CAIR Questions Legality of FBI’s ‘Cruel Trick’ on Suspect’s Family
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/29/2009) – A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today questioned the constitutionality of what it termed a “cruel trick” played by the FBI on the family of a terrorism suspect arrested earlier this week in North Carolina.Family members told the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) that the FBI allegedly […]
CAIR-MN: Why Would a Manager Forbid Prayer During a Work Break?
It seems that a dispute with a St. Paul Wal-Mart has ended happily for an employee who was fired for praying during work breaks. Abdi Abdi has been rehired and Wal-Mart is running diversity training for about 10 of its store’s employees. Abdi, a four-year employee at the store, had been praying during his work […]
Observing Religious Dress Does Not Equal Promoting Religion
In general, school districts and the courts have tended to rule against expressions of religion in public schools, even to the extent of barring a brief mention of faith from a high school valedictorian’s speech. Sunday’s edition of The Washington Post carried a story on this theme, this one from the Pacific Northwest. Oregon has […]
CAIR-OK Co-Hosts Interfaith Dialogue at Hindu Temple
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 7/24/09) ­ The Nithyananda International Youth Foundation recently hosted an interfaith dialogue in conjunction with the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK). The interfaith event, which brought together youth from various faith traditions, took place at the Nithyananda Vedic Temple of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City. Topics of discussion included […]
CAIR-Seattle: Muslim Groups Host Candidate Forum
The Greater Seattle Muslim Community hosted a forum with the King County Executive candidates, July 19 at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center, with the county’s budget shortfall, integrating diversity and land-use issues being the hot-button topics. Present were former KIRO news anchor Susan Hutchison, Sen. Fred Jarrett, State Rep. Ross Hunter, King County Council […]
CAIR-NY: Closing Schools for Two Muslim Holidays?
The City Council overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling on the Department of Education to incorporate two major Muslim holidays into the city school calendar. The resolution, which passed 50 to 1, bears no legal weight; it is simply a formal request that the DOE schedule school holidays for Eid al-Fitr, which celebrates the end of […]
Video: Are Muslim’s Being Targeted at Dayton Airport?
Click here to watch the video. Are Muslim’s being targeted at Dayton International Airport? That’s the question that launched a recent investigation.On Wednesday a Muslim woman by the name of Constance told Dayton’s News Source, during a lay over back in June she was humiliated by Airport Transportation security Administration Officers. Constance was on a […]
U.S. Muslims Decry Closed Trial for American Held in U.A.E.
(LOS ANGELES, CA, 7/23/09) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today expressed deep concern over the lack of openness in the trial of U.S. citizen Naji Hamdan in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.). Hamdan, 43, was put on trial this week after having been detained for almost […]
IL: Muslims Hope for New Era of Understanding
It was an early morning for Driss El Akrich. But armed with Moroccan green tea and joined by his wife, Amina, in front of a television set, it was a moment he had been eagerly anticipating. President Barack Obama was in Cairo last month, giving a major speech to the Muslim world. The speech reverberated […]
CAIR Hails ‘Major Victory’ in Six Imams Civil Rights Case
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/24/09) – A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy group today hailed what it termed a “major victory” in the case of six imams, or Islamic religious leaders, who say their civil and religious rights were violated in 2006 when they were removed from a US Airways flight in Minnesota. The Washington-based […]