Hijab Incident Prompts Mass. Bar Examiners to Review Religious Clothing Rules
Lisa Wangsness, Boston Globe Iman Abdulrazzak, an observant Muslim, realized at the last minute that she needed special permission to wear her headscarf while taking the Massachusetts bar exam. She scrambled to fax her request for an exemption to the ban on hats and other headwear. She called the board’s office in Boston repeatedly to […]
Pope Francis calls for mutual respect to mark Muslim Eid
Alexander Besant, Global Post Pope Francis reached out to Muslims in a speech on Sunday marking the end of Ramadan. The message calling for mutual respect between the two religious communities was the Pope’s second in recent weeks. “I want to send a hello to Muslims around the world, our brothers, who a short time […]
Civil Rights Groups Oppose NYPD Chief Kelly to Head DHS
By Sunita Sohrabji, IndiaWest Several civil rights organizations have announced their opposition to the possible nomination of New York Police Chief Raymond Kelly to head the Department of Homeland Security. Former DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano resigned in June to head up the University of California system. President Barack Obama has not yet announced his nomination […]
Chaplain program graduating more Muslims to fill needs for every faith
Mark Hicks, The Detroit News While still in a Muslim chaplain training program at the Ecumenical Theological Seminary in Detroit and volunteering at a local hospital early last year, Hajj Reyad Mallad was asked to fill a challenging role many others face gaining similar experience: visit the family of a dying patient. When the Canton […]
Editorial: Transit board should accept CAIR ad
Tampa Bay Times Editorial Board An effort to promote diversity on the side of a bus should not turn into a controversy. Yet the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority has denied an advertisement sponsored by the Florida Council on American-Islamic Relations in support of diversity. HART should reconsider infringing upon free speech and its shaky […]
CAIR Welcomes Ruling Against NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Program
(New York, N.Y., 8/12/13) — The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today welcomed a federal court ruling that the New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk program has violated the constitutional rights of tens of thousands of the city's residents. The judge's ruling came in response to a lawsuit brought against the […]
Muslims gather in Richmond to celebrate Ramadan’s end
By Laura Kebede, Richmond Times-Dispatch About 1,500 Muslims from around Virginia gathered at the Greater Richmond Convention Center on Thursday morning to end the month-long fast of Ramadan. The worldwide ceremony Eid al-Fitr, which includes prayer, teaching and eating with family and friends, marks the end of fasting from food and drink from sunrise to […]
Video: CAIR Rep Sees Increased Media Coverage of Ramadan in U.S.
In the United States, Islam has traditionally been poorly understood and sometimes even associated with violence. But in recent years, that image has been changing. The Muslim population of America has been growing, and Islam is increasingly being seen as one of the legitimate faiths practiced in the country. With Ramadan coming to a close, […]
CAIR-FL Asks Brevard Co. Officials to Drop Hate Group’s Event with Anti-Muslim Prof
Brevard County Commission urged to deny taxpayer-funded platform for hate speech (TAMPA, FL, 8/9/13) – The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-FL) today called on the Brevard County Commission not to provide a taxpayer-funded platform for the anti-Muslim hate group ACT! for America and for University of Central Florida (UCF) professor Jonathan […]
Video: CAIR News Update, August 8-9, 2013
Topics covered in the video include: CAIR-MN Named ‘Nonprofit to Know’ CAIR-Sacramento Welcomes Pope’s Outreach to Muslims CAIR Reps Urge Action to Address Global Terror Threat Father of Muslim Shot by FBI Meets CAIR-FL Reps CAIR Distributes Sample Eid Media Advisory to Muslim Communities