Video: CAIR Rep Condemns Afghan Violence (CNN)
MORGAN: Meanwhile, in Afghanistan, at least 12 people are dead after an attack on a U.N. building. The attacks sparked by protests against the burning of a Koran by a Florida pastor last month. President Obama spoke out today condemning the violence.And now, I want to bring in Corey Saylor, the director of the Council […]
CAIR: Koran Burning Initially Went Unnoticed (Wash. Post)
Wearing a judicial robe and doling out a punishment selected through an online poll, the pastor of a tiny Florida church on March 20 declared Islam’s holy book “guilty of crimes against humanity and ordered it set ablaze in a portable fire pit.In a video later posted on the Dove World Outreach Center’s Web site, […]
CAIR: Terry Jones Should Be Ignored (USA Today)
As deadly demonstrations spread across Afghanistan, American Muslim leaders condemned the violence as well as the Quran-burning by a fundamentalist Christian minister in Florida whose actions were cited as provocation for the killings. …Terry Jones, 59, who runs the Dove World Outreach Center, held a mock “trial” of the Muslim holy book and burned a […]
2nd Suspect in Custody in Attack on NY Muslim Student
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Cops have reportedly taken a second suspect into custody in an attack on a 13-year-old honors student at Dreyfus Intermediate School in Stapleton, who authorities say was targeted because she was Muslim. (More)
CAIR Condemns Attack on U.N. Compound in Afghanistan
(Washington, D.C., 4/1/11) – The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) today condemned an attack on a U.N. compound in northern Afghanistan that killed at least 12 people Friday, most of them U.N. workers.Violence apparently broke out during a protest outside the compound against the burning of the Quran last month by a Florida pastor.SEE: […]
CAIR Submits Written Testimony for King Hearing
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/10/11) — A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today submitted written testimony for the first of a series of hearings on Muslim “radicalization” by Rep. Peter King (R-NY).[MEDIA NOTE: CAIR is monitoring today’s hearing and will be available to respond following its conclusion. CAIR is also providing real-time Twitter commentary […]
CAIR Welcomes Arrest in Attack on Calif. Mosque
(SACRAMENTO, CA, 3/10/11) — The Sacramento Valley chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SV) today took part in a news conference with local and federal law enforcement authorities to announce an arrest in the case of a mosque in that state that was vandalized last August with a brick and hate signs.SEE: Arrest Made […]
CAIR Seeks Oversight of Anti-Islam Bias in Law Enforcement Training
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/9/11) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on the Obama administration and Congress to provide oversight for what a new report says is widespread anti-Muslim bias in the training of law enforcement and security personnel nationwide.SEE: New Concern About Bias in Counterterror Training (NPR)Manufacturing the Muslim Menace CAIR’s request for […]
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CAIR-LA Releases Video: Hate Comes to Orange County (Must Watch)
(ANAHEIM, CA, 3/2/11) — The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today released a video of a rally organized by anti-Muslim bigots to protest a February fundraising event held by an American Muslim relief group for relief work and charity in the U.S. A few hundred protesters showed up […]