CAIR: Fear is Focus of Film in Papers (Tampa Tribune)
The makers of a controversial documentary about Islam are spending millions of dollars to distribute their film on DVD as a paid advertisement in newspapers across the country, including today’s Tampa Tribune.The film, “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against The West,” is meant to scare viewers and to draw attention to Muslim extremist activities around the […]
NY: U.S. Muslim Killed in Yemen Terror Attack
A Lackawanna High School student who traveled to Yemen to be married last month was one of the victims of a terrorist bombing Wednesday at the U. S. Embassy in Yemen, the woman’s school principal said. Attackers armed with automatic weapons, rocket-propelled grenades and at least one suicide car bomb assaulted the compound in the […]
CAIR-PA: Should Officers Be Allowed to Wear Headscarves?
Last week marked an important decision before the panel of judges on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the right of a policewoman to wear a headscarf while on duty. Should someone who has chosen to dedicate her work towards the public’s safety be denied the right to cover her hair?While it will take […]
CAIR Has Talked with Greeley Plant for Year
GREELEY — A volunteer attorney with the Council on American-Islamic Relations said Wednesday that CAIR has been negotiating for a year with JBS Swift & Co. about break times for Muslim workers.Rima Kapitan, with CAIR’s Chicago office, on Wednesday met with Muslim workers recently fired by JBS Swift. She said CAIR is coordinating with an […]
Video: CAIR Steps in to Help Fired CO Muslim Workers (ABC7)
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Letter Writers Slam Anti-Islam Commentary (Wash Times)
I take exception to the Tuesday Commentary column “Into the fire?” by Frank Gaffney Jr., in which he states that Shariah-based financing is being used to “rule the world” and undermine our system. He just does not make sense. Shariah financing is being used in progressive societies such as Singapore – which has managed to […]
Incitement Watch: Michael Savage Calls Muslims ‘Throwbacks’
Summary: On The Savage Nation, discussing a caller’s statement that “Muslim fundamentalists” are “walk[ing] around Northern Virginia as if they own the place,” Michael Savage asked, “Why would a nation that is as evolved as America, and as liberal as America is socially, want to bring in throwbacks who are living in the 15th century?” […]
CAIR Video: Distribution of ‘Obsession’ DVD Politically Motivated
View the videoWEST PALM BEACH, FL — A one hour documentary was sent to 28 million homes, most of them in the swing states of Florida, Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania.It was placed in 74 newspapers, including those in South Florida, produced by the ultra conservative ‘Clarion Fund’…WPTV NewsChannel Five political analyst Dr. Robert Watson says […]
CAIR-MI Rep on Religion Newswriters Association Panel
(SOUTHFIELD, MI, 9/18/08) – A representative of the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) yesterday spoke on a panel discussion about the status of civic participation within the American Muslim community at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.The panel discussion, titled “American Muslim Civic Participation,” was part of the “Covering Islam” […]
CAIR-PA: Anti-Muslim Bias Often Due to Misconceptions
As he chats with a reporter inside a Dunkin’ Donuts on City Line Avenue, Iliyaas Muhammad would relish a small cup of water. But being a devout Muslim isn’t easy, and he has to hold out another hour or so. “No eating or drinking from sunrise to sunset,” the 43-year-old Upper Darby resident explains before […]