Fla. Muslim Receives White Powder in Mail
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/8/10) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called for an FBI hate crime investigation after a Florida Muslim who worships at a recently-bombed Jacksonville mosque received suspicious white powder, initially suspected to be anthrax, in a letter sent to his home on Monday. CAIR said the Muslim, a convert to Islam […]
Report: U.S. Cluster Bombs Killed 35 Civilians in Yemen
Amnesty International has released images of a US-manufactured cruise missile that carried cluster munitions, apparently taken following an attack on an alleged al-Qa’ida training camp in Yemen that killed 41 local residents, including 14 women and 21 children. The 17 December 2009 attack on the community of al-Ma’jalah in the Abyan area in the south […]
U.S. Medical Staff Experimented on Terror Suspects: Report
WASHINGTON — Medical personnel apparently experimented on terror detainees during CIA-led torture after the September 11 attacks, aiming to improve interrogation techniques, a human rights group said Monday. Physicians for Human Rights said it obtained public records showing health professionals worked under the supervision of the Central Intelligence Agency during interrogations of “war on terror” […]
CAIR: Lobbying Groups Pressure Lawmakers on Gaza Flotilla
Israel’s commando raid of a Gaza aid flotilla has sparked a surge of lobbying here in Washington.Despite the congressional recess, groups from across the spectrum on the Middle East peace process went into action once news broke last Monday that nine activists died in a skirmish with the Israeli military. Advocates have been talking to […]
CAIR Urges US to Help End Gaza Blockade
WASHINGTON: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Friday offered what it called a “mixed” review of President Obama’s outreach to the Muslim world one year after his historic speech in Cairo.At a news conference in Washington, CAIR issued a statement analyzing the Obama administration’s actions in the past year and how those actions matched […]
CAIR: One Year After Cairo Speech Obama’s Outreach ‘Lacking’
WASHINGTON // On the one-year anniversary of Barack Obama’s Cairo speech, several prominent Muslim-American groups offered their “mixed reviews” of the president’s outreach to the Muslim world.Coming together for a joint press conference in Washington, representatives from the groups applauded the president for setting a new “tone” in government’s relationship with Muslims, marking a vast […]
CAIR: Prophet Muhammad had Good Relations with Christians
Pope Benedict XVI launched a “special assembly” of bishops focused on the Middle East on Sunday, during a visit to the divided island of Cyprus.The group aims to “help to focus the attention of the international community on the plight of those Christians in the Middle East who suffer for their beliefs,” he said in […]
CAIR: Muslim-Turned-Preacher Faces University Inquiry
The future of a prominent Southern Baptist preacher who converted from Islam may depend on which version of his past is closer to the truth. …“We’ve known for some time that his past is not what he’s portraying,” said Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Washington, D.C.-based Muslim civil rights and […]
CAIR Director Offers Ways to Challenge Islamophobia
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/7/10) — Nihad Awad, national executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) recently took part in a conference hosted by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Brazil, at which he discussed ways to reverse the rising level of Islamophobia in Western societies.The 17th Session of the Committee for the […]
NY Anti-Mosque Protesters Harass Christian Arabs Mistaken for Muslims
…”We must take a stand and we must say no,” shouted rally organizer Pamela Geller as the crowd roared approval. Moments later, another keynote speaker, Robert Spencer, sparked more cheers when he asked, “Are you tired of being lied to?” Spencer, however, did not explain precisely what lies he was referring to… At one point, […]