Video: CAIR Rep Discusses Missing Youth with Larry King
CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad appeared last night on CNN’s “Larry King Live” to discuss the Muslim community’s assistance to the FBI in locating five Virginia Muslims missing under mysterious circumstances.
CO Sheriff Calls Marines ‘Travel Agents to Allah’
A volunteer for the nonprofit Muslims Against Hunger group is not upset Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden plans to hold a Christmas tree-trimming party – an event Alderden proudly calls politically incorrect. But the woman, a Muslim who lives in Northern Colorado, is concerned about a comment Alderden made while giving a speech at a […]
CAIR-Chicago Asks Citibank to Apologize for Hijab Incident
(CHICAGO, IL, 12/8/09) — The Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) today called on Citibank to apologize to a Muslim woman who was allegedly verbally abused by a security guard at a Gresham, Ill., branch because she wears a religious head scarf, or hijab. According to the Muslim woman, the guard said […]
Video: CAIR News Conference on U.S. Muslim Civil Rights
Passenger Makes Up Islamic Terror Fantasy
True story. A right-winger who obviously reads too many of those really hard-core Islamophobic blogs emailed around a detailed account of how he had heroically thwarted a terrorist attack on a flight from Atlanta to Houston. According to the story, which proliferated on conservative blogs and rose as high up the wingnut food chain as […]
‘Go Home Sand N**ger’ Painted on Idaho Muslim’s Truck
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/7/09) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) reported today that vandals spray-painted “go home sand n**ger” and Nazi swastikas on a truck owned by an Idaho Muslim. The victim also found a racist flier from the Aryan Nations on his lawn. CAIR is calling on the FBI to assist local police in […]
CAIR Report Shows Jump in Anti-Muslim Bias Incidents, Decrease in Hate Crimes
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/3/2009) – An annual report released today by a prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization shows an increase in the total number of bias-related incidents, but a decrease in anti-Muslim hate crimes in 2008.The report by the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), titled “Seeking Full Inclusion,” offers a summary of […]
Sacramento Mosque Vandalized
(SACRAMENTO, CA, 12/1/09) – The Sacramento Valley chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SV) will hold a news conference today with community and interfaith leaders to call on law enforcement authorities to investigate a possible bias motive for vandalism at the West Sacramento Islamic Community Center. WHAT: Press Conference with Community and Interfaith Leaders […]
Oregon Mosque Targeted with Hate Graffiti
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/30/09) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today reported that hate graffiti was scrawled on the mailbox of a Eugene, Ore., mosque. CAIR said a police report (#0920380) indicates that vandals wrote “Allah is a pig” on the Abu-Bakr As-Siddiq Islamic Center‘s mailbox sometime on or before November 15th. Local police say […]
CAIR Urges President to Address Afghan Abuse Claims, Swiss Minaret Ban
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/29/09) – A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy group today issued an open letter to President Obama asking him to use his anticipated announcement of a troop build-up in Afghanistan to address allegations that U.S. personnel abused Afghan detainees. SEE: 2 Afghans Allege Abuse at U.S. Site (Wash. Post) The Washington-based […]