CAIR-TX: Rally in Dallas Protests Israeli Attacks on Gaza
Hundreds of protesters chanting “Free Palestine” gathered in downtown Dallas on Tuesday to demand an end to what they called terrorism against Gaza.A spokesman for a local Jewish organization denounced the protesters’ claims of terrorism and defended Israel’s recent strikes as a defensive measure against Hamas, which the U.S. has designated a terrorist organization.In a […]
CAIR Condemns Arson Attack on Chicago Synagogue
(CHICAGO, IL, 12/29/08) – The Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) today condemned an arson attack on a Chicago synagogue as “reprehensible.”The incident occurred just before 2 a.m. Monday at Temple Sholom on North Lake Shore Drive. An individual allegedly threw an incendiary device against the wall of the synagogue causing a […]
Haaretz: Israel ‘Unilaterally Violated’ Ceasefire
As of yesterday, politicians and the public at large have been enthralled by a new prospect: that of a wide-scale military operation in the Gaza Strip. Such a prospect answers all their heart’s secret wishes: Avenging the rocket fire by Gazan militants, reclaiming Israel’s prestige, delivering a fatal blow to Hamas, providing payback for Israel’s […]
CAIR Video: U.S. Must Act to Save Gaza, Restore Cease-Fire
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/29/08) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today issued a statement calling on the Bush administration to take concrete actions to restore the flow of humanitarian aid to the civilian population in the Gaza Strip and to help reinstate the cease-fire that an Israeli newspaper admits was “unilaterally violated” by Israel.SEE: Food […]
U.S. Muslim Leaders to Address Gaza Crisis
On Monday, December 29, the American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections (AMT), a coalition of 12 major Islamic organizations, will hold a 10 a.m. news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., to release an open letter to President-elect Obama outlining suggested domestic and foreign policy priorities for the new administration. […]
CAIR Condemns Israeli ‘Massacre’ in Gaza
CAIR Condemns Israeli ‘Massacre’ in GazaObama urged to speak ‘in favor of peace and justice for all parties’ (WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/27/08) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today condemned Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip that left more than 200 people dead and called the death toll a “massacre carried out […]
NJ Press Group President Calls Islam ‘Internal’ Threat to U.S.
(SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ, 12/23/08) – The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) today called for a “clarification” from the president of the New Jersey Press Association, who wrote in an editorial that he believes Islam is an “internal” threat to the United States and seemed to support the exclusion of Muslims […]
CAIR: Muslim’s Scarf Leads to Arrest at Courthouse (AJC)
A Douglasville woman was jailed Tuesday after a judge found her in contempt of court for refusing to remove her hijab, the head covering worn by Muslim women.Lisa Valentine, also known by her Islamic name, Miedah, 40, was arrested at the Douglasville Municipal Court for violating a court policy of no headgear, said Chris Womack, […]
Georgia Muslims Barred from Court Because of Hijab
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/16/08) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate a series of incidents in which Muslim women in Georgia were prevented from entering courtrooms because they were wearing Islamic headscarves, or hijabs.In the most recent incident, a Muslim woman was jailed today following a […]
CAIR Asks NY Jewish Leaders to Repudiate Call to Kill Muslims
(NEW YORK, NY, 12/12/08) -­ The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today called on leaders of the Jewish community in that state to repudiate a columnist for a Jewish newspaper who called for the killing of “innocent” Muslims. In a commentary in the December 12 issue of the 5 Towns […]