CAIR-Tampa: Acquitted Fla. Muslim’s Family to React to Upcoming Trial
(TAMPA, FL, 8/14/09) – The Tampa chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Tampa) will hold a news conference today outside the Tampa Convention Center with family members of Youssef Megahed following their naturalization ceremony.Megahed’s trial in Miami immigration court begins on Monday August 17. CAIR-Tampa and the Megahed family members will answer questions about […]
FBI Profiling of Muslims on the Rise, Says Law Caucus
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Muslim Americans are being increasingly targeted for unwarranted house searches and questioning, said Veena Dubal, staff attorney of the Asian Law Caucus, during a brown-bag seminar at the organization’s headquarters here Aug. 5. Last October — in the waning days of the Bush administration — FBI director Robert Mueller signed new […]
CAIR-NY: Muslims Press Public Schools on Islamic Holidays
Calculus and chemistry are among the pressures awaiting Mesuka Akter, a senior this year at Long Island City High School in New York City. But unlike past school years, Akter, a Muslim, will not have to choose between missing school and missing the two holiest days on the Islamic calendar.Provided an early or late moon […]
CAIR-CA Hosts Muslim Youth Leadership Conference at State Capitol
(SACRAMENTO, CA, 8/13/09) – Beginning today, the California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) will hold its fifth annual Muslim Youth Leadership Program in Sacramento. WHEN: Thursday, August 13 – Sunday, August 16, 2009WHERE: State Capitol, Sacramento, California The conference will feature workshops on community organizing and advocacy, public speaking and media activism. […]
CAIR-LA: Filmmaker Praises Aspiring Muslim Screenwriters
(LOS ANGELES, CA, 8/13/09) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today said its “Writing for Hollywood” seminar for aspiring Muslim screenwriters held Tuesday in Los Angeles was a “tremendous success.” The seminar featured filmmaker and writer Jeffrey Nachmanoff, who wrote and directed “Traitor” in 2008 and wrote […]
Calif. Library Asked to Drop Sponsorship of Anti-Islam Event
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/11/09) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on the San Diego Public Library to drop its sponsorship of an upcoming presentation by an extremist anti-Islam group whose founder claims that “every practicing Muslim is a radical Muslim” and that Islam is the “real enemy” of America. The […]
Muslims Asked to Support President’s Community Service Appeal
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/5/09) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy organization is asking American Muslims and their institutions to support President Obama’s recently-announced “United We Serve” initiative, which is designed to “meet community needs and make service a way of life for all Americans.” The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is encouraging […]
The Next Wave in Civil Rights Heroes: CAIR-New York’s Aliya Latif
“Law and Order” might be her go-to television show, but CAIR NY’s Civil Rights Director Aliya Latif asserts Jack and Abbie had nothing to do with her choice to lunge at a law degree. The tough time she endured wading through law school prepared her that much more to be dedicated and commited to organizing […]
CAIR-Tampa Rep Meets with Pastor Over Anti-Islam Sign
Click here to watch a short video interview. An advocate for the Muslim community in Florida, during a one-on-one meeting Tuesday, was unable to persuade the senior pastor of Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville to remove a sign that reads “Islam is of the devil.”“I was pleased that at least he was making the […]
CAIR: FBI’s Ruse ‘Devastating’ for Family of N.C. Suspect
Click here to watch the video.Sabrina Boyd, the wife of Daniel Patrick Boyd and the mother of Dylan and Zakariya “Zak” Boyd, claims authorities told her that her family had been injured in a car crash Monday. She said a man, wearing a bloody shirt, and a law enforcement officer told her their vehicle had […]