CAIR-FL: Muslims Use Bus Ads to Counter ‘Obsession’ DVD Campaign
Remember when a copy of the DVD Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West — a film decried as Christian propaganda that seems to suggest Islam leads to terrorism — was included in a Sunday Herald? And we ripped the daily a new one for not initially explaining the controversial inclusion — and then later […]
CAIR: Hotline Set Up for Reporting Profiling
A coalition of community and civil right groups announced today the establishment of a telephone hotline and Internet address for quick reporting of any incidents of suspected profiling at the U.S.-Canadian border. The groups, led by the American Civil Liberties Union-Michigan, citied the continual difficulty some Muslims and people of Arab and South Asian descent […]
CAIR-MI: New Hotline for Profiling at the Border
It’s a new effort to help those who have been racially profiled at border crossings. The American Civil Liberties Union says the FBI has implemented new guidelines that will allow agents to profile individuals for searches based on race and ethnicity at borders across the United States. The Detroit branch of the NAACP, ACCESS, CAIR […]
Video: CAIR-MI Rep at Border Profiling News Conference
View the video here.The ACLU of Michigan now has a hotline travelers can call to report racial profiling at international border crossings. My TV 20’s Jorge Avellan has more.Dawud Wallid (CAIR-MI):“Mothers being handcuffed in front of their children in question for undue periods of time and then federal authorities coming to the persons home, even […]
NY Columnist Says Kill ‘Innocent’ Muslims
Moreover, the only way to deal with Islamic terrorists is the same way in which they deal with their victims. Muslims believe in the literal interpretation of the Biblical doctrine of an eye for an eye, and they do not have respect for anything perceived as a lesser standard of justice. They killed our innocents, […]
TN: Members of Mosque Destroyed by Arson Start Anew
Ten months after a Maury County mosque was destroyed in a hate crime, members have a new building to worship in. For days after the mosque was defamed and set ablaze, Daoud Abudiab and other members picked through the charred rubble, hoping to save what few items were still recognizable. “Unfortunately, we were not able […]
CAIR-LA: Protests Over Museum on Muslim Cemetery Spread
For years, the Simon Wiesenthal Center faced protests and lawsuits over its plans to build a Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem. The legal challenges, which had halted construction, faded last month after Israel’s Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in favor of the project. But the protests against the Los Angeles-based human rights organization continue. […]
ISLAM-OPED: Love for Jesus Can Bring Christians, Muslims Together
ISLAM-OPED: Love for Jesus Can Bring Christians, Muslims TogetherIMPORTANT NOTE: This commentary was very popular with readers nationwide when it was first distributed before Christmas several years ago. It is being offered again this year for those publications that were unable to publish it previously.—–ISLAM-OPED is a syndication service of the Council on American-Islamic Relations […]
Obama Wants to ‘Reboot America’s Image’ among Muslims
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama says he will try to “reboot America’s image” among the world’s Muslims and will follow tradition by using his entire name — Barack Hussein Obama — in his swearing-in ceremony. (MORE)
Obama Plans to Reach Out to Muslim world (Chicago Trib)
Barack Obama says his presidency is an opportunity for the U.S. to renovate its relations with the Muslim world, starting the day of his inauguration and continuing with a speech he plans to deliver in an Islamic capital. (MORE)