CAIR-CAN: Mosque President Forgives Vandalism
A national lobby group called Tuesday for a swift police probe of a second spray-paint incident that defaced a wall at a Dorval mosque, after initial such vandalism last June. But Mehmet Deger, president of the 1,500-member mosque, had a much different reaction.Deger said he just wants to put the incident behind him and his […]
Calif. Muslims Join Pilgrimage to Japanese-American Internment Camp
(ANAHEIM, CA, 4/29/09)- On Saturday, April 25, the Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA), in cooperation with the Manzanar Committee, the Japanese American Citizens League and Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress, led a group of some 100 Southern California Muslims on a day-long pilgrimage to a former internment […]
CAIR Asks Muslim Prayer Leaders to Urge Swine Flu Precautions
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/29/09) – A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy group today called on Islamic religious leaders, or imams, to use daily and Friday congregational prayers in the nation’s mosques as a platform for providing information about preventing the spread of swine flu.The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said imams are in a […]
CAIR-LA: FBI Monitored Calif. Muslims at Gyms (LA Times)
As part of their anti-terrorism efforts, FBI agents monitored popular gyms throughout Orange County to gather intelligence on members of several local mosques, according to a man who claims to have been a key informant in the operation.Sal Hernandez, director of the FBI’s Los Angeles office, declined comment on the matter Monday. Another law enforcement […]
CAIR-CA: Man ID’d Middle Easterners at Gym for FBI (OC Reg)
An Irvine man who claims to have worked as an FBI informant said he was asked by agents to identify photos of Middle Eastern men who worked out at Orange County gyms as part of an effort to identify terrorist cells in the U.S.Craig Monteilh said he worked as an informant from July 2006 to […]
CAIR-MI: Obama’s Outreach to Muslims Should Begin at Home
[Dawud Walid is the executive director of CAIR’s Michigan chapter.]The Obama administration’s efforts to improve America’s image with the Muslim world cannot be successful without healthy engagement of the American Muslim community, which includes investigating and curtailing abuses against American Muslims that started under the Bush administration.Since taking office, President Obama has made several positive […]
CAIR: Hate Speech Applauded at Florida Synagogue
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/28/09) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today call on members of the Jewish community to condemn the anti-Islam hate of a speaker who was recently given a standing ovation at a Florida synagogue. CAIR said the speech by Dutch anti-Islam extremist politician Geert Wilders took place at a “large synagogue in […]
CAIR-CAN Condemns Vandalism of Montreal-Area Mosque
(Ottawa, Canada – 28/04/08) – The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) condemns the recent act of vandalism of a Montreal-area mosque in which one of the mosque’s walls were spray painted with graffiti. CAIR-CAN calls on the Montreal Police to ensure that this incident is investigated swiftly as a possible hate crime and that […]
Fla. GOP Leader Leaves House Floor Before Muslim Prayer
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/27/09) – A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy group today said that Rep. Adam Hasner, the head of Florida’s House Republicans, left the floor of the legislature just prior to an Islamic prayer opening the session and returned to his seat just after the prayer ended. SEE: Imam Leads House Prayer […]
CAIR-LA: ‘Islamic Teachings Call for the Right to Free Worship’
Nadia Aghdasi sifts through stacks of photographs of old friends and family members. In many cases, the pictures are the only remnants she has of relatives either still living in her native Iran or those who have been killed because of religious persecution.“He was never the same,” she says, looking at a small picture of […]