NC: Teens and the Veil (News & Observer)
RALEIGH — In a room at the Islamic Association of Raleigh, teenage Muslim girls sitting around a table rattle off the questions they field daily about their religious head covering: “Are you bald?” “It’s like a hundred degrees out. Aren’t you hot?” “Do you wear it when you’re sleeping?” “Do you wear it in the […]
U.S. Sends Muslim Country Singer on Middle East Tour
NEW YORK // Singing country music songs from beneath the brim of a cowboy hat with a full-bore Southern drawl, the up-and-coming performer Kareem Salama breaks the expectations audiences may have of an Egyptian-American Muslim. At least that is the message the US state department hopes to make by sending “America’s first Muslim country singer” […]
IL: Muslim Health Clinic Goes Beyond Muslim Identity
Listen now. There’s a growing number of Muslim-run free health clinics in the United States. And this includes at least two in Chicago. For the doctors, providing health services is not just about a Muslim identity or only helping Muslim patients. Yet the tenets of Islam do guide the physicians. The Inner-City Muslim Action Network […]
Audio: Nightmare Border Crossing for Muslims
Listen Now SEATTLE, WA (KPLU) – Crossing the border can be a pain. But one Seattle area couple says what they faced was far worse. Getting back into the United States from Canada became a nightmare. They believe they were targeted, in part, because they are Muslim. The couple asked that their names not be […]
CAIR-CT: Area Muslims Fear Backlash
The arrest of a Muslim, Pakistani-born U.S. citizen for allegedly trying to detonate a car bomb in Times Square to kill Americans has some Muslims fearing a backlash of prejudice and violence.Faisal Shahzad, who has lived in Shelton and most recently in Bridgeport, was charged Monday night with terrorism and attempting to use a weapon […]
CAIR-Cincinnati 8th Annual Banquet a Success
(CINCINNATI, OH, 5/6/10) — More than 250 people turned out on Sunday for the 8th Annual Banquet and Fundraiser of the Cincinnati office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cincinnati). The keynote speaker for the event was Dr. Hatem Bazian, senior lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley. Other speakers included Imam Johari Abdul-Malik, director […]
CAIR-AZ Event: Implications of SB1070 for You and Me
(PHOENIX, AZ, 5/6/10) — On May 15, the Arizona chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-AZ) will hold an event at the ASU Tempe campus to discuss the implications of SB1070. The event is scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m. at the Memorial Union Building, room 230. Speakers at the event will include […]
Christians Urge CA Councilwoman to End Anti-Muslim Rhetoric
(ANAHEIM, CA, 5/6/10) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) announced today that Southern California Christian leaders are urging a Lancaster Councilwoman to stop engaging in anti-Muslim rhetoric, and instead support the traditional American values of equality and pluralism.In a recent Facebook posting, Councilwoman Sherry Marquez promoted the […]
CAIR Condemns Bias Attack on CA Rabbi’s Home
(SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 5/6/2010) ­- The San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) today condemned an apparently bias-motivated attack on the Northern California home of Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun Magazine.According to news reports, posters critical of the rabbi were plastered on his home and property on May 2. […]
Muslims Welcome Arrest in Times Square Bomb Plot
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/4/10) — A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today welcomed the arrest of a suspect in connection with last weekend’s failed car bomb attack on Times Square. (View video of today’s news conference.) The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), along with several other national and regional Muslim groups,* said […]