Photos: CO Muslims Mark Muhammad’s Birthday
More than 75 Muslims from around Colorado gathered in the Silverthorne Pavilion early Thursday morning chanting and singing during a celebration of the Islamic prophet Muhammad’s birthday. Mawlid is the term used to refer to the observance of the Islamic prophet Muhammad’s birthday which occurs in Rabi’-al-awwal, the third month in the Islamic Calendar. Check […]
CAIR-NY Condemns Bias Attack on Assistant Rabbi
(NEW YORK, NY, 3/20/2008) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today condemned an apparent bias attack on a rabbinical assistant in Brooklyn.According to the assistant Rabbi, he was on his way to a lecture in Manhattan Tuesday evening when one member of a group of teenagers grabbed his religious […]
CAIR-MI Participates in ‘Muslim Day’ at State Capitol
(SOUTHFIELD, MI, 3/20/08) – The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) yesterday participated in “Muslim Day” at the State Capitol in Lansing, during which Islamic community leaders met with state legislators and Lansing city officials.The “Muslim Day” delegation, which included representatives from the American Muslim Political Education Committee (AMPEC), THE Institute for […]
Video: Last Chance for CAIR-NJ Dinner Tickets
Join CAIR-NJ for a fun-filled evening with the first Muslim in the U.S. Congress, the Honorable Keith Ellison. The evening will also feature the comedy of Dean Obeidallah from the Axis of Evil tour. Click here to see a video spot announcing the banquet. WHAT: CAIR-NJ Annual Banquet WHEN: Saturday, March 22, 2008 at 6:30 […]
Video: CAIR-MI Annual Banquet Announcement
Click here to view a video spot announcing CAIR-Michigan’s annual banquet on April 5, 2008.
CAIR-OH: Islamic Center Sees Little Backlash with War
Relatively few acts of violence or vandalism have been seen at the Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati in West Chester in the years since the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington D.C.That’s thanks to help from area police, said Sadar Tanveer, the principal of the International Academy of Cincinnati at the center. Tanveer, […]
TX: Muslim Leader Has Opposed War
We first sat and talked in those numb days right after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.We mourned together, and Mohamed Elmougy helped me understand a little more about what had befallen us. I returned several times over the years to visit with the local Muslim community leader. And this week’s fifth anniversary of the […]
MA: Interfaith Lecture on ‘Reality of Islamophobia’
The Weston/Wayland Interfaith Action Group (WWIAG) held their annual Kerwin lecture at the Josiah Smith Tavern on March 12 with Dr. Mohamed Lazzouni speaking to the group on “The Reality of Islamophobia in America Today: Challenges and Opportunities.” According to Lazzouni, a visiting scholar of Islamic Studies at Boston College, “When it comes to dealing […]
Palestinian Americans Warned of Profiling
Authorities may question Palestinian Americans on arrival in Israel and require them to obtain a Palestinian Authority travel documents, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday. Israel’s airline security also faced a legal challenge Wednesday from a civil rights group charging that its practice of ethnic profiling is racist because it singles out Arabs for […]
Arab Americans Press Sec. of State on Israel Entry
Nearly 30 Arab-American groups asked Condoleezza Rice to press Israel to lift restrictions on the entry of Arab Americans. A letter to the U.S. secretary of state claims that Israel is violating a 1951 treaty with the United States that guarantees unhindered passage to the citizens of both countries by denying entry to some Arab […]