Muslims Offer Support to New Pope for ‘Betterment of Humanity’
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/13/13) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today congratulated Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina on his election as Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church and offered the Muslim community's “support and cooperation.” In a statement following the announcement of the new pope, […]
Muslims Hope for Positive Relations with New Pope
By Nihad Awad Muslims have interacted with the Roman Catholic Church and its leaders — sometimes negatively and sometimes positively — for hundreds of years. These interactions have included negative periods of needless and counterproductive conflict, as well as positive cooperation on issues of importance to families of all faiths. With the election of a […]
CAIR Condemns Anti-Christian Violence in Pakistan
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/12/2013) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned anti-Christian violence in Pakistan, which this week has included a church being burned and a number of people being forced to flee their homes. One incident included an attack on a Christian neighborhood after […]
District Attorney, Board President Chiu, and City Leaders Denounce Islamophobic MUNI Ads
(SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 03/12/2013) — Yesterday, the Asian Law Caucus, the Council on American-Islamic Relations San Francisco Bay Area (CAIR-SFBA) and members of the American Muslim community joined San Francisco city leaders to condemn Islamophobia and the newest round of anti-Muslim hate ads placed on MUNI buses. District Attorney George Gascón, Board of Supervisors President […]
CAIR-MD: Coalition Fights Against NDAA, for Due Process
Thomas Nephew, Indypendent Reader This week’s filibuster by Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) of the John Brennan nomination confirms just how unpredictable and fluid the politics of civil liberties are in Washington, DC these days: First we have a Republican senator leading the fight — joined by Democrats like Ron Wyden (D-OR) — to learn just […]
Police Spying on American Muslims Is a Pointless National Shame
By John Knefel, Rolling Stone Civil liberties groups led by the Muslim American Civil Liberties Coalition released a new report today detailing the detrimental effects of the NYPD’s spying on Muslim communities in recent years. The report, called Mapping Muslims: NYPD Spying and its Impact on American Muslims, alleges that more than a decade of […]
CAIR-Oklahoma to Host 7th Annual Awards Banquet
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 3/12/13) – On April 13, the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) will host its 7th Annual Awards Banquet at the Oklahoma City Marriott. This event celebrates seven years of defending the rights of Oklahoma Muslims and of working to increase the understanding of Islam and Muslims in Oklahoma […]
CAIR-SFBA: San Francisco Officials to Denounce Islamophobic Bus Ads
What: City leaders, in conjunction with the Asian Law Caucus, the San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA), the Ramallah Club, churches, mosques and other key community leaders from the Arab and Muslim communities, will hold a press conference to denounce Islamophobic and racist advertisements by the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI). Last […]
Okla. Muslim on No-Fly List Forced to Return to Qatar by Bus, Foreign Flights
By Carla Hinton, The Oklahoman A McAlester native who twice was prevented from leaving Oklahoma to return to the Middle East has made it to Qatar. During a telephone interview Friday, Saadiq Long, a U.S. Air Force veteran who converted to Islam, said he took a bus from Oklahoma City to Mexico, then boarded flights […]
Video: CAIR Responds to New Anti-Islam Ads in DC Metro Stations
“People need to know that Pamela Geller, the sponsor of these ads, is one of the nation’s leading anti-Muslim bigots,” said Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. “She’s recognized as that. The Southern Poverty Law Center has named her as one of the nation’s inner circle of hatemongers of Islam.” Watch the video […]