CAIR, MPAC Condemn Israeli Attacks on Gaza
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/28/08) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) today issued a joint statement condemning Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip that have killed at least 20 people, including many civilians. Since Wednesday, 14 Palestinian civilians, among them eight children, have been killed by Israeli missile strikes.SEE: […]
CAIR: Muslims Urge Accommodation for Jewish B-Ball Team
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/28/08) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) to accommodate Jewish basketball players whose faith prohibits playing games on their Sabbath, which is observed on Saturdays.The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) says players from the Herzl/Rocky Mountain Hebrew Academy […]
CAIR: Ellison Says Obama Smears Will Fail
Rep. Keith Ellison said Wednesday that attempts to insinuate that Barack Obama is Muslim won’t have any effect on the presidential candidate, arguing that Americans won’t fall for such a “bigoted” appeal. Ellison, a Minnesota Democrat and the first Muslim member of Congress, also said he has no doubt a Muslim could be elected president. […]
TN: Men Admit to Varied Roles in Mosque Fire
It’s too early to tell if the case of three men charged with setting a Columbia mosque on fire will be tried solely in federal court, said Mike Bottoms, Maury County district attorney. Michael Golden, 23, Eric Baker, 32, and Jonathan Stone, 19, are accused of spray painting swastikas and throwing Molotov cocktails at the […]
Major Survey Challenges Western Perceptions of Islam
A huge survey of the world’s Muslims released Tuesday challenges Western notions that equate Islam with radicalism and violence. The survey, conducted by the Gallup polling agency over six years and three continents, seeks to dispel the belief held by some in the West that Islam itself is the driving force of radicalism. It shows […]
CAIR: Man Hopes Citizenship Lawsuit Gets Feds Attention
Since the Sept. 11 attacks, federal officials have scrutinized citizenship applications in an effort to weed out potential terrorists. But one technique, name-checking would-be citizens through a slew of databases has led to an immigration backlog that’s left in limbo potentially millions of applicants already in the United States.One Charlotte man has found himself caught […]
CAIR-FL: Citizenship Applicants Sue Over Delays
Akram Jawad and Iman Kadom, a professional couple from Iraq, have been legal residents of the United States for more than 11 years, but have been unable to obtain citizenship.They blame bureaucratic delays that have left some citizenship applications on ice for more than three years, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court.Jawad, […]
CAIR: For ‘Ex-Muslims,’ Terrorism Pays
For some time now a trio of self-proclaimed ex-terrorists has been making the rounds of the lecture circuit, charging thousands of dollars for their fantastical tales of life as murderous Muslim extremists. Walid Shoebat, Kamal Saleem – both US citizens – and Zacharia Anani, a Canadian national, all claim to have been members of the […]
MI: Imam Translates Quran Into African Language
Born into a devout Muslim family in west Africa, Imam Momodou Ceesay studied Arabic and the Quran at an early age. He learned quickly under the tutelage of a Gambian sheikh and graduated from Al Azhar in Egypt, considered the top university in the world for Islamic studies. But it concerned him that millions of […]
CAIR-Orlando: 14 Sue Government Over Citizenship Delays
Fourteen Muslims are suing the U.S. Attorney General and heads of the FBI, Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, alleging the government has stalled their citizenship applications with indefinite background checks.Each plaintiff is in the country legally as a permanent resident and has been waiting 2 to 5 years for their applications to […]