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CAIR-Ohio raises concerns about facial recognition program

Attorney general excludes civil liberties experts from newly-formed advisory committee (Columbus, Ohio, 8/30/13) — On Thursday, the Ohio chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) joined other civil rights organizations in expressing concerns about the recent activation of facial recognition software in Ohio without the public's knowledge. SEE: Ohioans not told how license […]

CAIR-OH Seeks Input on New Facial Recognition System

By Chrissie Thompson, Cincinnati Enquirer Attorney General Mike DeWine’s panel to review security protocols for Ohio’s facial recognition system will start meeting Sept. 10 — and two civil-rights groups are not on it. The nine-member group includes former and current judges, a prosecutor, a sheriff, a police chief and a coroner, but DeWine did not […]

ISNA Attendees: Tour CAIR’s Capitol Hill HQ During Open House

Register for CAIR 19th annual banquet at ISNA booth(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/29/13) — On Sunday afternoon, members of CAIR’s board and senior staff will host an informal open house and offer tours of our Capitol Hill headquarters in Washington, D.C., for Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) conference attendees. Don’t miss this opportunity to talk with […]

CAIR Asks FBI to Probe ‘USA’ Vandalism of Mass. Mosque Sign

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/28/13) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on state law enforcement authorities and the FBI to investigate vandalism of a mosque sign in Burlington, Mass., with “USA” graffiti. CAIR said vandals targeted the sign for the Islamic Center of Burlington's sign using […]

CAIR-Oklahoma: On the right side of history

By Adam Soltani, Oklahoma Gazette On Aug. 15, I received an unexpected phone call that delivered some of the best news I have heard in my lifetime. It was a call from Gadeir Abbas, one of the attorneys representing myself and other plaintiffs in a case known as the Oklahoma Anti-Sharia Amendment case. I was […]

Oklahoma Lawmaker Resorts to Race-Baiting to Defend His Bigoted Law

By Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress Last week, federal Judge Vicki Miles LaGrange issued a permanent order striking down an anti-Islamic amendment to the Oklahoma constitution. Moreover, this order followed a similar decision by a bipartisan panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit upholding a temporary block on the same amendment. Nevertheless, […]

CAIR-FL: Professor’s Islam talks incite hate

By Hassan Shibly, Orlando Sentinel, 8/28/13 When we learned that Jonathan Matusitz, a University of Central Florida associate professor, would give a presentation vilifying Islam and Muslims in a Brevard County Commission meeting room, we expressed concerns to the commission that taxpayers should not subsidize hate speech. Unfortunately, our concerns about Matusitz’s lecture were fully […]

CAIR-NY, Rights Groups to Seek DOJ Probe of NYPD ‘Terror’ Designation for Mosques

Designation allowed NYPD to record sermons, spy on all worshipers, place informants on boards (NEW YORK, N.Y., 8/28/13) — Later today, the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), along with other civil rights organizations, will hold a news conference on the steps of 1 Police Plaza to again call on the […]

Mass. Bar Examiners Will Allow Test-Takers to Wear Hijab

By Nikita Lalwani, The Boston Globe The board that oversees bar exams in Massachusetts will now let test-takers wear religious headwear without requesting permission, after an observant Muslim was mistakenly asked to remove her headscarf earlier this month while taking the test. Those wishing to wear headwear for religious or medical reasons had been required […]