CAIR: Muslim Asked to Leave Line at Bank Over Hijab
A Muslim woman was asked to leave her place in line at a credit union in Southern Maryland and be served in a back room because the head scarf she wore for religious reasons violated the institution’s “no hats, hoods or sunglasses” policy, the woman said yesterday. The incident at the Navy Federal Credit Union […]
CAIR Dinners Successful in FL, OK, IL
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/10/2009) – Hundreds of supporters of civil rights turned out this past weekend at CAIR fundraising dinners in Florida, Oklahoma and Illinois.At CAIR-South Florida’s 9th annual banquet in Ft. Lauderdale, more than 540 community and mosque leaders, public officials, friends from other faith communities, and other supporters of CAIR’s work heard a keynote […]
Action: Help CAIR Defend Your Rights
<br /><br />BODY <br />A <br />A:hover <br />A:active <br />TD <br />P <br />UL <br />LI <br />IMG As-salaamu alaykum (peace to you). From the Desk of CAIR Board Chairman Sen. Larry Shaw: Action: Help CAIR Defend Your Rights As the recently-elected CAIR board chairman, I am blessed andhonored to lead an organization that […]
GOP Rep Pressures FBI for ‘Payback’ Against Muslim Civil Rights Group
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/12/09)- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) charged today that a Virginia member of the U.S. House of Representatives has “abused his office” by seeking to pressure the FBI to produce negative information about the Muslim civil rights and advocacy group.In a letter delivered to the FBI on Monday, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) […]
An Appreciation of Islam: Q&A with Rabbi Reuven Firestone
Last week, in promoting his book, “An Introduction to Islam for Jews” (Jewish Publication Society, 2008), Firestone spoke at the Jewish Community Library about Islam as a world religion, Muslim views on non-Muslims and whether Muslims and Jews will be able to live in peace in Israel. The Journal caught up with him afterward. Jewish […]
MA: Muslim Basketball Player Sets Scoring Record in Hijab
How does she do it? In the face of triple teams, with defenders all but linking their arms like paper dolls, Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir is able to exploit the limited daylight she gets and average 42 points a game. How does she do it? Passing Rebecca Lobo’s 17-year-old Massachusetts high school mark of 2,710 career points […]
OK: Controversial Driver’s License Bill Unnecessary
The controversial House bill that would require a woman to remove her hijab for her driver’s license photo is best summed up by state Sen. Roger Ballenger, D-Okmulgee, who said it seems to “be a solution looking for a problem.” House Bill 1645, authored by Rep. Rex Duncan, R-Sand Springs, would prohibit Oklahomans from wearing […]
Maine’s Court System, Jail to Allow Hijab
For many Muslim women, being seen in public with one’s head uncovered is a violation of religious tenets as well as an embarrassing display of immodesty. Head coverings also can be, to varying degrees, important to Jews, Sikhs and people of other faiths. But that obligation has collided with security concerns and cultural standards prevalent […]
CAIR Offers Condolences to Family of Marwan Burgan
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/8/09) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today offered sincere condolences to the family of Marwan Burgan, a respected community activist who passed away Thursday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Mr. Burgan was the founder and president of the Project for American Civic Engagement (PACE), an organization that aims to involve […]
CAIR: Md. Muslim Objects to ‘Separate But Equal’ Treatment by Bank
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/9/09) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today challenged a “separate but equal” Navy Federal Credit Union (NFCU) policy that treats customers wearing religious head coverings differently than other customers.The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said a Muslim customer at an NFCU branch in California, Md., reported that […]