CAIR: ADL Mosque Coalition a ‘PR Stunt’
The Anti-Defamation League’s Abe Foxman is joining forces with Southern Baptist Convention leader Richard Land and other faith leaders to form a coalition that will defend the right of Muslims to build mosques in their communities. Paradoxically, both faith leaders have taken highly visible stands opposing mosque construction in the best known such battle to […]
CAIR-LA: Media Coverage of Islam Unbalanced
The Greater Los Angeles Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) held a media breakfast at its offices Tuesday morning with reporters and editors from various Southern California news outlets to discuss how the American media portrays Islam and Muslims.The regional office of the Muslim American advocacy and civil liberties group organized the […]
Muslims in Alaska: A Growing Islamic Community
I sat in the back of the gym at the Fairview Recreation Center on Friday, counting the people lined up for prayers at Anchorage’s Eid Day, the Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan. Four hundred. Five hundred. Maybe, with children, close to 600. I went to a similar gathering five years ago, then […]
Texas Resolution Seeks Hostile Treatment of Islam in Textbooks
Just when it appeared the State Board of Education was done with the culture wars, the panel is about to wade into the issue of what students should learn about Islam. The board will consider a resolution next week that would warn publishers not to push a pro-Islamic, anti-Christian viewpoint in world history textbooks. . […]
ACLU/NYCLU Video Challenges Islamophobia
The American Civil Liberties Union and the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) today released a video featuring religious leaders from multiple faiths proclaiming that freedom of religion is a fundamental right. The video is being released in response to an alarming increase in anti-Muslim sentiment and efforts to prevent Muslim prayer spaces from being […]
Wis. Muslims Sent Anonymous Peace Message
MCMILLAN — When members of the Islamic Society of Central Wisconsin arrived at their mosque for noon prayers Saturday, a message awaited them. It was the day after a story was published in Gannett Central Wisconsin newspapers about local Muslim reactions to the national political battles that have swirled around the religion. The hand-written placard […]
CAIR Leadership Conference Critical Skills Sessions
CAIR Leadership Conference Critical Skills SessionsMethods for Successful On-Camera InterviewsHave you ever watched The O’Reilly Factor and thought, “Man, I wish I could debate him!”? In this session you will learn how to not only survive but master on-air interviews. You will gain critical skills for developing a media spokesperson to represent your organization and […]
CAIR Responds to Fla. Book Burning with Educational Campaign
Muslim civil rights group to distribute 200,000 copies of Islam’s holy text(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/9/2010) — A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today announced a major educational initiative in response to an extremist Gainesville, Fla., church’s plan to burn copies of the Quran, Islam’s holy text, on September 11. SEE: Muslim Group to […]
CAIR: Muslims Tone Down Eid Events Near 9/11 Anniversary
Each year on Eid al-Fitr, the end of the Ramadan month of fasting, 8,000 to 10,000 Muslims stream into the Muslim Community Center in Silver Spring in shifts for special Eid services, followed by food, singing, dancing and henna decorating to celebrate one of Islam’s most festive holidays. The religious services are on for this […]
NY: Signs of Hate as Mosque Supports Give Away School Supplies
Supporters of a proposed mosque in Sheepshead Bay gave away backpacks and other school supplies at the site of the proposed Islamic center — but neighborhood opponents used the giveaway as another chance to decry the project’s supporters as terror-linked extremists. Opponents have long said that their objection to the Muslim American Society-backed mosque is […]