American Muslims Pose Little Threat, Study Says (NY Times)
WASHINGTON — A feared wave of homegrown terrorism by radicalized Muslim Americans has not materialized, with plots and arrests dropping sharply over the two years since an unusual peak in 2009, according to a new study by a North Carolina research group.The study, to be released on Wednesday, found that 20 Muslim Americans were charged […]
CAIR Asks DOJ to Probe Oregon FBI’s ‘Coercion’ of Muslim Citizens
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/7/12) — A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization is calling on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division to investigate acts of “coercion and intimidation” allegedly used by the FBI’s Portland Field Office to pressure Muslim citizens into giving up their constitutional rights if they wish to return […]
CAIR Calls for Hearings on NYPD Targeting of Shia Mosques
(NEW YORK, NY, 2/2/12) — The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today called for hearings in that state’s legislature to investigate new revelations that the New York City Police Department (NYPD) initiated a program of spying on Shia mosques without warrants and without any evidence of wrongdoing by worshipers.CAIR-NY cited […]
CAIR Joins Vets in Asking West Point to Disinvite Anti-Islam Speaker
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/26/2012) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today joined VoteVets.org, a coalition of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, in asking the superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to retract an invitation to retired Lieutenant General William G. “Jerry” Boykin to speak at a prayer breakfast at the academy next month.Boykin […]
Coalition to Call for Resignation of NYPD Commissioner Over Anti-Islam Film Cover-Up
(NEW YORK, N.Y., 1/25/12) – On Thursday, January 26, the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) — along with the Muslim American Civil Liberties Coalition (MACLC) and other minority and civil liberties groups — will hold a news conference on the steps of City Hall to call for the resignations of […]
CAIR Reminds Gingrich that All Faiths are Equal in America
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/17/12) — A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization tonight called on Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and other GOP representatives to reaffirm their support of an American republic that treats citizens of all faiths as equals.Gingrich today told a South Carolina town hall that he would only support a Muslim […]
Missouri: Muslim Doctors Open Free Clinic
Athar Khan, of O’Fallon, Mo., had no insurance and no clue where to go when he started having knee pain. “But I found out about the new Volunteers in Medicine West County Clinic through my mosque,” he said Sunday afternoon, as he sat in the waiting room of the clinic in Manchester. “If I didn’t […]
Radio: CAIR Rep Discusses Military Detention of U.S. Citizens
CAIR Government Affairs Coordinator Robert McCaw discusses the military detention of U.S. citizens on KBOO community radio.Listen to the interview here.
Court Reminds Okla. It Can’t Discriminate Against Muslims
Thank goodness for Oklahoma.Every time Texas begins to feel like some remote backwater — say, during a presidential campaign — Oklahoma is right there to make Texans feel downright civilized.In the latest example of Oklahomans Gone Wild, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Sooner State can’t ban courts from considering Islamic law.An Oklahoma […]
CAIR-OK: Court Upholds Injunction Against Shariah Law Ban
DENVER – An appeals court on Tuesday said Oklahoma’s ban on the consideration of Islamic Shariah law in the state’s courts “is likely unconstitutional” and kept in place an injunction against the voter-approved measure.“While the public has an interest in the will of the voters being carried out … the public has a more profound […]