Muslim Group Reports Jump in Workplace Bias Complaints
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/24/2008) – A report released today by a prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group shows an increase in American Muslim complaints of workplace bias in 2007.The Council on American-Islamic Relations’ (CAIR) report, called “Without Fear of Discrimination,” outlines 2,652 incidents and experiences of anti-Muslim violence, discrimination and harassment in 2007. That […]
CAIR Asks FEC to Probe Anti-Muslim DVDs Sent to Swing States
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/23/08) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today announced that it has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) over the distribution of an anti-Muslim film to 28 million homes in presidential election swing states.The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is urging the FEC to investigate […]
Republican Rep Would Bar Entry To, Deport Muslims
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Amid disturbing revelations that the verdicts of Islamic Sharia courts are now legally binding in civil cases in the United Kingdom, U.S. Representative Tom Tancredo (R-Littleton) moved quickly today to introduce legislation designed to protect the United States from a similar fate. According to recent news reports, a new network of Sharia […]
Incitement Watch: GOP Women’s Group Promotes Anti-Muslim Hate
INCITEMENT WATCH: GOP WOMEN’S GROUP PROMOTES ANTI-MUSLIM HATE CAIR has located an online video of a virulent attack on Islam and Muslim by a speaker at a convention of the National Federation of Republican Women held in September 2007. The speaker, a leader of an anti-Islam hate group, is applauded loudly as he calls Islam […]
Video: Muslim Girl Scouts Thrive in Minnesota (CBS)
View the video: Now almost 300 Muslim girls are in 10 mostly Muslim troops in the city. Sara Mustabshira’s family moved here from India 12 years ago. She goes to a private Muslim school where she joined the girl scouts. Her mother says scouting has helped the fifth-grader bridge two worlds – Islam and America. […]
Survey: Most Muslims Practice Religion Faithfully
Kansas City area Muslims are committed to their faith, perhaps even more deeply than Muslims in other parts of the country. For example, 62 percent of area Muslims who responded to an informal Star survey this month said they attend prayer at a mosque once a week or more. That compares with 40 percent in […]
CAIR: Halal Foods Demand Drives Up Availability (Atlanta Journal)
Halal, an Arabic term for “permissible,” means a lot more than “no pork or alcohol.” For example, meat is halal only if the animal is blessed in the name of Allah and then slaughtered facing Mecca.Industry experts say more and more Muslims are choosing to be observant, fueling demand for halal products. Also spurring growth […]
Muslims Hold Ramadan Voter Registration Drive
Washington, D.C. – It’s the last 10 days of the holy month of Ramadan, and Muslims around the world are turning up their efforts to seek the favor of the Almighty in various ways. Here in the nation’s capitol, the Muslim Democratic Caucus of the District of Columbia (“Muslim Dem of DC”) are hoping to […]
CAIR-TX: Ramadan Fast-a-Thons Raise Awareness of Islam
In a banquet room above the student union’s bopping pingpong balls and blaring arcade games, the groan of empty stomachs met the hum of Arabic prayer.Tables of 20-somethings at the University of Texas at Dallas drooled over plates of hummus as their Muslim counterparts concluded their pre-dinner supplications for Ramadan. Then everyone ate for the […]
Video: CAIR Challenges Anti-Islam Hate Radio in Florida
CAIR-Orlando Executive Director Hazem Bata challenges a weekly radio program called “Radio Jihad” whose mission includes “taking on the practice of Islam in America.”Click here to watch the video.