CAIR-MI: Rev. Jesse Jackson: Our Quest Is the Same
The Rev. Jesse Jackson told hundreds of people gathered Sunday at the Michigan Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations banquet to fight for more than Islamic-centered issues, and would not address the shooting death of a Detroit imam.“We didn’t come to town to discuss the man who got killed,” said Jackson, referring to Imam […]
Right-Wing ‘Obsession’ Producers Plan Film Targeting Iran
Just in time for the campaign season, the right-wing Clarion Fund, which shipped out 28 million DVDs to swing state voters in 2008 warning of the threat of radical Islam, has announced it’s working on a new film, this one on “the Iranian Nuclear threat.” In a little-noticed press release this week, the Clarion Fund, […]
Muslims Plan to Build Network of Free Clinics
When Imam Siraj Wahhaj was diagnosed with prostate cancer a year ago and discovered that his health insurance did not cover treatment, the word went out. “People all over the world called me and said, ‘I’m praying for you,’ ” said Wahhaj, head of the Muslim Alliance in North America. “But what about the little […]
CAIR-LA: Sheriff Baca Offers Support for Muslims
(LOS ANGELES, CA, 3/25/10) ­- Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca recently took part in a town hall meeting organized by the Muslim American Homeland Security Congress at which he expressed strong solidarity with and support for engagement with American Muslims to help keep our nation secure.The town hall, held at Omar ibn Al-Khattab Foundation […]
CAIR Reps Meet with Lawmakers on Capitol Hill
(WASHINGTON, DC, 3/25/2010) — Representatives from a number of chapters of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) met recently with elected officials and staffers at dozens of Capitol Hill offices in Washington, D.C., to discuss issues such as racial profiling, immigration reform and housing foreclosures. Lawmakers were asked to re-introduce and pass the End Racial […]
CAIR-MI: Jackson Reaches Out to Detroit Muslims
Dearborn — Civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson urged Muslim Americans to partner with his organization not only for civil rights but on economic issues facing Americans, such as foreclosures.“When we fight against foreclosure … that’s all of our fight,” Jackson told a crowd of about 900 people gathered Sunday for a banquet marking […]
CAIR Condemns Plot to Kill Police, Attacks on Subway
(WASHINGTON, DC, 3/29/2010) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today condemned both an alleged domestic terror plot by a Christian militia group to kill law enforcement officers and two bomb attacks on the Moscow subway system that killed at least 37 people. Nine Midwest-based militia members were charged with conspiring to kill police officers […]
Tenn. Man Sentenced to 183 Months for Burning Mosque
WASHINGTON, March 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Senior Judge Robert L. Echols of the Middle District of Tennessee today sentenced Eric Ian Baker to 183 months in prison for vandalizing and burning down the Islamic Center of Columbia, Tenn., the Justice Department announced. Baker pleaded guilty on Sept. 18, 2009, to destruction of religious property and using […]
CAIR-MI Moving Forward on Probe of FBI Incident
DEARBORN — The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) says it will conduct its own forensic investigation into the Oct. 28 shooting death of Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah during an FBI raid on a Dearborn warehouse. (More)
Minn. School Leaders, CAIR Meet About Bias Complaints
St. Cloud school district and leaders of a Minnesota Islamic civil rights group agreed Friday to continue to work together to make schools safe for all students.Members of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Minnesota chapter and St. Cloud school district officials met in St. Cloud for about 90 minutes Friday to discuss the complaint CAIR […]