Video: CAIR-LA Rep Discusses Case of ‘Irvine 11’
One month after pro-Palestinian students were arrested for shouting down the Israeli ambassador while he was speaking at Univ. of Irvine, the controversy continues to rage. Should the Irvine 11 be expelled from school? Should they be punished at all? And why is UCI a flash-point for Middle Eastern politics? Rick discusses these questions with […]
CAIR-PA Doing Public Relations Work for Islam
He’s a happily married, Chicago Bears-crazed, pizza-loving former Boy Scout.He listens to alternative rock by U2 and Collective Soul, belongs to a rowing club in Philadelphia and hails from Springfield, Ill.So the evidence suggests that Moein Khawaja, 27, has every reason to consider himself as American as, well, Springfield’s own Homer Simpson.Heck, when I called […]
Muslims Worry About Intent of Census (Washington Post)
The millions of blue forms being mailed this month in the first census count since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, do not ask about religion. But the idea of answering any questions posed by the government makes some Muslims uneasy, so community leaders are worried that many may avoid the Census altogether…Muslim leaders […]
CAIR Video: Wis. Mosque Faces Islamophobic Opposition
CAIR-San Diego Commends Univ. for Hate Probe of Graffiti
(SAN DIEGO, CA, 3/9/10) The San Diego chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Diego) today commended California State University, San Marcos (CSU San Marcos) for investigating the recent graffiti found last week in several campus bathrooms as a hate crime.Last Wednesday, students reported to the university police that hate graffiti was found on […]
CAIR Seeks Probe of Vandalism at Brandeis U Muslim Office
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/9/10) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on Massachusetts’ Brandeis University and relevant law enforcement authorities to investigate vandalism at a Muslim Student Association (MSA) office on campus as a possible hate crime.A Muslim leader at Brandeis suspects that the vandalism could have been prompted by a sign put up […]
CA: Groups Seek Data on FBI Mosque Surveillance
SAN FRANCISCO, 3/9/10 – The ACLU of Northern California (ACLU-NC), The Asian Law Caucus (ALC), and the San Francisco Bay Guardian filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request today seeking records relating to federal government activity in connection to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) investigation of Muslim communities. The groups seek records related […]
CAIR-NY: Vigil for Muslim in Pre-Trial Solitary Confinement
(NEW YORK, NY, 3/9/10) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), together with Theatres Against War, hosted a vigil yesterday for Fahad Hashmi, an American citizen who is being held on material support charges in a federal jail under conditions that threaten his mental health and his ability to participate […]
Video: Muslims Claim Nevada Police Detained Them for Praying
LAS VEGAS (KLAS-TV) – Henderson Police are investigating some of their own officers regarding a complaint filed by a group of Muslim men who stopped to pray in a parking lot.The incident happened in December. The Muslim men were passing through Las Vegas on a road trip. They stopped at a convenience store parking lot […]
CAIR Welcomes Arrest of American Al-Qaeda Spokesman
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/7/10) — A Prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy group today welcomed reports from Pakistan that American Al-Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn has been arrested. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) also repudiated Gadahn’s latest call to violence contained in an Al-Qaeda video released Sunday.SEE: Al-Qaida Spokesman Captured (AP) In a statement, […]