No-fly list cases
Case study: Gulet Mohamed Over the past two years, CAIR has handled a number of cases of American Muslim citizens being denied re-entry to their own country. In the first days of 2011, the family of a young Muslim man from Virginia called CAIR because they were worried that their brother and son, 19-year-old Gulet […]
Warrantless GPS Tracking
In the beginning of 2011, Yasir Afifi, a 20-year-old Muslim student from Santa Clara, California took his car in for an oil change. While changing the oil, the mechanic found an unusual device attached beneath the car and showed it to Yasir. Because they couldn’t identify the device, one of Yasir’s friends posted pictures of […]
Kulsoom Abdullah: Changing Policy
In June 2011, a Muslim weightlifter from Georgia asked CAIR to help when she was prohibited from competing at the national level while wearing hijab and modest clothing. CAIR contacted the United States Olympic Committee and the International Weightlifting Federation, asking them to change their policies to allow athletes who so wished to compete while […]
The System Worked for Tennessee Muslims
Word count: 502 [Gadeir Abbas is a staff attorney at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties organization. He may be contacted at gabbas@cair.com] This year, the Muslim community of Murfreesboro, Tenn., will likely be able to open its doors in time to share Ramadan together in the mosque they built, […]
The System Worked for Tennessee Muslims
By Gadeir Abbas Word count: 502 This year, the Muslim community of Murfreesboro, Tenn., will likely be able to open its doors in time to share Ramadan together in the mosque they built, the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro (ICM). Houses of worship are built and opened all the time, but this one has acquired special […]
Islamophobia Report: Islamophobia and its Impact in the United States: Same Hate, New Target
On Thursday, June 23, 2011 the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Race and Gender (CRG) held a news conference on Capitol Hill to release ” its first annual Islamophobia report, titled Islamophobia and its Impact in the United States: Same Hate, New Target. The first-of-its-kind annual report […]
Peter King Hearings
Written Statement of the Council on American-Islamic Relations On The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and that Community’s Response Submitted to the House Committee on Homeland Security Testimony Prepared by: Corey P. Saylor Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) 453 New Jersey Ave., SE Washington, DC 20003 Phone: (202) 384-8857 Fax: (202) 488-0833 […]
Rep. Peter King’s Anti-Muslim Hearings
When Republicans became the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives at the beginning of 2011, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) became the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee and announced that he would hold a series of hearings to investigate what he called the “radicalization” of the American Muslim community. Congressman King has a […]