Video: NY Islamic Center Opponent’s Bigotry Exposed
Pamela Geller from “Stop Islamization” says it’s not religious tolerance to build a mosque overlooking Ground Zero. NYC gave final approval for building the so called “Ground Zero” Mosque two blocks from the site of the September 11th terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. Geller claims these issues aren’t about Muslims and Islam. Lauren […]
Neighborhood Flyer Rejects Kentucky Mosque
A flyer left on doors and mailboxes in a Florence neighborhood is stirring up more attention around a mosque being built nearby. Saturday residents of Cayton Rd. and side streets found the flyer left by an unknown group or person. It sites a recent newspaper article outlining plans to build the Islamic Center of Northern […]
CAIR-NY: Commission Vote a ‘Victory for American Liberty’
The media crowd outnumbered the Landmarks Preservation Commission 10 to one at the Tuesday morning vote for 45-47 Park Place.The five-story building—a prominent example of the store and loft structures that dominated the drygoods warehouse districts of Lower Manhattan—is just not worthy of landmark status, the commissioners agreed. And it’s not the Commission’s job to […]
CAIR: Coalition Concerned that Anti-Islam Leader Trained FBI
Groups seek response from FBI Director Mueller on invitation to prominent Islamophobe(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/3/10) — A coalition of Muslim, Sikh, Asian-American, and other civil liberties groups* today sent an open letter to FBI Director Robert Mueller seeking an explanation of why a leader of an anti-Islam hate group was recently invited to train state and […]
CAIR Asks Ariz. Jewish Group to Balance Anti-Islam Course
Course instructor compares Islam to Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan (PHOENIX, AZ, 8/3/2010) –- The Arizona chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-AZ) today called on a Jewish educational organization in that state to offer a balancing perspective to a recent course taught by an instructor who has equated Islam with Nazi ideology. CAIR-AZ […]
CAIR Asks ADL to Retract Statement Against NY Islamic Center
Muslim civil rights group says Anti-Defamation League siding with bigotsA prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy group today called on the Jewish Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to retract its statement against the construction of an Islamic community center in New York City.The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said the ADL acknowledged that Muslims have […]
ACLU Review of National Security, Civil Liberties Under Obama
In the eighteen months since the issuance of those executive orders, the administration’s record on issues related to civil liberties and national security has been, at best, mixed. Indeed, on a range of issues including accountability for torture, detention of terrorism suspects, and use of lethal force against civilians, there is a very real danger […]
CAIR-WA to Host Muslim Youth Leadership Conference in Seattle
Event to promote political awareness, careers in public relations, media, law (SEATTLE WA, JULY 29, 2010) – Beginning on August 1, the Washington State chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA) will hold its Muslim Youth Leadership Program in Seattle. WHEN: Sunday, August 1, 2010 to Wednesday, August 4, 2010WHERE: Sunday: Conference room of […]
CAIR-OH: Group: Anti-Immigration Stance Fuels Hate
Activists for immigrants lashed out at Butler County Sheriff Rick Jones and state Rep. Courtney Combs on Thursday, saying the duo’s push to get an anti-immigration law passed in Ohio fuels hatred and crimes against Hispanics.Officials with the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Ohio said “it is not a coincidence” that five Hispanic […]
CAIR-FL Video: Rights Groups Rally to Keep Ariz. Law from Fla.
While people in New York, LA and Phoenix marched in protest of Arizona’s immigration law, immigrant rights groups came together in Tampa as a united force under the Florida Immigration Coalition. …It is not just Latino immigrants who are against the law. Ramzy Kilic of Tampa heads CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations. “We already […]