CAIR: US Muslims a ‘Potentially Influential Constituency’
In an electoral campaign system tactically dominated by “niche politics,” major candidates for their party’s presidential nominations are running as fast as they can from one potentially influential constituency. The constituency is the seven-million-strong American Muslim community. And the reason for the politicians’ flight is the fear of being seen as “soft on national security”. […]
CAIR: Michigan Muslims Voice Election Issues
Saeed Elhadi, a longtime resident of a suburb of Detroit, says he’s uncertain if he will vote in today’s Michigan primary or not. “In my opinion I don’t think many Muslims in Michigan voted either in the primary or will cast a ballot in the upcoming presidential election for that matter,” Elhadi said. “I think […]
Advocates: U.S. Religious Freedom Is Being Eroded
Although the US is home to the greatest experiment in religious freedom ever, and the great majority of Americans support that principle, surprising gaps in knowledge and understanding remain when it comes to practicing that freedom. And support for it seems to rise and fall. Only a slim majority (56 percent) of Americans said in […]
MD: Athlete Wearing Muslim Clothing Disqualified
Juashaunna Kelly, a Theodore Roosevelt High School senior who has the fastest mile and two-mile times of any girls’ runner in the District this winter, was disqualified from Saturday’s Montgomery Invitational indoor track and field meet after officials said her Muslim clothing violated national competition rules. Kelly was wearing the same uniform she has worn […]
Muslim Charities Guilty Until Proven Innocent?
High officials in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Justice, and other US government departments and agencies love to talk about how good they are at “reaching out” to American Muslim communities. They should be reaching out. It is just possible that folks in these communities might be valuable sources of intelligence. […]
Head of Racist Group to Bash Islam at Congressional Briefing
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/16/08) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on Rep. Paul C. Broun (R-GA) to add a balancing perspective to an upcoming congressional briefing on Islamic finance that features a presentation by the head of a racist anti-Muslim group. Broun recently circulated a “Dear Colleague” letter inviting fellow representatives and their […]
MD: Muslim Track Star Alleges Religious Discrimination
A DC track and field star says she’s been the victim of religious discrimination. Officials at the Montgomery Invitational track meet told Juashaunna Kelly she had to remove her Muslim head covering if she wanted to compete. It was a roller coaster weekend for the 17 year old star from Roosevelt High School. On Friday, […]
Vacancy Announcement: Secretary to the Ambassador
Vacancy Announcement: Secretary to the Ambassador (Deadline: 22 January 2008) New York Starting Date: 1 February 2008 The Permanent Observer Mission of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to the United Nations in New York is currently hiring a Secretary to the Ambassador. The position is available immediately and will introduce the Secretary to […]
CAIR-CA: University Cleared of Anti-Semitism Complaints
UCI has become nationally known as a hotbed of Jewish/Muslim tensions, going back to June 2004, when several Muslim and Arab students chose to wear graduation stoles with Arabic script on them that allegedly expressed support for Hamas. The complaint to OCR alleged that the university downplayed the anti-Semitism of the stoles, but according to […]
CAIR-OH: Alleged Phone Campaign Against Mosque
Several days before a hearing in which a zoning board denied a request to build a mosque here, a Bellbrook pastor and her husband received a phone call from a woman urging local residents to show up at the board meeting and oppose the mosque, the husband said. The caller said the mosque should be […]