MN Professor Adds Islam to Provocative Anti-Religion Acts
A Minnesota university instructor has again provoked a national Catholic watchdog group — and this time he’s thrown in a jab at Islam as well. Paul Z. Myers, who teaches biology at the University of Minnesota, Morris, on his blog this week posted a photo of a communion wafer with a rusty nail through it, […]
CAIR-IL: Obama and Muslim Voters a ‘Double Whammy?’
Barack Obama should be able to count on heavy support from U.S. Muslims in the November election, if polls are correct, but he risks offending some members of that faith by having to explain he is not one himself.The number of votes at stake is small since Muslims account for only a fraction of the […]
MN: Muslim Americans Deserve Better Treatment
One of the things that bothers me considerably about the current presidential campaign is how Barack Obama is constantly being challenged to verify that his religious affiliation is Christian and not Muslim, as if being a Muslim would be some terrible, unacceptable thing. I cringe every time it happens, wondering how it must feel to […]
12% of Americans Still Think Obama is Muslim
A July Pew Research survey found 12% of Americans continue to say Barack Obama is Muslim, virtually unchanged from 10% in March. This misperception is not limited to voters who oppose Obama. Identical percentages of Republicans and Democrats (12% each) think he is Muslim, and 37% of those who think he’s Muslim intend to vote […]
CAIR-MI: McDonald’s Wouldn’t Hire Women with Hijabs
Two Muslim women said they were denied jobs at a McDonald’s restaurant in Dearborn because they wore Islamic headscarves, according to a discrimination lawsuit filed Thursday in Wayne County Circuit Court.Toi Whitfield, 20, of Detroit and Quiana Pugh, 25, of Dearborn said they applied for jobs at the McDonald’s on Ford Road in the eastern […]
CAIR-MI: Muslim Women Sue McDonald’s
Two Muslim women say the manager of a McDonald’s restaurant refused to hire them and insulted them during job interviews because they wear traditional Islamic dress.Toi Whitfield, 20, of Detroit, and Quiana Pugh, 25, of Dearborn, filed a lawsuit Thursday in Wayne County Circuit Court against McDonald’s, the owner of the local franchise and its […]
Video: CAIR Rep Defends NY Subway Islam Ad Campaign
CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper debates radio talk show host Mike Gallagher about the controversy over planned advertisements in the New York subway system designed to educate travelers about Islam and Muslims. Click here to watch the video.
KY: Candidate Calls Arabs ‘Camel Dung-Shovelers’
During an interview with “The Weekly Filibuster” radio show Wednesday night, Kentucky Libertarian Senate Candidate Sonny Landham expanded upon his controversial comments about Arabs, as first reported in the Louisville Courier-Journal. Landham is an actor of some small note. He began in pornography but successfully crossed over to action films, appearing in movies like 48 […]
CAIR-Chicago to Host Workshop at Minority Media Convention
(CHICAGO, IL, 7/24/08) – On Saturday, July 26, the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago), in cooperation with New Islamic Directions, will co-sponsor a workshop for journalists, titled “Presumption of Guilt: Media Treatment and Coverage of Muslims in America,” at the UNITY ’08 convention.UNITY ’08 is the nation’s largest gathering of journalists […]
CAIR-IL: Gov Asked to Stop Police Searches of Motorists
The ACLU and several minority rights groups called Thursday for Gov. Rod Blagojevich to end the state police practice of stopping motorists and asking them to agree to be searched.The groups based their request on an analysis of state-mandated reporting by police agencies documenting the race of motorists they stop for so-called “consent searches.” The […]