1995: A Rush to Judgment
A RUSH TO JUDGMENT A Special Report on Anti-Muslim Stereotyping, Harassment and Hate Crimes Following the Bombing of Oklahoma City’s Murrah Federal Building, April 19, 1995 Council on American-Islamic RelationsSeptember, 1995 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Within hours of the April 19, terrorist attack on the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, media reports and self-proclaimed “terrorism experts” […]
1996: The Status of Muslim Civil Rights in the United States
The Price of Ignorance Executive Summary April 19, 1995, marked a turning point in the American Muslim experience. On that day, and for some days thereafter, Muslims were blamed for the devastating attack on the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. This unfounded accusation led to numerous incidents of anti-Muslim harassment and violence. Because of […]
Pamela Geller and Stop Islamization of America
Role in Islamophobia Network: blogger, author, grassroots organizer, media personality Stop Islamization of America, co-founder American Freedom Defense Initiative, co-founder Atlas Shrugs, creator Based: New York, New York Updated: August 2012 Pamela Geller has been described as a “caustic mouthpiece” for the Islamophobia movement. She is the editor of the blog Atlas Shrugs, the executive […]
NY Man Pushed to His Death Because Killer Thought He was Muslim
Muslim civil rights group calls on nation's leaders to speak out against growing Islamophobia (NEW YORK, N.Y., 12/29/12) — The nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today repeated its call for America's political and religious leaders to speak out forcefully against growing anti-Muslim hate in our society after a New York woman was […]
Video: Statement of Muslim Community at Newtown, Conn. Interfaith Service with President Obama
Video: Statement of Muslim Community at Newtown, Conn. Interfaith Service with President Obama Statement read by Jason Graves, Al Hedaya Islamic Center, Newtown, Conn. In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful The Muslim community of the Al Hedaya Islamic Center in Newtown, in Connecticut and throughout the nation joins with our fellow Americans […]
CAIR-OH Welcomes Guilty Plea in Toledo Mosque Arson
(Toledo, Ohio, 12/19/12) – The Ohio chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR- Ohio), today welcomed news that the Indiana man charged with intentionally setting fire to a Toledo mosque in September has pleaded guilty. SEE: Man pleads guilty to mosque arson fire (Toledo Blade) The Islamic Center of Greater Toledo, which also […]
CAIR-FL Urges Stepped-Up Security After Woman with Sword Arrested at Mosque, Muslim School
(TAMPA, FL, 12/19/12) — The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-FL) today called for stepped-up security at mosques and Islamic schools in that state following an incident in which a woman carrying a sword was arrested after entering a mosque on a school campus. CAIR-FL said the incident occurred this morning on […]
Video: Tea Party Anti-Muslim Hate Comes to Ohio School
OR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CAIR Video: Tea Party Anti-Muslim Hate Comes to Ohio School Islamophobe claims U.S. Muslims 'will kill your children,' says 'we are in war with Islam' (CLEVELAND, OHIO, 12/19/12) – The Cleveland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations' Ohio chapter (CAIR-Cleveland) today released a video highlighting anti-Muslim hate preached at a recent […]
Action: Urge Michigan Governor Not to Sign Anti-Islam Legislation
[Update December 17: This bill is no longer active, so action is no longer needed. Thank you to all those who took action!] Action: Urge Michigan Governor Not to Sign Anti-Islam Legislation (WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/11/2012) — The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) today announced that state legislator Dave Agema’s anti-Islam bill, known […]
Action: Ask President Obama to Veto NDAA Over Guantanamo Restrictions
[Update January 1: This bill is no longer active, so action is no longer needed. Thank you to all those who took action!] CAIR Action Alert #686: Action: Ask President Obama to Veto NDAA Over Guantanamo Restrictions Updated December 26, 2012 (WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/10/12) — CAIR is asking all Americans who value civil liberties to […]