CAIR-PA Condemns Anti-Semitic Attack on Jewish Student
(PHILADELPHIA, PA, 2/29/08) – The Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-PA) today condemned an apparently anti-Semitic attack on a Penn State Jewish student on the campus of Temple University.SEE: Hate Becomes More than History for Victim of Temple U. Beating “We join Pennsylvanians of all faiths in condemning this apparently anti-Semitic attack,” […]
Video: CAIR-Tampa Citizenship Delay News Conference
Click here to see a video of CAIR-Tampa’s news conference announcing a lawsuit over citizenship delays.
CAIR-Cincinnati Joins FBI Multi-Cultural Advisory Council
(CINCINNATI, OHIO, 2/29/2006) – The Cincinnati office of CAIR-Ohio yesterday took part in the initial meeting of the FBI Multi-Cultural Advisory Council for the Southern District of Ohio. The new council includes community representatives from a number of ethnic and religious groups as well as representatives of law enforcement agencies. Council goals include building relationships […]
CAIR-DFW Co-Hosts Primary Election Public Education Forum
(DALLAS, TX, 2/29/08) – On Sunday, March 2, the Dallas/Fort Worth chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-DFW), in cooperation with other area Muslim organizations, will co-host a public education forum at the MAS Youth Center in anticipation of Tuesday’s primary election.CAIR-DFW is hosting the forum in collaboration with the Dallas/Fort Worth chapters of […]
NV: Muslim Mom Shot by Policeman Buried
The funeral service for Deshira Selimaj was spare — a wooden casket facing folding chairs, a few wreaths of flowers and her remaining family: three boys and their father, their crying buried by a tinny recording of Islamic prayers. Friends of Selimaj’s wept in the audience, which was almost entirely Albanian, like the Selimaj family. […]
CA: Inn Settles Discrimination Case
The owners of a Mendocino inn have agreed to pay $165,000 to settle a lawsuit by an Arab American restaurant manager who said he was fired after protesting racist remarks by a customer. In addition to the payments to Abdellatiff Hadji, the Albion River Inn’s operators agreed to revise the restaurant’s anti-harassment policies and require […]
Why the Muslim Smear Is Bigger Than Islam
The right wing smear campaign against Barack Obama is intensifying, with false claims that the Christian, patriotic Senator actually harbors a secret Muslim history and hates America so much he won’t even say the pledge of allegiance. The effort has morphed from Internet rumblings and chain emails, as The Nation reported in October, to high […]
Israel Threatens to Unleash ‘Holocaust’ in Gaza
An Israeli minister gave warning today that the Gaza faces a “holocaust” if Islamist militants there do not end their daily barrages of home-made Qassam rockets, and their increasing use of Iranian-built Grad missiles. “The more Qassam fire intensifies and the rockets reach a longer range, they will bring upon themselves a bigger holocaust because […]
CAIR: Appointment of OIC Envoy a Positive Step
[Announcer-read report over video]US President George Bush appointed Sada Cumber as his special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference [OIC]. Cumber, who is a businessman and hails from Pakistan, will be entrusted with the task of fighting misperceptions about the United States among the OIC member countries.[Begin recording] [Nadiya al-Bilbisi, Al-Arabiya correspondent from […]
CAIR-FL: Muslim Groups Challenge Citizenship Delays
Five years ago, Adil Amrani, an Orlando cabdriver, began his wait to become a U.S. citizen. He’s still waiting.“I love this country,” said Amrani, who is from Morocco. “I gave up everything to come here, and now I am treated like I’m not welcomed.”On Wednesday, he joined a statewide lawsuit against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration […]