CAIR: All Candidates Must Renounce Extremists
There are so many important issues for the American people and politicians to pay attention to this election season. Sadly, many people are avoiding productive debate of those issues and are instead seeking to divide our nation along racial and religious lines. As soon as Sen. Barack Obama announced his presidential candidacy, there were those […]
CAIR: Speaker Discusses Politics, Islam
A lecture giving Muslim voters the tools to get active in American politics dispelled common stereotypes surrounding Muslims, like the idea that Islamic political issues differ greatly from those of the general public.Many of Islam’s core principles support democratic ideals, said Parvez Ahmed, chairman of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a national nonprofit civil rights […]
CAIR-OH: Groups Differ on Library Canceling Mideast Forum
Calling the film biased against Israel and one-sided, a number of Jewish residents attending a library board meeting this week applauded The Cleveland Heights-University Heights Library Board of Trustees’ decision to cancel the March 12 screening of the documentary “Searching for Peace in the Middle East” and two related spring programs.However, many at the meeting […]
MA: Harvard Students’ Muslim Traditions Debated
Two issues of Muslim practice – whether the call to prayer should ring out across Harvard Yard and whether the university should grant women separate gym hours – have unleashed small waves of controversy over how Harvard practices tolerance. Heated discussions have erupted on dormitory chat rooms, students said, while various opinion articles in the […]
PA: Jews, Muslims Work to Heal New Orleans
A year ago, an alternative spring-break trip afforded University of Pennsylvania student Sam Adelsberg the opportunity to witness firsthand the many, still-difficult, even grim realities of life in post-Katrina New Orleans, an experience that both haunted him and fermented a desire to return to the Crescent City and do more. At the same time, the […]
Purchase Tickets for CAIR-MI Annual Banquet
(SOUTHFIELD, MI, 3/21/08) – On Saturday, April 5, the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) will host its annual banquet with the theme “Muslims, Media and the Message” at the Islamic Center of American in Dearborn, Mich.The keynote speaker will be Zarqa Nawaz, creator and producer of the hit Canadian sitcom “Little […]
CAIR-MI Rep Speaks About Life of Muhammad
(SOUTHFIELD, MI, 3/21/08) ­- A representative of the Michigan chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) spoke yesterday about the life of the Prophet Muhammad at an Islamic Awareness Day program at the University of Michigan in Flint. CAIR-MI Executive Director Dawud Walid gave the keynote address, titled “Muhammad: the Orphan Who Cared About the […]
NY: Officer Adds Charges to Lawsuit Against City
When an Egyptian-born correction officer working in an elite antiterrorism unit of the New York Police Department sued the city in 2006, he said that although members of the unit had been subjected to hundreds of virulent anti-Arab and anti-Muslim e-mail messages by a city contractor, the police had done too little to stop the […]
TX: Army Vet Speaks Against Mistreatment of Detainees
James Yee went from being a decorated U.S. Army soldier serving in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to being accused of espionage, spying and aiding the facility’s detainees. He spoke to students about his experiences Thursday night at the UT Law School Auditorium. When returning to the U.S. for vacation after serving 10 months as chaplain, Yee […]
MI: U.S. Army Combats Arab-American Suspicions
The billboard displays a phone number and only two English words: “Call Mona.” The rest is in Arabic. But if you can read it, the Army wants you. The sign, erected to help recruit translators from Detroit’s large Middle Eastern population, urges Arabic speakers to consider joining the military. “In the land of different opportunities,” […]