Muslim, Interfaith Leaders Meet Boxer Staff Over Gaza Crisis
(LOS ANGELES, CA, 3/13/08) – Southern California Muslim and interfaith leaders met Wednesday with representatives from Senator Barbara Boxer’s (D-CA) office to express their concerns about Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip and the resulting humanitarian crisis. Those joining the meeting were: Sharaf Mowjood, Government Relations Coordinator of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Greater Los […]
CAIR-NV Calls for Homeless Project Volunteers
(LAS VEGAS, NV, 3/13/2008) – The Nevada chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NV) today urged Muslims in Southern Nevada to help the needy by participating in Project Homeless Connect on April 10, 2008.Project Homeless Connect seeks to gather service providers at Cashman Field Center to provide a day of services to the homeless […]
CAIR-LA Rep Speaks at Anti-War Protest
Protesters in several US cities held anti-war rallies Saturday to mark the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, March 20th. More rallies are planned in coming days in other U.S. cities. Mike O’Sullivan reports, several thousand joined an anti-war protest in Los Angeles.Marchers chanted and some carried flag-draped coffins as speakers demanded that […]
CAIR-CA: 800 Attend Entertainment Night for Civil Rights
(SACRAMENTO, CA, March 13, 2008)- More than 800 people attended the first Entertainment Night for Civil Rights hosted by the Sacramento office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SV) on Sunday, March 9, at the Radisson Hotel. The evening featured performances by the “Allah Made Me Funny” comedy group which includes entertainers Azhar Usman, Mohammed […]
CAIR: Latina Converts Look for Answers in Islam
When Beatriz Kehdy was growing up in Sao Paulo, Brazil, she felt uncomfortable with the standards of beauty that she says were a part of the culture in which she was raised. An emphasis on external beauty and the body, she says, became increasingly foreign to her own personal values.Kehdy moved to New York City […]
CAIR-CAN Condemns Arson Attack on Muslim Home
(Ottawa, Canada – March 16, 2008) – The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) today condemned the arson attack on a Calgary Muslim family’s home. At about 4 a.m. Friday morning, a man set Iftikhar Ahmed’s house ablaze with a jerrycan and a booze bottle. Seven children and three adults were sleeping in the home. […]
CAIR-IL: Students Stage Die-In to Protest War
Thursday morning was an unusual one for Karen Medina, graduate student in library and information sciences. Instead of studying for exams or sitting in class, she was chalking body outlines on the Quad.Medina and dozens of other anti-war activists took to the streets Thursday morning to stage a march and “die-in” protest as a way […]
CA: State Senator Names Muslim ‘Woman of the Year’
It’s not easy keeping up with Moina Shaiq. One day after state Sen. Ellen Corbett named the 49-year-old Fremont resident Woman of the Year, she was up at the crack of dawn, attending a fundraising breakfast for the Tri-City Homeless Coalition, which she serves as vice president. From there, it was off to a volunteer […]
MD: Muslims Celebrate Life of Muhammad
A group of men, wearing red hats and long, white garb, sang a selection of “Madih” or Islamic chants Sunday afternoon. More than 400 people attended Milad an-Nabiyy of Delmarva at Salisbury Middle School to celebrate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. This year, the event coincides with Palm Sunday — a week before Easter […]
Islamic Law Offers Liberal, Humane Legal Principles
Last month, Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury, gave a nuanced, scholarly lecture in London about whether the British legal system should allow non-Christian courts to decide certain matters of family law. Britain has no constitutional separation of church and state. The archbishop noted that “the law of the Church of England is the law […]