorable ruling in an important immigration case. The case, Ahmed v. Holder, involved a Muslim man who was experiencing a delay of his naturalization application because United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) claimed […]