CAIR-MN: Group Says Somalis Being Detained Unfairly
Click here to watch the video. A civil rights group says federal investigators have been randomly stopping Somali residents at malls, college campuses and the airport to question them.The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations says it has heard from 50 to 100 people stopped by federal agents since news broke about the […]
Transcript: Testimony of Former Guantanamo Prison Guard
On December 4, 2008, Specialist Brandon Neely approached CSHRA with testimony he wished to contribute to the Guantánamo Testimonials Project. He believed that insufficient attention had been paid to “the hell that went on at Camp X-Ray.” He would be in a position to know, as he arrived in Guantánamo while the cages of Camp […]
CAIR-IL: Muslim American Airlines Flight Attendant Alleges Bias
(CHICAGO, IL, 2/17/09) – The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) announced today that it has filed a complaint in U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, on behalf of a Muslim flight attendant who allegedly suffered discrimination by his employer, American Airlines. In 2004 and 2007 the flight attendant requested religious […]
Fla. Muslims Ask Synagogue to Balance Presentation on Islam
(TAMPA, FL, 2/17/09) – The Tampa chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Tampa) today called on a local synagogue to invite a representative of the Muslim community who can offer a balancing perspective to a controversial speaker who claims wearing an Islamic head scarf, or hijab, is related to the “growth of terrorism.” CAIR-Tampa […]
CAIR: Minnesota Somalis Being Stopped, Questioned
Ever since news broke a few months ago on the disappearances of young Somali men from the Twin Cities, local Somali residents say federal investigators have been randomly stopping people to ask them questions at malls, college campuses, and the airport. One civil-rights group representing Muslims in the U.S. has compared the questioning to a […]
NY Muslims, Arab-Americans Meet with Mayor on Gaza Crisis
(NEW YORK, NY, 2/11/09) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), together with other community groups, today met with Mayor Michael Bloomberg at Gracie Mansion to express their concerns about the mayor’s “uncritical” support for Israel’s recent attacks on Gaza that killed hundreds of Palestinian civilians. SEE: Gaza Strip Invasion […]
UT: Jewish, Muslim Children Join in Song
Upset by killings in Mumbai last year and aware that innocent people were dying on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Alan Bachman set out to write a song about similarities. He wanted to express how two groups that have a long history of conflict are descended from the same ancestor. Months later, dozens of […]
GA: Scholar Surveys Islam in Atlanta, Finds Diversity
The diverse Muslim community in Atlanta reflects the spirit embodied by President Obama, that a new page of inclusiveness has been turned in American history, an Islamic scholar said during a recent GlobalAtlanta interview. The Georgia capital was the 50th out of 60 cities Akbar Ahmed is visiting as part of his “Journey Into America,” […]
Canada: Radio Station Chastised for Anti-Muslim Comments
A veteran open-line radio host in Ottawa contravened Canadian broadcasting standards when he made “abusive and discriminatory” remarks against Muslims, the national broadcast watchdog ruled Friday. According to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council, Lowell Green launched an “uninformed and unfair” attack when he told his CFRA audience in early December that the majority of Muslims […]
CAIR-CA: Bank ‘No Hats’ Policy May Be Illegal
An Islamic civic rights group has asked the Department of Justice to investigate whether Navy FCU violated a Muslim woman’s civil rights when it denied her service because she was wearing a religiously-mandated head scarf, or hijab. The woman claims she was denied service at a Navy Fed’s branch, despite telling CU officials that she […]