Study: Arab and Muslim Hate Crimes Examined
TAMPA. Fla. (Feb. 1, 2011) – In the weeks and months following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, hate crimes against Arab and Muslim-Americans spiked. However, hate crimes against other groups decreased during this time, says a newly published article authored by researchers at the University of South Florida and the State University of New […]
In Defense of UCI Muslim Student Union Members
Editor’s note from Letters Editor Betty Talbert: The Register received this open letter to O.C. District Attorney Tony Rackauckas from the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Greater Los Angeles Area (CAIR) about the district attorney bringing criminal charges against members of UCI Muslim Student Union who protested against Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren’s speech at UCI, Feb. […]
CAIR Asks NYPD to Probe Use of Anti-Muslim Training Film
(NEW YORK, NY, 1/19/11) — The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today called on the New York Police Department (NYPD) to investigate how a notorious anti-Muslim propaganda film came to be used in mandatory counterterrorism training. CAIR-NY also called for new NYPD guidelines to ensure that officer training materials offer […]
U.S. Muslim Detained in Kuwait Says He was Tortured (Wash. Post)
A 19-year-old U.S. citizen from Alexandria has been detained in Kuwait and says that he was tortured by security agents who questioned him about his travels in Yemen and Somalia.Gulet Mohamed, who moved with his family from Somalia to the United States when he was a toddler, was detained last month at an airport in […]
Did U.S. Have American Muslim Teen Beaten in Kuwait?
Gulet Mohamed, an American teenager detained in Kuwait who claims to have been brutally interrogated there, was arrested and questioned by Kuwaiti security on behalf of the US government, his lawyer and family members charged on Thursday.Mohamed, a 19-year-old from Alexandria, Virginia, called the New York Times’ Mark Mazzetti and Salon’s Glenn Greenwald this week […]
Groups Say U.S. Muslims’ Rights Violated at Border
If any U.S. citizen knows his legal rights, Hassan Shibly does. A law student at the University of Buffalo in New York, he has also clerked for a judge at New York’s State Supreme Court. Last summer he took his wife and son on a pilgrimage to the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi […]
Attend ‘Know Your Rights’ Workshop at CAIR
Do you ever wonder what your rights are as an American at work, school, or in the airport? On Thursday, January 13, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will host a “know your rights” workshop for the Muslim community at its national headquarters in Washington, D.C.WHAT: “Know Your Rights” WorkshopWHEN: Thursday, January 13, 2011, 6:30 […]
Fla. Imam’s Interfaith Work Hooks Gov.-Elect Rick Scott
Jacksonville Imam Enrique Rasheed sees no spiritual or political contradictions in praying for and with conservative Christians and Republicans, many of whom are openly distrustful of Muslims these days. And it’s a good thing, since Rasheed has been invited to participate in a prayer breakfast that kicks off Gov.-elect Rick Scott’s inauguration day on Tuesday […]
Community Heroes: Muslim Couple Spent Decades as Foster Parents
RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Ohio — The call from the county can come day or night. Sometimes it’s urgent. Always, it presents a challenge. Abbas Ahmad and his wife of 31 years, Eva Jean Wilson, are typically asked to take the hard-to-place children. Volatile teens. Children who have been abused. Their answer, usually yes, begins another emotional […]
Indiana Lawmakers Asked Not to Consider Anti-Islam Bill
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/4/11) — A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization said today that it is calling on Indiana state legislators not to consider what it terms a “fear-mongering” anti-Islam bill when the lawmakers reconvene in Indianapolis tomorrow.In a joint letter mailed recently to all members of the Indiana General Assembly, the Washington, […]