Muslim Group to React to Times Square Bomb Plot Arrest
– MEDIA ADVISORY – Muslim Group to React to Times Square Bomb Plot Arrest(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/4/10) — Later today, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will hold a news conference in Washington, D.C., to offer the Muslim community’s reaction to the arrest of a suspect in connection with last weekend’s failed car bomb attack on […]
CAIR-OK: Christians and Muslims in Oklahoma
As an Oklahoma City resident who celebrates religious diversity, I was alarmed when I heard about the “I Don’t CAIR” conference sponsored by Reclaiming Oklahoma for Christ and was held at Trinity Baptist Church in Yukon in March. I decided to attend because I was curious. I was a guest at the dinner sponsored by […]
Calif. Synagogue Asked to Drop Anti-Islam Speaker
(ANAHEIM, CA, 4/29/10) — The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today called on Sinai Temple in that city to drop an anti-Islam speaker who is scheduled to appear tonight at the synagogue.SEE: Sinai Temple Announcement of Lecture by Brigitte Gabriel CAIR-LA said the speaker, Brigitte Gabriel, heads the […]
CAIR Video: New Arizona Anti-Immigrant Law Will Result in Profiling
View the video.SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed a tough, new anti-immigration law into effect on Friday. Since then leaders from San Francisco to metro Detroit have been protesting and even threatening to boycott the state…Dawud Walid of the Council on American Islamic Relations fears ethnic and religious profiling in Arizona. “If a […]
CAIR-AZ Condemns Signing of Anti-Immigrant Bill
(PHOENIX, AZ, 4/28/2010) — The Arizona chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-AZ) today expressed disappointment at the signing into law of Senate Bill 1070. CAIR-AZ and other civil liberties groups say the law legitimizes suspicion based on appearance and will result in racial profiling and discrimination. “It’s natural for the Muslim community […]
CAIR-LA: Calif. Muslims Join 41st Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage
Muslims from the Council on American-Islamic Relations pose at the monument in the cemetery at the Manzanar National Historic Site on Saturday. The 41st Manzanar Pilgrimage was a gathering of former internees and youth, learning for the first time the lessons of civil liberties at the former concentration camp site. (More)
CAIR-PA Holds Muslim Youth Leadership Conference
(PHILADELPHIA, PA 4/28/10) — The Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-PA) held its third Muslim Youth Leadership Conference on Saturday, April 24th and Sunday, April 25th at the University of Pennsylvania. At the conference, which focused on community and interfaith relations, Philadelphia-area high school students discussed the diversity of the Muslim community […]
CAIR-Cleveland Offers Diversity Seminar to Lutheran Chaplains
(CLEVELAND, OH, 4/26/2010)- The Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland) recently offered a diversity training seminar for members of the Lutheran Chaplaincy Services. The training, which took place at Christ the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Brecksville, Ohio, was entitled “Optimizing Care for Muslim Patients and Clients.”The two-hour training provided information on Muslim […]
Va. DMV Recalls ‘Heil Hitler’ License Plate
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/21/2010) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said today that the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has recalled a license plate in that state that included what appeared to be coded terms for neo-Nazi and white supremacist slogans.A spokeswoman for the Virginia DMV said the license plate was recalled today after […]
CAIR Applauds Pentagon Decision to Drop Franklin Graham
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/22/10) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today applauded the Pentagon’s decision to disinvite a scheduled speaker, controversial Christian evangelist Franklin Graham, who has called Islam a “very evil and wicked religion” and this morning said Muslims are “enslaved by Islam.” SEE: Graham: Army Disinvites Him to Pentagon Prayer Day CAIR had […]