CAIR: FBI Says Men in Photo Were Innocent Sightseers
The FBI has called off a global manhunt for two men who looked Middle Eastern and were spotted snapping pictures and demonstrating “suspicious behavior” on a Washington ferry last summer.The men appeared at a U.S. Embassy two weeks ago and identified themselves as European business consultants who were on a trip to Seattle, FBI officials […]
CAIR-OK: OKC Muslim Community Continues to Grow
In the 7th century A.D. a young merchant in the Arabian peninsula who would be known to his followers as the Prophet Mohammed began to preach about the revelations he had received about the existence of one God and a life after death. His preaching did not sit well with the religious establishment of that […]
CAIR-PA: U.S. Muslims Are Part of Society
I concur with the April 24 op-ed column by Donald Hoffman that police officers should be educated on the potential threats posed to American society by extremists. But, I also hope that when interacting with American Muslims, officers bear in mind that violent ideologies are not characteristic of the American Muslim experience.As an American convert […]
CAIR: Storming of Illinois ‘Mosque’ Sends Wrong Message
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/6/08) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today said an emergency preparedness drill in Illinois, in which a fake “mosque” was stormed by law enforcement authorities, sends the “wrong message” that all Islamic houses of worship may be potential security threats.The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said officials […]
CAIR-CAN: Pressure Mounts to Repatriate Canadian Citizen
Human-rights groups and opposition MPs demanded yesterday that the Harper government repatriate Abousfian Abdelrazik, the Canadian labelled an al-Qaeda threat but now sheltered in the “temporary safe haven” of the Canadian embassy in Khartoum.Bring him home and charge him in Canada if he is a terrorist, the Harper government was told.“Get him out of there […]
WA: Film Chronicles Muslim Man’s Quest for Pilot’s License
What: “On a Wing and a Prayer: An American Muslim Learns to Fly,” a documentary about Monem and Iman Salam, a Bellingham couple. Theater: Opens May 30 at Pickford Cinema, 1416 Cornwall Ave. TV: 10 p.m. May 20 and 3 a.m. May 24 on KCTS-TV (Channel 9). The movie will be shown on KCTS in […]
CA: Lead Voice of African-American Muslims Teaches Inclusion
At 74, Imam W. Deen Mohammed has carved a reputation for moderation and inclusion as the leading voice of African-American Muslims across the country. A champion of interfaith dialogue, Mohammed has repeatedly encouraged people of faith to focus on what they have in common, has traveled to the Vatican to meet with the pope and […]
CAIR: Community Volunteers Contributing to Society
My first name, “Diana,” is a word that, with interchangeable accent levels, may be pronounced in three languages: English (Di-an-uh), Arabic (Deeyana), and even Spanish (Day-anah).Because of my English-sounding name and fair complexion, most people don’t suspect me or my culture as anything unexpected upon their acquaintance with me.So, allow me to inform you of […]
CAIR-MI: Funds Ban for Carter Center Is Opposed
Some Arab-American and Muslim leaders objected Friday to the proposal by U.S. Representative Joe Knollenberg, R-Bloomfield Hills, to deny federal funds to the Carter Center in the wake of former President Jimmy Carter’s meeting with a ranking member of Hamas.Amid concerns by the Bush Administration, Carter met in Syria with Khaled Meshal, the chief strategist […]
CAIR-FL: Eager to Vote, Muslims File Suit Over Citizenship Delays
Shadi Odeh has lived 17 of his 31 years in the United States.He is a Palestinian, transplanted at age 14 to Texas, where he was a boisterous Dallas Cowboys fan. In 1999 he moved to South Florida, where he embraced basketball’s Miami Heat, which he watches on a wide-screen TV, eating chicken wings and Italian […]