CAIR-CA: Rising Harassment of Minority Students in School
Civil rights advocates representing broad sectors of communities gathered at the downtown offices of the Asian Law Caucus (ALC) recently to call attention to the rising incidence of bias-related harassment of Asian Pacific American youth in California’s public schools.Race, ethnicity, religion, disability, and sexual orientation were cited as the most common factors that instigate harassment, […]
Hispanic Converts to Islam Say They Feel Closer to God
Olé! Allah! Most people would guess that these two words are worlds apart, but they’re actually not. Surprisingly, nearly 200,000 Latinos in the United States identify themselves as Muslims, according to the American Muslim Council. Across the United States, many Latino communities are in close proximity to Muslim centers, especially in states like Florida, Texas, […]
NC: Teacher Let Anti-Islam Hate into Class
Last week, Robert Escamilla, former Enloe High School teacher, filed a lawsuit against the Wake County school system for a wrongful transfer. To hear Escamilla and his supporters tell it, the popular instructor was removed from Enloe for being a Christian. The teacher, who now works at a Wake alternative school, lost his position at […]
End of LAPD Mapping Initiative is America at its Best
Self-revision has historically been a sign of America’s strength. Last week, the world had an opportunity to see this process in action. As an American Muslim living outside the United States, I join the L.A. Times editorial board in applauding the Los Angeles Police Department’s decision to scrap its ill-advised plan to “map” the Muslim […]
CAIR-IL: Remember Slain Muslim Student, Fight Urban Crime
Amadou Cisse is not a statistic.Amadou was shot and killed on the Hyde Park campus of the University of Chicago early Monday morning. This was just weeks after he had successfully defended his Ph.D thesis in Chemistry at the top-rated university.Amadou started life with little advantage. He was raised in a modest home in Senegal, […]
CAIR Welcomes ‘Preliminary Victory’ in Imams’ Suit Against Airline
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/20/2007) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) welcomed a ruling today by a federal judge in Minnesota that rejected almost all of the arguments made by U.S. Airways and the Metropolitan Airports Commission in the case of six imams, or Islamic religious leaders, removed from a flight last year in Minneapolis, then […]
MA: Mosque Fire Conviction Upheld
The state Appeals Court yesterday upheld convictions of a juvenile in the burning of a mosque in Springfield in 2004. The juvenile’s lawyer argued that his statements to police should have been suppressed even though he waived his Miranda rights, or the ability to remain silent and to have a lawyer present. The lawyer also […]
Giuliani Advisor Misquotes Iran’s Leader to Push for Invasion
One of the country’s most prominent neoconservative pundits has been accused of using a fabricated quote from Iran’s supreme religious leader in pushing his argument that a US invasion is the only recourse to deter that country’s nuclear ambitions. Norman Podhoretz is among the most vocal in urging President Bush to bomb Iran, and he […]
NH: Tancredo Exploits the Politics of Fear
Memo to the presidential candidates: Fear-based political advertising works. Voters remember the ads, the media and bloggers will talk endlessly about them, and the in-your-face message really brings in the campaign contributions. Facing a long-shot campaign for the Republican nomination, Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo is selling fear. Voters should pay attention to his message, and […]
Video: Arab Actors Face Dilemma of Terrorist Roles
Arab actors are spoilt for terrorist roles – but at the cost of unwelcome stereotyping. To view the video from CNN, click here.