CAIR-OH: Arrest in Shooting of Uzbek Immigrant
A security camera has led to an arrest in the service-station shooting of a Muslim from Uzbekistan, police said Monday.William J. Neal, 18, of Cleveland, was charged with felonious assault in the June 20 attack on immigrant Fazliddin Yakubov, 49. The attack was investigated as a possible hate crime, but police don’t have enough evidence […]
CA: Employer Settles Headscarf Lawsuit
A lawsuit against a Fairfield jeweler alleging that it discriminated against an employee for wearing a head scarf has been settled. Shereen Attia of Fairfield filed suit in July 2007 against Whitehall Jewelers. Attia was employed by Whitehall in 2004 and laid off in April 2006, according the suit. After she was laid off, she […]
CAIR: Saudi King to Lead Rare Interfaith Talks in Spain
In a first for a Saudi Arabian leader, King Abdullah will convene a conference in Madrid as part of a Saudi outreach to defuse interfaith tensions, improve Islam’s image, and restore respect for religious values.King Abdullah’s initiative – a three-day meeting starting July 16 that will include Muslim, Christian, and Jewish clerics, as well as […]
CAIR Welcomes Arrest in Shooting of Ohio Muslim
(CLEVELAND, OHIO, 7/7/2008) – The Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland) today welcomed an arrest in the shooting of an Ohio Muslim who was critically wounded.On June 20, a Muslim business owner was shot in the abdomen while pumping gas after work in Cleveland. Just prior to the shooting, the man and […]
Video: Muslim Free Clinic Serves MD Uninsured
A free clinic in Maryland started by Muslim doctors is staffed entirely by volunteer doctors and other staff and serves more than 6,000 uninsured patients of all faiths per year. The clinic is housed on the property of the Muslim Community Center of Silver Spring. The clinic was recently profiled in a feature on PBS’s […]
CAIR-WA Welcomes Police Memo on Religious, Ethnic Profiling
(SEATTLE, WA, 7/7/2008) – The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA) today welcomed an internal memorandum from Seattle’s police chief cautioning against the use of religious or ethnic profiling in training programs.In his memo to department captains, Chief of Police R. Gil Kerlikowske wrote:“The purpose of this message is to provide […]
CAIR: Both Sides Adamant in Mosque Dispute
Abdus Salam has lived in Wallingford for 22 years. To attend prayer services on Fridays, he travels either to the mosque at the Islamic Association of Greater Hartford, in Berlin, or to the Islamic Center of Hamden. It would mean a great deal to him to attend prayer services in his hometown, he said, and […]
CAIR: FBI Terrorism Profiling Proposal ‘Un-American’
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) [advocacy website] Thursday blasted a proposed plan that would allow Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents to consider a person’s race, religion, or ethnicity in deciding whether to open a terrorism investigation. CAIR decried the plan as “unconstitutional and un-American,” saying that it could allow security agents to target […]
CAIR-FL: Obama Website Riles Muslims
Vanessa Alikhan was at a Democratic ”unity party” when she overheard another guest indignantly refute the rumor that Barack Obama is Muslim, as if it were a racial slur. She later recounted the conversation to a friend.”She told me that this is politics and that I should just deal with it,” said Alikhan, a Fort […]
CAIR: Muslims Feel Ignored by McCain, Obama
Dr. Abdul Raheman Nakadar, a retired cardiologist and political activist, says he finds a particular aspect of the 2008 campaign for the U.S. presidency curious.Why, Nakadar asks, are the campaigns of Senators Barack Obama and John McCain not reaching out to Muslim leaders in Metro Detroit, like campaigns in elections past, to arrange for public […]