CAIR-LA Condemns Anti-Semitic Attacks
(LOS ANGELES, CA, 2/29/08) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today condemned a series of anti-Semitic attacks in San Fernando Valley and welcomed swift action by law enforcement to bring the perpetrators to justice.Earlier this month, a Molotov cocktail was thrown at the Bernard Milken Jewish Community […]
NJ: Interfaith Shabbat Draws Jewish, Muslim Students
Friday evening, students from the Muslim Students Association (MSA) and the Center for Jewish Life (CJL) sat down for Shabbat dinner, friendly banter, and cultural and religious learning. Participants in the Muslim-Jewish Dialogue filled up at least two tables at the Shabbat. The discussion was relaxed, with conversations about what people had been doing the […]
CAIR: Air Force Grants Equal Time to Critics of ‘Ex-Terrorists’
The Air Force Academy has invited three speakers to give their vision of Islam after remarks made by three self-described former terrorists that some in the audience believed were condemnations of all Muslims. Mikey Weinstein, head of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, former U.S. ambassador to Niger Joe Wilson and Islamic expert Reza Aslan, a […]
CAIR-Miami: Delay in Muslims’ Citizenship Leads to Suits
Twenty-five Muslims are suing the Justice Department and immigration officials, accusing them of stalling their citizenship applications with unreasonably prolonged background checks. The lawsuit says the plaintiffs have been waiting two to five years for their applications to be processed.Click here to listen to the audio.
CAIR-FL: Muslims Charge Discrimination in Lawsuit
They’ve waited years to become United States citizens, but have been turned away, and they believe it is because they are Muslim. Now they’re suing, because they say they are unfair targets of the U.S. government.Click here to view the video.
CAIR: Anti-Muslim Sentiment in Attacks on Obama
The controversy caused by a photograph of Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama dressed in turban-topped African garb points to deeper anti-Muslim sentiment in U.S. society, some observers believe.Ever since the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington Arabs generally and Muslims in particular have become the No. 1 villain in movies and television, according […]
CAIR-CA: Faith Used as Scare Tactic
Muslim rumors have dogged Barack Obama throughout this presidential campaign, but the political arrows flew fast and furious this week, leaving Maha ElGenaidi anxious that her community would be further wounded in the aftermath.“The outcome of this game they’re playing amongst themselves is possibly tragic for Muslims in America,” said ElGenaidi, founder of the San […]
CAIR Supports Jewish School Teams’ Plea Over Sabbath
A Jewish school’s plea for basketball playoff games to be scheduled at times other than the Jewish Sabbath got support Thursday from an Islamic civil rights group.“In a nation as religiously diverse as America, it is important that we all make the extra effort to accommodate the beliefs and practices of others,” said Amina Rubin, […]
Islam Op-Ed: Obama and the ‘Muslim’ Question
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CAIR: Muslim Ejected from Louisiana Mall Over Hijab
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/29/08) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on local, state and national law enforcement authorities to investigate a recent incident in which a Muslim woman was allegedly ejected from a Louisiana shopping mall for refusing a security guard’s demand to remove her religiously-mandated headscarf, or hijab.CAIR said the 54-year-old woman […]