CAIR Files EEOC Complaint Against Abercrombie & Fitch
(SANTA CLARA, CA, 2/24/10) – The San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) announced today that it has filed an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaint against Abercrombie & Fitch on behalf of a Muslim employee who was allegedly fired because she refused to remove her Islamic head scarf, or […]
Video: CAIR Rep Debates Body Scanners, Profiling on Fox
On Fox and Friends this morning, Steve Doocy hosted a discussion about concerns from Muslim-Americans that full-body scanners at airports violate Islamic rules on modesty. After former homeland security research analyst Michael Hoffman suggested that some profiling was needed for airport security, Doocy brought up his wife’s experiences going through airport security, saying that she […]
VA: CAIR to Co-Host Film Screening, Interfaith Dialogue
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/16/10) – On Sunday, February 28, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will co-host a screening and interfaith dialogue about a new film on global Muslim public opinion at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Arlington, Va.WHAT: Film Screening and Interfaith DialogueWHEN: Sunday, February 28, 6:30-9 p.m.WHERE: Trinity Presbyterian Church, 5533 16th St. N, Arlington, […]
Double Standard on ‘Terror’ Counterproductive, Offensive
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/22/10) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), along with other national Muslim organizations, today held a news conference in Washington, D.C., to express concerns over a perceived double standard on the use of the label “terrorism” as it relates to acts of political violence committed by people who are not Muslims. [Other […]
CAIR: Attack on Texas IRS Office an Act of ‘Terror’
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/18/10) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) tonight called the apparent airborne suicide attack on an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) office in Austin, Texas, an act of “terror.”Before taking off in the light plane that he allegedly used to attack the IRS office, Joseph A. Stack reportedly set fire to his own […]
CAIR-MI Welcomes Police Commissioners Resolution on Imam’s Shooting
(SOUTHFIELD, MI, 2/8/10) — The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) today welcomed a recent resolution from the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners calling for “objective scrutiny and resolution to the fatal shooting of Cleric Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah,” which took place on October 28 of last year in Dearborn.The Detroit Board […]
CAIR-MI: Security Breach Shows Why Profiling Does Not Work
Kaylan Policherla had no ticket or baggage when he walked up to a passenger security gate Monday morning at Detroit Metro Airport — and just kept going. “He just walked into the airport, past the individual who checks your boarding pass and ID and then walked through the passenger screening checkpoint without stopping,” said airport […]
CAIR Welcomes Appointment of U.S. Envoy to World Muslim Body
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/15/10) — A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy group today welcomed President Obama’s appointment of Rashad Hussain as special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said Hussain, who is currently a deputy White House counsel, will be in a position to […]
CAIR, Muslim Leaders Welcome Calif. Mayor’s Apology for ‘Christian Community’ Remarks
(LOS ANGELES, CA, 2/9/10) — The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA), the Islamic Center of the North Valley (ICNV) in Lancaster and the American Islamic Institute of Antelope Valley (AIIAV) in Palmdale today welcomed an apology from a mayor in that state who recently said he is “growing […]
CAIR Condemns Call for Voting Literacy Tests
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/11/10) – A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy group today said a recent statement by former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) seeming to advocate literacy tests for voting rights would “turn back the clock on the civil rights movement.” The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) condemned Tancredo for claiming that President […]