Florida Family Association
Role in the Islamophobia movement: grassroots organization Key individuals: David Caton, president director and treasurer; Sandra Loughrie, director and secretary; Robert Riggs, director Based in Tampa, Florida Updated December 2011 FFA is a fringe right-wing group. They received national attention when home improvement chain Lowe’s pulled its ads from TLC’s “All American Muslim” program after […]
CAIR Welcomes Arrest in Fla. Walmart Shooting
CAIR GOOD NEWS ALERT #687: Good News: CAIR Welcomes Arrest in Fla. Walmart Shooting 8 tips came in within one hour of CAIR reward offer (Tampa, Fla., 1/4/13) — The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-FL) today welcomed the arrest of 25-year-old Daniel P. Quinnell, a suspect in the apparently bias-motivated shooting […]
David Yerushalmi
Role in Islamophobia network: Legal, policy advocate Society of Americans for National Existence, founder Center for Security Policy, legal counsel Based in Arizona Updated August 2012 David Yerushalmi (aka David Beychok) is legal counsel to many in the Islamophobia network. “There is a reason the founding fathers did not give women or black slaves the […]
We Have More in Common than We Think’ PSA
9/11 Happened to Us All’ PSA, Medical Responder
CAIR ‘9/11 Happened to Us All’ PSA, Firefighter
CAIR 2005 ‘Not in the Name of Islam’ PSA
Media Urged to Drop Term ‘Islamist’ in New Year
By: Ibrahim Hooper WORD COUNT: 489 As many people make promises to themselves to improve their lives or their societies in the coming year, here is a suggested New Year’s resolution for media outlets in America and worldwide: Drop the term “Islamist.” The Associated Press (AP) added the term to its influential Stylebook in 2012. […]
CAIR ‘Disappointed’ at President’s Signing of NDAA
(WASHINGTON D.C., 1/3/13) — A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization said today it is “disappointed” that President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act for 2013 (NDAA) into law yesterday. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said the legislation restricts the president's authority to transfer or prosecute detainees held at Guantanamo […]
1997: The Status of Muslim Civil Rights in the United States
Unveiling Justice Executive Summary American Muslims are increasingly concerned about their recognition in society and about the ability to freely practice their faith. As this report indicates, Muslims experienced 240 acts of, discrimination violence and harassment in the last twelve months, a threefold increase over the previous year. These incidents ranged from Muslim women being […]