CAIR Welcomes Sen. Paul’s Stance on Drone Killings, Acknowledges Holder’s Clarification
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/7/13) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed Sen. Rand Paul's (R-KY) efforts to obtain clarification as to whether the Obama administration believes armed drones could legally be used to attack Americans on U.S. soil. CAIR also acknowledged Attorney General Eric Holder's […]
CAIR-NJ Calls on Rutgers Officials to Condemn Anti-Islam Hate Ads
(SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ, 3/7/13) — The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) today called on Rutgers University officials to condemn Anti-Islam Hate ads that use target images of Muslims or persons in predominantly Muslim countries that have been attacked or killed. CAIR-NJ says the advertisement will create a hostile learning environment […]
CAIR Michigan Director: Discussion of Drones ‘Long Overdue’
By Detroit News staff and wire reports, The Detroit News U.S. Sen. Rand Paul’s demand that the government vow not to use drones on American soil without an “imminent threat” reflects the view of some Arab-Americans in Metro Detroit, the leader of an Islamic advocacy group said Wednesday. “We’ve been long overdue for having a […]
CAIR-LA’s Ameena Qazi: Sister Lawyer
By Gustavo Arellan, OC Weekly Ameena Qazi was in her first year of law school at Wayne State University in Detroit when a professor gave the female students fashion advice that amused her.“She was telling us how to dress when we argue cases in front of a judge,” says the Fullerton resident, who’s the deputy […]
CAIR-WA Files Public Records Request after Teacher Compares Muslims to Nazis
(SEATTLE, WA, 3/6/2013) — The Washington State chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA) today submitted a public records request to Concrete School District for information regarding curriculum, approved texts and materials, internal correspondence, and past complaints against the district. In October 2012, a teacher at Concrete Middle School, Ms. Mary Janda, compared Muslims […]
Muslim rights group wants Waite Park, Catholic Charities to reject training
By Stephanie Dickrell and Mark Sommerhauser, Saint Cloud Times An Islamic civil rights group wants Waite Park police to call off a training event on Somali history and culture that the group calls misleading. The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) on Monday asked the Waite Park Police Department and Catholic Charities […]
CAIR-MN Seeks Meeting with Church after Muslim Students Kicked Out
Exchange students forced to leave after they questioned speaker's anti-Islam bigotry (MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 3/5/13) — The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today called for a meeting with church officials in Perham, Minn., after two Muslim exchange students were kicked out of an event for questioning the anti-Islam bigotry of the speaker, […]
Police, Catholic Charities Asked to Reject Controversial Training on Somalis
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 3/4/2013) — The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today called on Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Saint Cloud and the Waite Park Police Department to reject a controversial law enforcement training the agencies are hosting at Waite Park City Offices on March 5. The law enforcement training, “Understanding […]
Week educates students about Islam’s history, beliefs
By Deena Khattab, Daily Trojan The Muslim Student Union kicked off Islam Awareness Week Monday with an informational event called Islam 101. Speakers Zienab Abdelgany and Yasmin Nouh from the Council on American Islamic Relations gave students in attendance a brief introduction to the history and practices of Islam. The event covered basic information about […]
King County Jail now will allow headscarves
As part of a policy revision reached with a Muslim advocacy group over the last year, King County jails will allow inmates to keep their hijabs, headscarves and other religious head coverings while in detention. By Lornet Turnbull, Seattle Times ing County Jail officials no longer will take away the religious head coverings of inmates […]