DC: Feingold Questions Mukasey on DoJ ‘Racial Profiling’
FEINGOLD: All right. You mentioned in your testimony that you’re trying to determine whether the attorney general guidelines governing the FBI’s investigative activities can be, quote, “consolidated and harmonized.” According to a report by AP last week, the department will put in place revised guidelines later this summer that will permit the FBI to open […]
Breaking: Al-Arian in Deportation Hold After Release
A federal judge is ordering a prominent Palestinian Arab activist, Sami Al-Arian, released pending a trial on criminal contempt charges, but she has refused to block immigration authorities from detaining Al-Arian as a prelude to his deportation. The upshot of the ruling from Judge Leonie Brinkema at a bail hearing at Alexandria, Va. this morning […]
Reminder: CAIR, Red Cross Blood Drive Tomorrow in D.C.
REMINDER: CAIR, RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE TOMORROW IN D.C.(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/10/08) – On Friday, July 11, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), with the help of the American Red Cross, will host a blood drive at its Capitol Hill headquarters.WHAT: Blood DriveWHEN: Friday, July 11, 2008 at 2 p.m.WHERE: CAIR National Headquarters, 453 New Jersey […]
Penn. Muslim Files Bias Suit Against McDonald’s, Wal-Mart
PENN. MUSLIM FILES BIAS SUIT AGAINST MCDONALD’S, WAL-MARTWoman allegedly refused service due to Islamic headscarf(PHILADELPHIA, PA, 7/10/08) – The Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-PA) today announced the filing of a lawsuit against a McDonald’s franchise and a Wal-Mart store in that state by a Muslim woman who says she was refused […]
MN: Somali Students Decry Police Profiling, Harassment
As a Muslim male of Somali descent living in post-September 11 United States, Mustafa Jumale knew that he risked harassment from law enforcement officers and racism from some Americans. Although he had never experienced it himself, harassment by police was a common complaint among his peers. But Jumale thought that if he did everything right […]
CAIR-San Diego Meets with College Over ‘Wudu’ Incident
(SAN DIEGO, CA, 7/10/08) – A representative of the San Diego chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Diego) met Tuesday with an official of Mesa College over a recent incident in which a faculty member allegedly confronted a Muslim student who was performing ritual ablutions, or “wudu,” in preparation for his prayers.According to […]
CAIR: The FBI’s Plan to ‘Profile’ Muslims
The U.S. Justice Department is considering a change in the grounds on which the FBI can investigate citizens and legal residents of the United States. Till now, DOJ guidelines have required the FBI to have some evidence of wrongdoing before it opens an investigation. The impending new rules, which would be implemented later this summer, […]
CAIR-OH: Muslim Civic Leaders Believe Shooting about Race, Ethnicity
Where authorities see an assault, Muslim civic leaders see an attack with all the markings of a hate crime. They hope to persuade police and federal agents to continue investigating the shooting of Fazliddin Yakubov. On Monday, Cleveland police announced they had charged William Neal, 18, of Cleveland, with felonious assault in the shooting of […]
FL: Al-Arian Seeks Release While Awaiting Trial
Attorneys for Sami Al-Arian are asking a federal judge in Virginia to release the former University of South Florida professor on bail while he awaits trial on charges of criminal contempt. Al-Arian has completed his federal sentence for helping a terrorist group, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, but is still behind bars because he refused to […]
AK: Senator Endorses Book’s Prejudiced View of Muslims
A few years ago, I was applying for jobs in the Lower 48 when I came upon a particularly promising one. It was a live-in assistant to a wealthy retired couple. When it looked like the job might be a “go,” I sent them a picture that was taken of me holding my 18-month-old daughter. […]