CAIR Condemns Cross Burning on Lawn of NJ Obama Supporter
(SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ, 11/07/2008) – The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) today condemned the burning of a cross on the lawn of supporters of President-elect Obama in that state.According to media reports, a Warren County family of Indian descent discovered the burned cross on their front lawn Thursday morning. The […]
NY Muslim Beaten By Gang Shouting ‘Obama’
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/6/2008) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on the FBI to launch a hate crime investigation into an Election Night assault on a New York Muslim by a gang allegedly angry that Barack Obama was elected president.The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said media reports indicate […]
NJ: Muslim, Jewish Students Pack Rutgers Dialogue Event
In what both sides hope will be the first of many interfaith encounters, Muslims and Jews at Rutgers University packed a student lounge in New Brunswick to discuss how they view dating, religious holidays, and food prohibitions. At the Oct. 30 program, arranged by Rutgers Hillel and the Muslim Student Association, there were male students […]
NY: Muslim Place of Refuge Planned (Times-Union)
Amin Abdullah spreads the inmates’ letters over his mosque’s green rug. The authors are imprisoned in Clinton. Fishkill. Marcy. Abdullah reads aloud from one who writes of “a problem with addiction.” “I will be homeless once I am released,” he says. “So I am begging and pleading for your help.” Help may be coming. A […]
TN: Arson at Mosque Stirs Compassion (Tennessean)
From the rubble of a firebombed mosque, relationships have emerged. After local men burned the Islamic Center of Columbia, Tenn., to the ground in February, Muslim families had no place to worship. Donations came in to help establish a new center, and the First Presbyterian Church in town allowed them to worship at its church. […]
CAIR-MI Congratulates First Muslim Female State Rep
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/5/08) – The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) today congratulated State Representative-elect Rashida Tlaib who will be the first Muslim female elected to the Michigan State Legislature. Tlaib, a Detroit native of Palestinian heritage, was elected as State Representative in Michigan’s 12th legislative district, which is located in a […]
CAIR: U.S. Muslims Quick to Congratulate Obama (Reuters)
WASHINGTON – The largest U.S. Islamic civil rights group was among the first to congratulate President-Elect Democrat Barack Obama, a man who some opponents tried to portray as a Muslim because of the childhood years he spent in Indonesia.“President-elect Obama’s victory sends the unmistakable message that America is a nation that offers equal opportunity to […]
CAIR Congratulates President-Elect Obama
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/4/08) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today congratulated President-elect Barack Obama on his election win and offered the Muslim community’s support for ensuring that America remains both safe and free.In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said:“CAIR, America’s largest Islamic civil rights and advocacy group, offers its congratulations to […]
Jewish Groups Criticize Aish HaTorah’s New ‘Obsession’ (Jewish Week)
Officials of Aish HaTorah, one of Orthodox Judaism’s most successful outreach programs, have launched a controversial media campaign depicting masses of Muslims worldwide — including mainstream American Muslims — as an extremist threat, while Aish itself denies involvement in the effort. In moves suggesting a new, more partisan direction for Aish activists, spin-offs of the […]
NC: Young Muslims Move Toward Careers in Law, Journalism (N&O)
Growing up in Cary, Taiyyaba Qureshi spent her summer vacations in research labs “filling petri dishes” for her immunologist father and microbiologist mother. Her parents, natives of Pakistan, expected her to become a scientist, just like them. But by the time she took an advanced placement physics class, Qureshi had other notions. Active in her […]