Muslims at Fort Voice Outrage (NY Times)
KILLEEN, Tex. — Leaders of the vibrant Muslim community here expressed outrage on Friday at the shooting rampage being laid to one of their members, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who had become a regular attendee of prayers at the local mosque. Nihad Awad, the national executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said, “We […]
Muslim Groups Quick to Condemn Shooting (Stars and Stripes)
SILVER SPRING, Md. — American Muslim groups have been quick to distance themselves from the actions of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who allegedly opened fire at Fort Hood, leaving 13 people dead and 30 others injured… Corey Saylor, a spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Washington-based advocacy group, said the group expects an […]
Right-Wing Media Respond to Shooting by Attacking Muslims
Right-wing media figures have used the shooting at Fort Hood as an excuse to attack Islam and American Muslims in particular, with Debbie Schlussel, for example, urging readers to think of the alleged shooter “whenever you hear about how Muslims serve their country in the U.S. military.” Additionally, commentators have blamed the shooting on “political […]
CAIR: Muslims Express Frustration after Shootings (LA Times)
The news made Nihad Awad sick to his stomach. Like the rest of the nation, Awad, who heads the Council on American-Islamic Relations, learned this week that it allegedly was a Muslim who opened fire at a U.S. Army base in Texas, killing 13 people and injuring many more. According to witnesses, Army Maj. Nidal […]
CAIR: The Effects of Including Religion in Fort Hood Coverage
COLUMBIA — Nidal Malik Hasan killed 13 people and wounded at least 30 others in a mass shooting Thursday. Hasan is a Muslim. Jason Rodriguez killed one person and injured five others in a mass shooting on Friday in Orlando, Fla. Who knows Rodriguez’s religion?Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Washington, […]
U.S. Muslim Group Urges Calm After Fort Hood Shootings
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/5/09) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) tonight reiterated the Muslim community’s condemnation of today’s deadly shootings at Fort Hood in Texas and urged the nation to remain calm and unified as Americans nationwide react to the tragic events.At a news conference tonight on Capitol Hill, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad […]
DC: Muslim Group to Hold News Conference in Reaction to Fort Hood Shootings
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/5/09) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, will hold a news conference tonight at its Capitol Hill headquarters in reaction to the attack at Fort Hood military base in Texas that left at least 12 people dead. At the news conference, American Muslim […]
U.S. Muslims Condemn Attack at Fort Hood
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/5/09) – A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy group tonight condemned an attack on Fort Hood military base in Texas that left at least 12 people dead.In a statement, the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said:“We condemn this cowardly attack in the strongest terms possible and ask that the perpetrators […]
CAIR-LA to Present ‘Courage in Media’ Award at 11/7 Banquet
(ANAHEIM, CA, 11/3/09) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) will present its 2009 “Courage in Media” Award to Zeitoun author and Pulitzer Prize nominee Dave Eggers. Eggers will accept the award at CAIR-LA’s 13th annual banquet on Saturday, November 7 at the Anaheim Hilton. Zeitoun is about […]
Muslims Receive $1.2 Million for Post-9/11 Abuse
The federal government is paying $1.2 million to settle the cases of five Muslim immigrants who sued over their detention and treatment in a Brooklyn jail after 9/11, when hundreds of noncitizens were rounded up and held for months before being cleared of links to terrorism and deported. The five were part of a larger […]