DC Muslim Coalition Joins AMT Statement on FBI Relations
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/1/2009) – More Islamic and civil liberties organizations have signed on to a statement by the American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections (AMT), a coalition of major national Islamic organizations, saying that it is considering suspending outreach relations with the FBI over recent incidents in which American mosques and Muslim groups […]
CA: UCLA Students Launch Campaign to Add Mideast Category
Nicole Salame, 19, was filling out an application to UCLA last year when she got to the question about race and ethnicity. She thought a mistake had been made. “I read it five times and was like, where is Middle Eastern?” the freshman recently recalled. “Is it on the other page, did it get cut […]
MI: Archbishop Meets with Muslims at Mosque
Imam Sayid Hassan al-Qazwini, the head of the Islamic Center of America, welcomed Archbishop Allen Vigneron to the largest mosque in the country today, as the new leader of 1.4 million Catholics in Metro Detroit continues to make good on his vow to foster interfaith relations. “So many of us here today are bound by […]
CAIR-CAN: Muslims Call for ‘Consistent’ Stand on Free Speech
(OTTAWA, Canada, March 31, 2009) – The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) in an open letter today to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Jason Kenney, called on the federal government to adopt a “consistent” position on free speech and foreign speakers entering Canada. In its open letter, CAIR-CAN highlighted that virulent anti-Muslim American […]
CAIR-OH: Tracked by Spies and Informers
[Julia A. Shearson is executive director of the Cleveland Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.] The February 26, 2009 revelation in the Los Angeles Times that FBI domestic intelligence informant and ex-convict Craig Monteilh and others were paid handsomely to spy on Muslim Americans in their houses of worship in Southern California should come […]
CAIR-LA: Museum of Tolerance: Intolerant?
The Facts: The Simon Wiesenthal Center, which has built the Museum of Tolerance here in LA, has been issued the permit to build a Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem. There is some tension behind this because many believe that it is on a Muslim cemetery. This issue ought to be judged with knowledge, said Ran […]
CAIR-LA: Japanese-American, Muslim Youth Exchange
(LOS ANGELES, CA, 3/31/09) – Beginning February 21, some 40 high school students from Southern California will learn about the Islamic and Japanese cultures, with topics ranging from ethnic identity, culture/religion, civil rights activism, and experiences following the Pearl Harbor and 9/11 attacks.The series of cultural program are the fist of their kind in the […]
Racist Freeper Actually GOP Candidate
In early March, a gal named Rosanna Pulido won the Republican primary for the upcoming special congressional election in Illinois’ District 5, Rahm Emanuel’s former kingdom. She will lose. But not before making the funnies! She was the founder of the Illinois chapter of the Minutemen, because she *hates* the Mexicans. Once in a CNN […]
CAIR-Chicago Condemns Hate Speech by IL GOP Candidate
(CHICAGO, IL, 3/31/09) – A number of religious and civil rights groups today held a news conference to condemn intolerant and hateful remarks made by Rosanna Pulido, the GOP candidate for the 5th congressional district seat. “Ms. Pulido’s statements under the blog moniker “Chicagolady” contain vicious remarks maligning groups such as Catholics, Mexicans, Muslims, immigrants, […]
WA: Multifaith Passover Event Increases Understanding
Muslims, Christians and Jews shared unleavened bread at a Passover Seder Sunday night in a Tacoma synagogue as a step toward building interfaith bonds and eventually a house. Volunteers from the three faiths will join together to build a house on Tacoma’s East Side, from April 24 to mid-July, for Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat for Humanity. […]