CAIR-OK: Hijab Gives Testimony to Muslim Faith
Lobna Hewedi welcomes questions about her hijab, a traditional head scarf worn by Muslim women.The hijab serves as a symbol of her Muslim faith and an entry point for interfaith dialogue when people at fuel stations and grocery store checkout lines stare at the Norman woman’s apparel.“My feeling is that most of the time when […]
CAIR-NJ: Commission Hears Tales of School Bullying
For more than two hours, speaker after speaker approached the microphone at Lawrence High School to tell the 14-member Governor’s Commission on School Bullying personal stories about children being bullied.Wednesday’s hearing was the first of three as commissioners gather testimony from the public about the problem of childhood bullying throughout the state. The next hearing […]
Video: CAIR-MN Invites FBI Director to Minneapolis Mosque
CAIR-LA: Bail OK’d for Niazi
An alleged brother-in-law of Osama bin Laden’s bodyguard was ordered to be released on $500,000 bail Tuesday, and a Muslim advocacy group said it wants a federal investigation into whether he was arrested because he had refused to become an FBI informant. (MORE)
CAIR-LA: Man with Alleged Terror Ties Aided Police in 2007
The Council of American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, scheduled a news conference following Niazi’s court appearance Tuesday to announce it would ask it would ask the attorney general to investigate whether Niazi’s arrest stemmed from his refusal to help the FBI.Council officials said in a statement that they met with Niazi in 2007 and he told […]
CAIR-LA: Calif. Synagogue Agrees to Invite Speaker on Islam
(LOS ANGELES, CA, 2/19/09) – The Greater Los Angeles Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today said that a local synagogue that plans to screen a film claiming “confrontation between Islam and the Jews” has agreed to invite a Muslim representative who can offer a balancing perspective of interfaith understanding. CAIR-LA’s request […]
Ariz. Senator Asked to Invite Muslim Reps to Balance Anti-Islam Film
(PHOENIX, AZ, 2/24/09) – The Arizona chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-AZ) today called on one of that state’s senators to invite Muslim representatives to offer a balancing perspective to a screening of an anti-Islam film he is hosting in Congress.On Thursday, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) will host a closed-door screening of a […]
CAIR: FBI Director Invited to Meet Minn. Somali Community
(ST. PAUL, MN, 2/24/09) – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today invited FBI Director Robert Mueller to take part in a community dinner Wednesday at a Minneapolis mosque.CAIR-MN is co-hosting the dinner at the Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center as a way to increase understanding about the local Somali Muslim community […]
CAIR-LA to Seek Probe Into FBI’s Arrest of Ahmad Niazi
(LOS ANGELES, CA, 2/23/09) – On Tuesday, February 24, the Greater Los Angeles Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) will host a news conference to announce the filing of a request for the U.S. Attorney General to launch an investigation into the FBI’s arrest last week of Ahmad Niazi. The news conference […]
NC: Non-Muslim Students Experience a Day ‘Behind the Veil’
As participants in “Behind the Veil,” 28 non-Muslim female students learned about life as Muslim women as they wore head dresses, or hijabs, on Wednesday. “Behind the Veil,” an event Sara Yasin, a junior in textile and apparel management, said she thought up last summer, invited students to experience firsthand the life of Muslim women […]