CAIR-Houston Welcomes Sheriff’s Apology for Bigoted E-Mails
(HOUSTON, TX, 6/27/08) – The Houston chapter of the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Houston) today welcomed an apology from the Harris County Sheriff’s Department for e-mails circulated in the department that included derogatory statements and bigoted jokes about Muslims and Latinos.Recent media reports indicated that the e-mails included cartoons and statements suggesting that law enforcement […]
CAIR-OH: Group Rallies for Shooting Victim
About 80 people from different races, religions and communities called for unity at a Friday evening rally at the Cleveland gas station where Fazliddin Yakubov was shot a week earlier. The 49-year-old Cleveland man was shot three times in the stomach when he and his son went to buy gasoline from the station at East […]
CAIR-Seattle to Host Youth Leadership Symposium
(SEATTLE, WA, 6/30/08) – On the weekend of July 19th and 20th, 2008, the Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA) will host a Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium (MYLS) to encourage Muslim youth to become model citizens dedicated to helping make America a better place for all Americans, regardless of race or […]
CAIR-FL: Groups Help Faithful Cope with Hard Times
Like the biblical Job who suffered hardship after hardship, Karen Tappin has found her faith tested these past few years. After a decade of tending to her 12-year-old autistic son and her parents, who needed full-time care until they died, she has been unable to find a permanent job. Now the Coast Guard veteran may […]
CAIR: Some Muslims Fret over Obama Distancing Himself from Them
Barack Obama’s campaign recently launched a new Web site called “Fight the Smears,” dedicated to dispelling damaging and inaccurate rumors about the Democratic presidential candidate.One so-called “smear:” that he is a Muslim.While his father was a non-practicing Muslim, Obama is a Christian. But the way in which Obama is fighting the rumor has left some […]
NJ: False Rumors about Candidates Spread with ‘Viral’ Speed
The e-mail landed in Danielle Allen’s queue one winter morning as she was studying in her office at the Institute for Advanced Study, the renowned haven for some of the nation’s most brilliant minds. The missive began: “THIS DEFINITELY WARRANTS LOOKING INTO.” Laid out before Allen, a razor-sharp, 36-year-old political theorist, was what purported to […]
Obama Supporters Take His Name as Their Own
Emily Nordling has never met a Muslim, at least not to her knowledge. But this spring, Ms. Nordling, a 19-year-old student from Fort Thomas, Ky., gave herself a new middle name on Facebook.com, mimicking her boyfriend and shocking her father. “Emily Hussein Nordling,” her entry now reads. With her decision, she joined a growing band […]
Pitts: Obama Must Confront Muslim Issue
It is not difficult to understand why Barack Obama has a fear of scarves. In the 17 months he’s been pursuing the presidency, the senator has faced a crude and shameless campaign from conservative pundits, GOP functionaries and assorted ignoramuses in the peanut gallery to prove him a secret Muslim — a ”Manchurian candidate,” as […]
OH: False Obama Rumors Are Flying
On his corner of College Street, Jim Peterman stares at the four American flags planted in his front lawn and rubs his forehead. Peterman, 74, is a retired worker at Cooper Tire, a father of two, an Air Force veteran and a self-described patriot. He took one trip to Washington in 1989 — best vacation […]
FL: Anti-Islam Preacher Subject of IRS Inquiry
Bill Keller, founder of LivePrayer.com, is in the news – again.The Internal Revenue Service is investigating the St. Petersburg-based evangelist for possible violations of his nonprofit tax exemption.The comment that triggered the inquiry came in the heat of the Republican primary battle last year when Keller told listeners on his call-in Internet program that “a […]