CAIR-FL: ‘Ex-Terrorists’ to Speak at King Center Today
Three men who have raised the ire of a national Muslim group for sharing a controversial message about their former lives as Middle Eastern terrorists will speak today at the King Center as part of an international tour.The trio, Walid Shoebat, Kamal Saleem and Zak Anani, will appear under private security, fresh from a controversial […]
CAIR-MO: Group Seeks FBI Probe After Mosque Threats
As a project to build a minaret for a South Side Muslim congregation nears completion, opposition to the effort has cropped up on the Internet.Two blogs, one of which appeared to be local, last week included incendiary comments from readers about the 107-foot-high prayer tower under construction next to the Islamic Community Center at 4666 […]
NJ: Muslim Youth Claims Gold at U.S. Championships
Saifudeen Nausrudeen, 13, won the gold medal in the 800m and silver in the 1500m at the 2008 AAU U.S. National Indoor Championships on Feb. 16 in Merrillville, Ind. Saifudeen won the 800m with a time of 2:13, one second shy of the AAU national indoor record. “After months of hard training and development this […]
UT: Fallout Over Airport Prayer Space
In the aftermath of 9/11, Pete Dixon’s job changed. The then-new airport express shuttle driver said he found himself, with other Christians, standing as a human wall between praying Muslim cabbies and the traffic that sped by them. Between the racial slurs and thrown bottles, it was the least Dixon, now 63, could do for […]
Democrats Benefit from Shift in Muslim Voters’ Allegiance
Muslim Americans, many of whom gave President Bush enthusiastic support in his first election campaign in 2000, have largely fled the Republican Party and could help Democrats win key states this November. In surveys over the past six years, Muslims have cited administration policies in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and […]
CAIR-LA, Community Groups Take Part in First Meeting of LAPD Muslim Forum
(LOS ANGELES, CA, 2/22/08) – Representatives of the Greater Los Angeles Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA), along with other community organizations, participated in the first meeting of the Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) Muslim Community Forum on Thursday, Feb. 21, at the OmarIbnAl-Khattab Foundation.Other groups taking part in the meeting included […]
OH: Program Compares Muslim, Christian Doctrines
Common ground between Christians and Muslims may be as close as the corner gas station, said Pat Morrison, a journalist who spent years reporting on Catholic-Muslim relations. The Shell station in her old neighborhood in Toledo is where Morrison met Abdul, an attendant who gave her an Easter gift of candies one year. “‘After all,’ […]
NJ: Muslim Students Battle Hunger
Umbereen Rashid, a fifth-grader at Darul Arqam School, wiped melted chocolate off her wrist after she and 40 other students bagged 200 chocolate chip cookies for the Community Soup Kitchen, Morristown. The tasty task was part of Hunger Awareness Week, an educational campaign launched on Monday at the South River school by Bridgewater-based Muslims Against […]
CAIR-Chicago to Hold 4th Annual Banquet
(CHICAGO, 2/21/08) – On Saturday, February 23, the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) will celebrate its work in championing civil rights and advocating on behalf of Muslim Americans with its fourth annual banquet, themed “American Muslims: Defining Ourselves.”The event will include distinguished speakers, award presentations in the categories of Media, Community […]
CAIR-OH: ‘Occupation 101’ to Premiere in Columbus
(COLUMBUS, OH 2/11/08) – On Sunday, February 24, the Ohio Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) will show the award-winning documentary film “Occupation 101” at Ohio State University.WHAT: Screening of Occupation 101WHEN: Sunday, February 24 at 3 p.m.WHERE: Hagerty Hall Room 180; 1775 College Rd., Columbus, OH The film is a documentary on […]