CAIR-NY Welcomes City Council Vote for Increased NYPD Oversight
(NEW YORK, NY, 6/27/13) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today welcomed the New York City Council's vote to pass the Community Safety Act–a set of bills that will increase accountability and oversight in the New York Police Department (NYPD). SEE: New York City Council Votes to Increase Oversight […]
CAIR-WA: Oral Arguments Today in Case on FBI Surveillance of Muslims
Judge to hear arguments on whether government can lie to a judge about the existence of documents in response to FOIA requests (SEATTLE, WA, 6/26/2013) – Later today, a federal appeals court judge in Seattle will hear oral arguments in the case of “Islamic Shura Council v. FBI,” a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit to […]
CAIR-NY Urges City Council to Pass Community Safety Act
(NEW YORK, NY, 6/26/13) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today joins other community activists in urging city council members to pass the Community Safety Act. The Community Safety Act is a landmark police reform legislative package that consists of four bills aimed at ending discriminatory policing and bringing […]
Okla. Muslim Group to Host 5th Muslim Youth Leadership Program
(EDMOND, OK, 6/26/13) — Beginning on Friday June 28, the Oklahoma chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) will host its 5th annual Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium (MYLS) at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. The MYLS program, which continues through June 30, will focus on developing today's young leaders to be social and community […]
Muslim man passionate about using books to rebuild Stockton
By Lori Gilbert, The Record Mas’ood Cajee is a Muslim man in a mostly Christian city, county, state, country. On the eve of the first program to show another side of his roots and his Islamic faith, Monday’s showing of the film “Koran by Heart,” Cajee didn’t first consider the possibility of educating the uninformed. […]
Mosque-building rises as Muslim American clout grows
By Angel Jennings and Teresa Watanabe, The Los Angeles Times, 6/23/13 The opening this weekend of a new mosque in Rowland Heights is powerful evidence of a building boom of such facilities in Southern California and around the nation. Over the last several years, new mosques have risen in Mission Viejo, Irvine, Anaheim, Reseda, Rancho […]
CAIR ‘Disappointed’ Key Voting Rights Act Provision Struck Down
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/25/13) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, said it is “disappointed” that the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the historic 1965 Voting Rights Act used to determine which states with histories of voter discrimination were required to obtain federal preclearance before changing […]
CAIR Condemns Killing of Shia Muslims in Egypt
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/25/13) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the killing of four Egyptian Shia Muslims by a mob in a village near Cairo. Egyptian religious and political leaders have also condemned the killings. SEE: Egyptian Grand Mufti Condemns Mob Shia Killings In […]
Support Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Oppose the SAFE Act, Ban All Forms of Profiling
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/25/13) — CAIR is urging voters to contact their elected representatives and urge them to reject piecemeal measures in the House that would increase racial profiling and unconstitutional detention and request that they include anti-profiling protections in the immigration bill. Action Alert (1): Oppose the SAFE Act (H.R. 2278) Last week, the House Judiciary Committee […]
Government Domestic Spying Unsettling News for Campuses
by Maria Eugenia Miranda, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education In light of recent news on the federal government spying on Americans via phone records and electronic correspondence and the lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the New York Civil Liberties Union in response, the question of students’ rights and academic freedoms on […]