CAIR-MI: Barack Obama Says Sorry Over Scarves
Sen. Barack Obama extended his personal apologies Thursday to two Muslim women who were nixed from sitting behind him at a Michigan event because they wore head scarfs. Campaign volunteers barred Hebba Aref and Shimaa Abdelfadeel from appearing behind Obama at a Detroit rally because they feared the women’s traditional head coverings would create a […]
CAIR: Obama Apologizes for Muslim Gaffe
Shimaa Abdelfadeel and Hebba Aref were told by campaign volunteers that they could not sit in the seats they had chosen at the event in Detroit, Michigan, on Monday, as they were wearing hijabs.The staffers’ actions sparked accusations of Islamophobia in the Obama team, which has repeatedly had to deal with false claims the Ilinois […]
Obama Apologizes to Muslim Women; Apology Accepted
Sen. Barack Obama today called the two Muslim women who were barred from sitting behind him at his Detroit rally to apologize, one of the women and two other sources said. “Sen. Obama called himself and he apologized to each of us,” one of the women, lawyer Hebba Aref, told me just now. Aref, who […]
FOX News’ Sudden ‘Sensitivity’ to Muslims
Hannity & Colmes, the same FOX News program whose guest host said it’s rational for Americans to be suspicious of Muslims, who gave a friendly welcome to a guest who accused a Muslim Congressman of making the country more vulnerable to terrorism because he used a Koran for his ceremonial swearing in, and gave another […]
Bloomberg Criticizes ‘Whisper Campaign’ Around Obama
Injecting himself directly into the presidential campaign and speaking before one of its most crucial constituencies, Jewish voters, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Friday morning forcefully rejected what he called a “whisper campaign” in the Jewish community linking Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, to Islam. Mr. Bloomberg, who has been occasionally mentioned […]
CAIR: Muslim Groups Want off List of Co-Conspirators in ACLU Filing
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a request in Dallas federal court Wednesday to have two Muslim organizations removed from a list of unindicted co-conspirators compiled by prosecutors in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing case.Both the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) and the North American Islamic Trust (NAIT) argue in court papers filed […]
CAIR: Controversy Often Surrounds Films with Religious Themes
Many Christian groups chose sermon series, training seminars and discussion groups over boycotts and mass protests to greet the 2006 screen version of Dan Brown’s best seller. Church leaders said the wildness of the book’s claims – that there has been a conspiracy over nearly two millennia to keep the secret that Jesus married Mary […]
PA: Comments on Muslims Misinterpreted, Legislator Says
A Pittsburgh-area lawmaker who made inflammatory comments from the House floor about how Muslims do not believe in Jesus Christ defended the remarks today and insisted that they were taken out of context. Nonetheless, Rep. Daryl Metcalfe’s comments continued to draw rebukes, including from Gov. Rendell and a leader of a national Muslim group at […]
PA: Metcalfe’s Remarks Draw More Fire
A Pittsburgh-area lawmaker’s inflammatory remarks about how Muslims do not believe in Jesus drew rebukes yesterday, including ones from Gov. Rendell and the head of a national Muslim group at the center of the controversy. State Rep. Darryl Metcalfe refused to apologize for the comments he made on the floor of the House on Wednesday […]
U.S. Muslims Again Seek Visa Denial for Gujarat Massacre Figure
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/19/2008) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today sent a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asking that an Indian official accused of complicity in the massacre of Muslim civilians in that nation again be denied a visa to travel to the U.S.Recent news reports indicate that supporters of Narendra Modi, […]