NY Law Firm to Host Leader of Anti-Islam Hate Group
[IMPORTANT NOTE: Within a few hours of this action alert, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel withdrew their permission for the event featuring Robert Spencer to be held at their offices. This alert is left as a record only; there is no longer any need to contact Kramer Levin. Thank you to all those who took […]
CAIR Asks DOE to Address Racial Tensions in Minn. Schools
Muslim civil rights group says hate incidents create hostile learning environment, threaten safety of students (ST. PAUL, Minn., March 24) The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today called on the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) to investigate and address reports of growing racial and religious tensions in Minnesota public schools. CAIR-MN's […]
NYPD Kept Secret Files on Muslim-Owned Businesses
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/9/12) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today again called on the Obama administration to address new revelations that the New York Police Department (NYPD) kept secret files on businesses solely because they were owned by Muslims.CAIR urged the president to speak out against the NYPD’s blatant use of religious profiling.According to […]
CAIR Reps Visit 113 Congressional Offices
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/8/2012) — This week, representatives from more than 20 chapters of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) met with elected officials and staff at 113 congressional offices for the Washington-based Muslim civil rights organization’s 6th annual Capitol Hill Advocacy Days. CAIR chapter representatives met Monday and Tuesday with officials at 66 Democratic, one […]
CAIR Elects Omar Zaki as National Board Chair
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/2/12) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s leading Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, announced today that it has elected California small business owner and U.S. Army veteran Omar Zaki as its new board chairman. Zaki takes over the position from former State Senator Larry Shaw (NC), who will remain […]
CAIR Releases Community Toolkit to Challenge ‘Anti-Sharia’ Bills
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/1/12) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today released a community toolkit designed to assist those seeking to preserve America's ideal of religious pluralism in the face of unconstitutional “anti-Sharia” bills that have been introduced in more than 20 states nationwide. CAIR Community Toolkit: Securing Religious Liberty BACKGROUNDER: 33 Anti-Sharia Bills in […]
Report: U.S. Mosques Ethnically-Diverse, Encourage Civic Engagement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Report: U.S. Mosques Ethnically-Diverse, Encourage Civic Engagement Comprehensive study shows number of U.S. mosques increased 74% since 2000 (WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/29/12) — A comprehensive study of mosques and the attitudes of mosque leaders in the United States released today indicates that the number of American mosques increased 74 percent since 2000 and […]
CAIR Asks Tenn. to Drop Anti-Muslim Law Enforcement Trainer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CAIR Asks Tenn. to Drop Anti-Muslim Law Enforcement Trainer Training held at church whose pastor said: ‘We have a duty to investigate anyone under the banner of Islam’(Washington, D.C., 2/14/2012) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today asked an official responsible for Tennessee’s law enforcement training not to allow an organization […]
CAIR Asks for Probe of Portland FBI Over Detention of Muslim Men
A Muslim civil rights organization has asked the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the Portland office of the FBI for coercion and intimidation against Muslims trying to fly home to Oregon from abroad.The Council on American-Islamic Relations said the FBI blocked Mustafa Elogbi and Jamal Tarhuni from flying back to the Portland area last month […]
Muslim-American Terrorism Down in 2011
Twenty Muslim-Americans were indicted for violent terrorist plots in 2011, down from 26 the year before, bringing the total since 9/11 to 193, or just under 20 per year (see Figure 1). This number is not negligible – small numbers of Muslim-Americans continue to radicalize each year and plot violence. However, the rate of radicalization […]