CA: Muslims Welcome Canceling of LAPD ‘Mapping’ Program
(LOS ANGELES, CA, 11/16/2007) – A group of Southern California Muslim leaders today welcomed an announcement by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) that it will scrap its controversial plan to “map” the local Muslim community.LAPD Chief William Bratton declared the plan “dead on arrival” in a meeting with the Muslim leadership of Southern California […]
CAIR: DC Annual Banquet Sold Out
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/16/07) – Alhamdulillah (praise be to God), CAIR’s 13th Annual Fundraising Banquet on November 17th in Arlington, Va., is sold out. No tickets will be sold at the door.At the dinner, some 1,000 Muslim community members and activists, interfaith representatives and diplomats from Muslim nations will hear addresses by Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN), […]
CAIR-CA: Experts see Value in Data on Muslims
As Los Angeles police shelved a plan to map Muslim enclaves in the city, law enforcement officials and terrorism experts on Thursday questioned whether the department’s mishandling of the project had cost it a potentially useful tool in identifying extremists.“Certainly they have clipped off an opportunity to get closer to their potential targets,” said Ken […]
CA: LA Police Chief Scraps Muslim Mapping
Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton said Thursday a plan to map out where Muslims lived had been scrapped, saying strong reaction from Muslim communities forced the department to change course. “The proposal will not be moving forward,” Bratton said, standing with several Muslim leaders after a closed-door meeting. “It’s dead on arrival.” Muslim groups […]
CAIR-CA Rep Discusses Dropped ‘Mapping’ Plan
Munira Syeda, Communications Coordinator for the Greater Los Angeles Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, discusses the LAPD’s decision to drop its controversial Muslim “mapping” program.VIDEO [click on “Muslim Mapping” under “Top Stories”]
CAIR: Rhetoric Undermines the War on Terror
Given their divergent views from abortion to same-sex unions, Christian televangelist Pat Robertson’s endorsement of Republican Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani makes them an odd couple. Their alliance is the result of a convergence of their interest in fighting ‘Islamic terrorism.’ This echoes Giuliani’s longstanding description of the war on terror as a war on ‘radical […]
CAIR-MI Disturbed by Acts of Bigotry at University
(SOUTHFIELD, MI, 11/16/07) – The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) today voices concern over recent incidences of bigotry against African-American and American Muslim students and staff at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.Early this week, a male student found four nooses hanging from cabinets in a classroom. Approximately two weeks […]
CAIR-FL: School Report Differs from Muslim Student’s Claim
The Pinellas County School District has released its report on a classroom incident involving an 11-year-old Muslim girl who claims a classmate threatened and humiliated.Hannah Chehab told the school board that a male classmate at Azalea Middle School harassed her, pulling off her head scarf, questioned her sexual orientation and threatening to shoot her with […]
CAIR-PA Gives ‘Intro to Islam’ Presentation at Synagogue
(PHILADELPHIA, PA, 11/15/07) – The Pennsylvania chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-PA) recently presented a workshop, called “Introduction to Islam and Islamophobia,” to the Interfaith Dialog Group at Shir Ami Synagogue in Newtown. Some 30 adults and students attended the workshop, which was presented by CAIR-PA Board Chair Iftekhar Hussain. The Interfaith Dialog […]
MN: Jewish Group Condemns Hateful Faxes to Muslim School
A leading Jewish organization has condemned the “hateful messages” that were sent in about 100 faxes over the course of a year to the Al-Amal School in Fridley. A leading Jewish organization has condemned the “hateful messages” that were sent in about 100 faxes over the course of a year to the Al-Amal School in […]