CAIR: D.C. Hotel Uses ‘National Security’ Defense in Muslim Bias Suit
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/29/11) –- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today termed “unprecedented” a claim by a Washington, D.C., hotel that it had the right to discriminate against a Muslim employee because of a “national security exemption.”In a motion filed yesterday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the Mandarin Oriental Hotel said […]
CAIR Asks FBI to Probe Internet Threats to Mosques
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/25/2011) — A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today called on the FBI to investigate a number of threats of violence targeting mosques posted online on an anti-Islam hate site, including the comment “I want [Muslim] blood on my hands” by an individual who claims he regularly drives past a […]
CAIR Decries Santorum’s Call for Profiling of Muslims
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/23/2011) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on the Republican Party to repudiate GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum’s call for profiling of American Muslims.In a debate aired on CNN last night, Santorum was asked if he would support ethnic and religious profiling. CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, the debate’s moderator, asked Santorum: […]
TN GOP Rep. Tells Muslims to ‘Go Back to Where They Came From’
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/18/11) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on state and national GOP leaders to demand the resignation of a Tennessee lawmaker after he suggested in a radio interview that U.S. Muslims should “go back to where they came from” if they objected to his recent call for the removal of […]
CAIR Welcomes Army Review of JROTC Hijab Policy
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/9/11) — A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today welcomed a U.S. Army decision to review a policy of the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) that effectively bars participation by Muslim students who wear an Islamic head scarf, or hijab. Last month, the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) […]
CAIR-MN Calls on Sheriff’s Office to Grant Hijab Accommodation
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 10/27/11) — The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today called on the Sherburne County Sheriff's Office to grant religious accommodation to prisoners who wear the hijab (religious headscarf). The call from the Washington-based Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization came after a jailed Muslim woman was not allowed to […]
CAIR Seeks DOJ Probe of NYPD Violation of Muslim Students’ Privacy
NYPD reportedly infiltrated Muslim student groups, obtained student records without warrants (WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/11/2011) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate apparent violations of the privacy rights of Muslim students by the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and several colleges and universities. CAIR-NY […]
Opposing view: Uphold America’s founding principles (USA Today)
Let’s start where we agree. Anwar al-Awlaki was a propagandist for violence and extremism. His repeated calls to kill Americans cannot be denied or underestimated. The extent of his actual involvement in terrorist operations is something the public is not privy to.He was an Internet personality, not a scholar on Islam. He lacked the authority […]
CAIR Files Supreme Court Brief in GPS Monitoring Case
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/3/2011) — The nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties organization today announced the filing of an amicus (friend of the court) brief in United States v. Jones seeking the court’s support for the requirement that law enforcement authorities obtain a warrant before placing a GPS tracking device on any individual’s vehicle.The entire CAIR brief […]
Al-Awlaki’s Calls to Violence Rejected by U.S. Muslims
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/30/11) — A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today reiterated that the calls to violence made by Anwar al-Awlaki, who has reportedly been killed in a U.S. drone strike in Yemen, have been firmly rejected by American Muslims.In a statement reacting to al-Awlaki’s death, the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations […]