CAIR-MI Hosts Town Hall Forum on Civil Rights
(SOUTHFIELD, MI, 6/15/09) – The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) recently held a successful town hall forum at the Islamic Center of Detroit to discuss pressing civil rights issues impacting American Muslims and Arab-Americans. Brief presentations given at the “Community Rights Town Hall” focused on concerns regarding agent provocateurs and informants […]
CAIR-NY Supports Sikh Call for Change in MTA Uniform Policy
(NEW YORK, N.Y., 6/17/2009) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today joined the Sikh Coalition in its request to end a Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) uniform policy that requires Sikh and Muslim transit workers to brand their religious head covering with MTA logos.The MTA says that the branding is […]
CAIR Seeks Clarification on Hijab in Michigan Courts
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/17/09) – A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today called for clarification of a new administrative rule adopted by Michigan’s Supreme Court that, if broadly interpreted, might allow judges to demand that witnesses remove religious head coverings during testimony in their courtrooms. SEE: State Court: Judges Can Dictate Witnesses’ AttireThe […]
Minnesota Somali Community Rallies to Support CAIR-MN
On Saturday, June 13, representatives of more than a dozen Twin Cities Somali civil, religious and political organizations held a rally demonstrating their support for Minnesota’s only Muslim civil rights organization, the Minnesota Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN). SEE: Demonstrators Support Area Muslim Group (Star Tribune) Representatives from local Somali organizations voiced […]
CAIR: Authorities Investigate Assault on Texas Muslim
The Upshur County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an assault on a Gilmer man who claims he was attacked because he is Muslim, officials said Friday. Sheriff’s investigator Mark Moore said law enforcement officers took a report from James Berry, 34, who claims he was attacked on June 6 at his home. Moore said he could […]
CA Muslim Man Jailed After Spies Infiltrate Mosque
A Diamond Bar man is being held in a secretive federal prison and his family believes he was targeted for investigation by authorities because of his faith. Seyed Mousavi, 51, was convicted of filing false tax returns, omitting information on naturalization forms and violating an economic embargo against Iran, officials said. He is being held […]
Was NY Bomb Plot Planned by Agent Provocateur? (Haaretz)
The first time Kathleen Baines saw Maksud was on Wednesday, May 20. Like everyone else, she knew the well-to-do Pakistani by his first name only. He had started appearing here the previous September, wandering around outside Masjid al-Ikhlas (the “mosque of devotion”) in town, meeting people in a popular local restaurant, paying for their meals […]
Boston Mosque Formally Opens with Two Days of Events (Globe)
The Muslim American Society, which is operating the new Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center, or ISBCC, has scheduled two days of events to celebrate the completion of the building. The building had a soft opening last fall, during Ramadan, and has been in use since then, but the events on June 26 and 27 […]
Texas Muslim Clinic Steadied Mother Through Tragedy
It has been a torturous 18-months for Patricia Said. “At first I blamed God because he let them die,” she confesses. “And I see other people with their kids and I get angry because its not fair I don’t have my kids.” Almost a year and a half has passed since Patricia Said’s two teen-aged […]
Islam Teaches Us to Live Within Our Means (Seattle Times)
Excessive spending and growing debt prompted President Obama to ask Americans to live within their means, and last month as he signed a bill that makes it tougher for credit-card issuers to raise fees and interest rates. Many have seen this as a call to cut back on wants and focus on needs in an […]