Newspaper Refuses to Distribute ‘Islam Terror’ DVD (E&P)
As explored here this past weekend, the Clarion Fund has paid dozens of newspapers across the country — almost solely in “swing” election states — and The New York Times to distribute the “Islam terror” DVD “Obsession” with their home delivery packages. Among the larger cities where this has taken place: Miami, Philadelphia, Denver and […]
CAIR-FL: Islam Video Angers Florida Muslims (Miami Herald)
A controversial DVD distributed to millions of Americans during the past week through direct mail and newspapers, including The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald, has angered many Muslims in South Florida.Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the Westwas packaged as an advertising insert in 70 newspapers, including The Sun Sentinel and The Palm Beach Post. […]
CAIR-FL Video: ‘Obsession’ Distributor Refuses to Name Donors
Click here to watch the video. ORLANDO, Fla. — Just weeks before the election, there are questions about a controversial insert published in The Orlando Sentinel. The insert on radical Islam included a 60-minute DVD.Over 300,000 copies of “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against The West” went out to Orlando residents as an insert in Sunday’s […]
CAIR-MN: Muslims Face Firing Over Macy’s ‘English Only’ Policy
CAIR-MN seeks probe to ‘ensure that all relevant laws are being followed’(ST. PAUL, MN, 9/16/08) – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today called on a Macy’s department store in that state to clarify a new “English only” policy under which Muslim workers were allegedly threatened with termination if they spoke […]
CAIR-MN Second Annual Ramadan Dinner a Success
(ST. PAUL, MN, 9/15/08) – Some 200 people turned out on Saturday for the 2nd annual Ramadan Dinner of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN). Speakers for the event included Ohio Muslim community leader Mohamed Diini, CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN). Christopher Muhammad-Abdullah also paid […]
CAIR-MN: Muslims Face Firing Over Macy’s ‘English Only’ Policy
(ST. PAUL, MN, 9/16/08) – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today called on a Macy’s department store in that state to clarify a new “English only” policy under which Muslim workers were allegedly threatened with termination if they spoke “even one word” of Somali.CAIR-MN was contacted by six Somali-speaking employees, […]
CAIR: Swift Dispute has Deep Roots (Greeley Tribune)
The summary of events reads like the setup for a global comedy of manners. For more than a week, primarily East African Muslim workers at the meatpacking plant in north Greeley have squared off against largely Latino workers with JBS Swift & Co., which is owned by a Brazilian family, caught in the middle of […]
CAIR: Muslim workers Claim Wrongful Terminations (Jurist)
Muslim union workers at the JBS Swift & Co. meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colorado have filed grievances and wrongful termination claims stemming from alleged employment conflicts with their observance of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Initially there were attempts to work out a deal with Swift that would allow night shift workers to take […]
CAIR: Plant Owner ‘Uncooperative’ in Muslim Prayer Fight
A civil-rights group holds little hope that a week-old dispute between Muslim workers and their bosses at a Greeley slaughterhouse will end quickly, based on the company’s recent response in a similar standoff in Nebraska. A mediation session between Brazilian-owned JBS Swift & Co. and the Council on American-Islamic Relations to discuss issues involving Muslim […]
‘Muslim Massacre’ Game Stirs Debate
A new computer game promoting “modern religious genocide” against followers of the Islamic faith is causing an uproar among Muslims in the Arab world and elsewhere. According to media reports, the game, “Muslim Massacre” (available on a website that appeared to be down Monday morning), allows players to be in control of an “American hero” […]