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Boston attacks: Islam condemns violence, Muslim leader reiterates

By David Olson, The Press-Enterprise, 4/19/2013 As news emerges that the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings were from the predominantly Muslim Russian republic of Chechnya, an Inland Muslim leader emphasized something he’s had to repeat every time a suspect in a terrorist attack is Muslim: Violence against innocent people is a severe violation […]

Boston mosque cancels Friday prayer, condemns terrorism

Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA TODAY, 4/19/2013 The largest Islamic worship center in New England, the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center, announced on its website Friday that it was closed until further notice, shortly after it news reports said a young man who had worshiped there was one of the Boston Marathon bombers. The FBI […]

CAIR: Americans Will Remain United in Face of Boston Terror Developments

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/19/13) — Representatives of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today joined other leaders from the national and Washington-area Muslim community at a news conference in Washington, D.C., to state that Americans will remain united in face of developments in the Boston Marathon bombings that include the naming of suspects who are reportedly […]

U.S. Muslim Leaders to React to Boston Bombing Developments

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/19/13) — Leaders from the national and Washington-area Muslim community will hold a noon news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., to offer reaction to ongoing developments in the Boston Marathon bombings, including the naming of suspects who are apparently Muslim. WHAT: American Muslim News Conference on Developments in Boston […]

Hate Crimes in MA, NY Follow Boston Bombings

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/18/13) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said hate incidents in Massachusetts and New York occurred following the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon. CAIR reports that a mother of Middle Eastern heritage wearing an Islamic headscarf, or hijab, was assaulted yesterday […]

U.S. Muslims mobilize to prevent Boston backlash

David Gibson and Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service, 4/16/2013 No sooner had the reality of the Boston Marathon bombing sunk in on Monday (April 15) afternoon than Muslim activists in the U.S. began sending out a slew of news releases, tweets and Facebook messages urging prayers and aid for the victims — and condemning whoever […]

CAIR Says Torture Report Shows Need to Stop ‘Erosion of American Principles’

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/17/13) – The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today said that a nonpartisan, independent review of post-9/11 interrogation and detention programs, which concludes that “it is indisputable that the United States engaged in the practice of torture,” shows a need to stop the “disturbing erosion of American principles.”   The 577-page report […]

CAIR Welcomes 20-Year Sentence for Ohio Mosque Arsonist

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/17/13) — The nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today welcomed a 20-year jail sentence for the man who set fire to a Toledo, Ohio, mosque in September 2012 because he wanted to avenge the killings of American soldiers overseas. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said Randolph Linn, 52, […]

Ask Fox News to Drop Contributor Who Tweeted ‘Kill’ All Muslims

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/16/13) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Fox News to sever ties with a contributor who tweeted “Let’s kill them [Muslims] all” in response to yesterday’s deadly Boston Marathon bombings. Sign a letter to Fox News CAIR, which issued a […]