CAIR-OH: McCain ‘Spiritual Guide’ Remarks ‘Threatening’
On the road to clinching the Republican party nomination for president, John McCain worked hard for the endorsement of influential Evangelical Christian ministers.The ministers are helping shore up McCain’s support on the party’s right wing, which has always been sceptical about whether the Arizona senator is a true-blue conservative.But one of those minister’s beliefs about […]
‘Ex-Terrorist’ Speaker Exposed as Fraud
When he was 16, says Walid Shoebat, he was recruited by a PLO operative by the name of Mahmoud al-Mughrabi to carry out an attack on a branch of Bank Leumi in Bethlehem. At six in the evening he was supposed to detonate a bomb in the doorway of the bank. But when he saw […]
Five Former Secretaries of State: Close Guantanamo
Five former U.S. secretaries of State said Thursday the next president should move quickly to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. That single act would improve America’s dismal reputation in the world immediately, agreed Henry Kissinger, James Baker, Warren Christopher, Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell. The five former secretaries, who served under Presidents […]
Speaker Likens ‘Islamophobia’ to Anti-Semitism
Contemporary stereotypes of Arabs and Muslims as inferior, primitive and untrustworthy should have a familiar ring, according to Hussein Ibish. Similar stereotypes were perpetuated historically by those who hate or mistrust Jewish people, said Ibish, executive director of the Foundation for Arab-American Leadership. “It is impossible to look at anti-Semitic discourse and say it was […]
CAIR-NY Joins Rally Against Hate Crimes
A coalition of religious and community groups called “We Are All Brooklyn” gathered in Brooklyn’s Borough Hall on Thursday to demonstrate their opposition to hate crimes in the borough.The event, called “Stand United Against Hate,” brought dozens of religious and political leaders from across the city to come together to express bias crimes of any […]
CAIR-NY: Brooklyn Rally Denounces Hate Crimes
Many of the heavy hitters of Brooklyn politics, not to mention representatives of religious and ethnic organizations such as the Jewish Community Relations Council, Chabad Lubavitch and the Council on Islamic American Relations, came to Borough Hall Thursday for a rally against hate crimes.The rally was initially organized by Mohammed Ravzi, co-founder of We Are […]
McCain Supporter Holds Extremist Views on Mideast
According to a United Nations report, 971 Palestinian and Israeli children were killed between September 2000 — the beginning of the second intifada — and July 2007. Of those destroyed children, 854 were Palestinian. The intifada and the dying continue. It is these children’s lives that the evangelical political action committee, Christians United for Israel, […]
CAIR-PA Co-sponsors Citizenship Legal Assistance Workshop
(PHILADELPHIA, PA, 3/28/08) – On April 19, the Pennsylvania chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-PA) will co-sponsor “Citizenship Day 2008,” a workshop providing legal assistance to state residents eligible for naturalization.The event, presented by the Philadelphia chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. […]
Islam Op-Ed: From Race Consciousness to God Consciousness
ISLAM-OPED: FROM RACE CONSCIOUSNESS TO GOD CONSCIOUSNESS ISLAM-OPED is a syndication service of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) designed to offer an American Muslim perspective on current political, social and religious issues. ISLAM-OPED commentaries are offered free-of-charge to one media outlet in each market area. Permission for publication will be granted on a first-come-first-served […]
CAIR-CA Co-Sponsors Screening of PBS Doc on Hate Crime Murders
A Dream in DoubtOne of America’s first post 9/11 hate crime murders punctuated a growing wave of violence in retaliation for the terror attacks. Told from the perspective of the victim’s brother, A DREAM IN DOUBT travels to Mesa, Arizona to reveal a story of national tragedy, murder, community and the American dream. OAKLAND Screening […]