CAIR Launches Islamophobia Dept. at Sold-Out Banquet
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/11/10) — A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization has announced the launch of a department devoted to addressing the alarming rise of Islamophobic sentiment in American society.The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) made that announcement at its 16th annual banquet on Saturday in Arlington, Va. Some 900 Muslim community […]
CAIR Calls FBI Tracking of Calif. Muslim Student ‘Outrageous’
(SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 10/11/10) — The San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Council on America-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) today called the FBI’s attempts to track Yasir Afifi, a 20-year-old college student “outrageous” and is now seeking answers as to why Afifi was targeted in the absence of any indication that he was engaged in criminal […]
Directions to CAIR Banquet
CAIR’s leadership conference and banquet are being held at: Marriott Crystal Gateway Hotel 1700 Jefferson Davis Hwy Arlington, VA 22202 Registration for the leadership conference begins at 8:30 a.m.; registration for the banquet begins at 5:30 p.m. Directions to Marriott Crystal Gateway Hotel From D.C. Take 14th Street South (Past the National Mall and Monuments) […]
CAIR-LA Hijab Cases Featured on Colbert Report
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The Word – It’s a Small-Minded World www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes 2010 Election March to Keep Fear Alive Steven Colbert discusses religious discrimination at Disneyland in his “Colbert Report” and cites CAIR’s involvementwith two recent hijabdiscrimination casesinvolving Disney.
CAIR Welcomes Sentencing of Times Square Bomb Plotter
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bomber’s ‘perverted’ religious views rejected by American Muslims(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/5/10) — A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today welcomed the life sentence given to Faisal Shahzad, who pleaded guilty to a failed car bomb attack on Times Square. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) also rejected the “perverted” […]
Bashing Muslims Incurs No Real Consequences
Four recent scandals involving public figures accused of running down minorities show that any offensive commentary on followers of Islam incurs no real consequences. In America, you can’t rag the Jews publicly and you can’t rag the blacks publicly. It’s taboo – you lose your job, you have to quit the campaign if you say […]
Ill. Man Indicted for Mosque Bomb Attempt
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Wednesday announced that a Fairview Heights, Illinois man was indicted on Tuesday for threatening to detonate an explosive device on a mosque. Roman O. Conaway, 50, was charged on a two-count indictment with making a false threat to detonate an explosive device and with influencing a federal officer […]
CAIR: Most Muslim Countries Allow Churches, Synagogues
The statement: In most Muslim countries, “We can’t have a church. We’re not able to build synagogues. It’s forbidden.” – Franklin Graham, Sunday, on ABC’s This Week The ruling…Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said Graham was incorrect. “There are lots of Christian churches and synagogues in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, […]
How Hate Blogs Manufactured the ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Controversy
How did a local story about a proposal to build an Islamic cultural center in Lower Manhattan turn into a national controversy about whether a “Ground Zero Mosque” would be a slap in the face to 9/11 victims? It started with a small group of anti-Muslim activists who suggested the proposal was a scheme by […]
‘Daily Show’ Mandvi: Islamaphobia Must End
Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi has called on comedians to advocate freedom of religion. Mandvi hosted the Stand Up for Religious Freedom comedy night in Manhattan on Monday alongside fellow comics John Oliver and Rory Albanese. He told PopEater that he is concerned with a perceived increase in Islamaphobia in the US in recent months. […]