CAIR Offers Condolences on Passing of Aminah Assilmi
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/5/10) – The board and staff of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today offered their sincere condolences to the family of Aminah Assilmi, a national Muslim community activist, scholar and leader who died earlier today in a car accident outside of Newport, Tenn. She was returning with her son from a speaking […]
Calif. Muslims Detained for Praying in Nevada
(ANAHEIM, CA, 3/5/10) — The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) announced today that it has filed a misconduct complaint against police officers in Henderson, Nev., who allegedly detained seven California Muslims for “suspicious behavior”after they prayed next to their vehiclein a parking lotas they traveled through the town.According […]
Photographer Captures the Women Who Wear the Hijab
Sadaf Syed of Willowbrook grew up in Los Angeles with dreams of becoming a teacher. She found a way to fulfill that dream, not with a teaching degree, but with a camera. “I believe we’re all here to educate one another,” said Syed. Through her photo documentary, “iCover, A Day in the Life of an […]
CAIR-OK to Celebrate 4th Anniversary with Annual Banquet
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 3/1/10) – On Saturday, March 20, the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR Oklahoma) will hold its fourth annual banquet at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.The program will feature international human rights activist Anna Baltzer as the keynote speaker, Preacher Moss from “Allah Made […]
La. Sheriff’s Office Arms Civilians to Fight ‘Islamic Terror Cells’
The office of the Louisiana sheriff who’s forming a citizen militia to defend the parish in the event of a terrorist attack says it has information about possible Islamic terrorist activity in its midst. “We understand, based on some intelligence that we’ve collected over the last year, year and a half, that there have been […]
Anti-Muslim NC Rep. Linked to Extremist Group
Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC) is one of North Carolina’s staunchest defenders from Islamic extremism. When it comes to Christian extremism, though, the record is more mixed. Myrick held a forum on Thursday, Feb. 25, with about 200 of her Charlotte-area constituents from the Muslim community to address what many see as a record of offensive […]
Texas Apartment Complex Refused to Rent to Muslims
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/4/10) – A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today called on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to investigate allegations that a Texas apartment complex had a policy of refusing to rent to Muslims or segregating them in buildings away from other tenants. The Washington-based Council on […]
CO: Female Comedian Stands Up for Islam (Greeley Trib)
Tissa Hami knows something about being hijacked. Her budding career fell victim to cratering public opinion toward people of Middle Eastern descent in the months after the Sept. 11 attacks. Hami is essentially American, having lived in the United States most of her life. But she was born in Iran to Iranian parents and lived […]
NC Imam Delivers Opening Prayer in House of Representatives
Duke University’s Muslim chaplain will deliver the opening prayer for the U.S. House of Representatives today, an honor few clergy, and even fewer Muslim clergy, get. Abdullah Antepli, appointed the university’s first full-time Muslim chaplain in 2008, was invited to give the 10 a.m. prayer by Rep.David Price, a Democrat from Chapel Hill. The Turkish-born […]
CAIR-CA: Muslims, Japanese-Americans Share Experiences
The power to change the injustice toward minority groups in America is “in the youth,” said sophomore teacher preparation and math major John Kanemoto at today’s Voices Unite in Solidarity: Japanese-American and Muslim-American Experiences Post 9/11 forum.The forum, which was held in the Redwood Room, focused on paralleling the experiences of Japanese-Americans during World War […]