CAIR: Fla. Muslim Asks FBI to Probe Harassment by Hate Group
(WASHINGTON, 4/8/2010) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today announced that the FBI has been asked to investigate allegations that a Florida-based hate group has been harassing members of that state’s Muslim community. In a complaint filed today with the Orlando field office of the FBI, a Florida Muslim activist alleges harassment by members […]
CAIR-MI Rep Speaks at Civil Rights Event
(SOUTHFIELD, MI, 4/8/10) ­- A representative of Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) yesterday spoke at the “US Department of Justice and Department of State’s UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Civil Society Consultation” at Wayne State University in Detroit.The consultation, which was co-sponsored by Wayne State University Damon J. Keith […]
CAIR-Chicago Files Federal Bias Complaint on Behalf of Islamic School
(CHICAGO, 4/8/10) — The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic relations (CAIR-Chicago) announced that it has filed a complaint in federal court today against Du Page County in response to the county’s rejection of a zoning permit for a proposed Islamic school in Naperville.The complaint names 18 officials from the zoning process who voted […]
CAIR Welcomes White House Shift on ‘Islamic Radicalism’
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/7/10) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today welcomed an announcement that the Obama administration will remove ‘loaded’ terms linking Islam to extremism from an important national security document.Administration officials said the change would remove terms like “Islamic radicalism” from the National Security Strategy, a document that was created by the previous […]
CIA Given Details of British Muslim Students
Personal information concerning the private lives of almost 1,000 British Muslim university students is to be shared with US intelligence agencies in the wake of the Detroit bomb scare. The disclosure has outraged Muslim groups and students who are not involved in extremism but have been targeted by police and now fear that their names […]
CAIR-MI Joins Hate Crimes Coalition, Voices Concern Over Hate Flyers
(SOUTHFIELD, MI, 4/1/10) — The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) recently joined the Canton Response to Hate Crimes Coalition in Southeast Michigan.The coalition’s mission focuses on law enforcement and community organizations collaboration to educate citizens about bias-motivated crimes, to respond to support victims and to mentor victims and perpetrators during the […]
PA: Unlikely Duo Teams Up for Kosher, Halal
Listen to the story here. Kai Ryssdal: The second night of Passover begins at sundown this evening. Families are going to be gathering for their Seder — part meal, part ritual that recounts the Biblical story of the Jews’ exodus out of Egypt. Brisket is going to be on a lot of dining room tables. […]
OH: 300 Turn Out for CAIR-Cleveland Banquet
(CLEVELAND, OH, 3/31/10) – Almost 300 people turned out on March 28 for the 8th annual banquet of the Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland) in Westlake.Nationally-known attorney, columnist and grassroots organizer Shahid Buttar, Esq. of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee delivered a keynote address on continuing threats to the rule […]
U.S. Muslim Seeks to Become an Imam (Wash Post)
For a photo slide show, click here.If there were a prototype for an American-style imam, Adeel Zeb might be it.In Koran study groups, the 28-year-old volunteer chaplain at American University weaves in references to U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) and comedian Dave Chappelle (both Muslim), TMZ.com, frat life and President Obama.He preaches tolerance and civic […]
Muslim Travelers Have to Fight for U.S. Visas (Wash Post)
LYON, FRANCE — The clean-cut young Frenchman seemed to have everything going for him. A graduate of an elite French engineering school, he had interned at the upper-crust Rothschild bank in Paris, handled wealth management for a while on Wall Street and was accepted for a prestigious master’s degree program at the University of California […]