Pat Robertson is Rudy’s New Best Friend
Whether Pat Robertson’s endorsement will advance or impede the presidential ambitions of Rudolph Giuliani cannot be predicted with any confidence. The old huckster from Virginia Beach remains a vigorous presence in Christian broadcasting and certainly is among the most widely known preachers in America, even though his Christian Coalition is defunct. By discarding the supposedly […]
CAIR-FL: Pipes Supporter ‘Crossed the Line’
Freedom of speech and expression is a right treasured by Americans and although Daniel Pipes has the right to defame and speak ill of a faith with over 1.5 billion followers, his supporters have no right to spit on someone who peacefully opposed his presence. Pipes’ supporters have crossed the line by spitting on a […]
CAIR-CA: LAPD to Build Data on Muslim Areas
An extensive mapping program launched by the LAPD’s anti-terrorism bureau to identify Muslim enclaves across the city sparked outrage Thursday from some Islamic groups and civil libertarians, who denounced the effort as an exercise in racial and religious profiling.Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief Michael P. Downing, who heads the bureau, defended the undertaking as […]
CAIR-CA: Protest Greets Police Plan to Map Muslims
A plan by the counterterrorism bureau of the Los Angeles Police Department to create a map detailing the Muslim communities in that city, an effort described as a step toward thwarting radicalization, has angered civil rights groups, which say it is no better than racial profiling.At least three major Muslim groups and the American Civil […]
CAIR-CA: Mapping Plan Draws Ire from Muslims
A counterterrorism project in Los Angeles that would collect information about Muslim neighborhoods is drawing outrage from Islamic groups and civil libertarians who say it unjustly singles out residents based on faith and could lead to unconstitutional police tactics.The groups complain that the Los Angeles Police Department’s “community mapping” project, which aims to prevent radicalization […]
Muslim, Civil Rights Groups Oppose LAPD ‘Mapping’ Project
(LOS ANGELES, CA, 11/9/07) – The Greater Los Angeles area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today joined other civil liberties groups and Islamic institutions to voice opposition to a project proposed by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) to “map” Muslim communities in Southern California.CAIR-LA, along with the Islamic Shura Council of […]
CAIR Targets Another Conservative Talk Show Host
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is pressing advertisers to withdraw their sponsorship of Michael Savage’s nationally syndicated radio program because of Savage’s alleged “anti-Muslim bigotry.”Savage, on his Web site, is fighting back, urging his listeners to protect freedom of speech: “Email your representative; investigate CAIR for manipulating the U.S. media,” his Web site says.On […]
DC: CAIR Hosts Palestinian Religious Leaders
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/9/07) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) was honored to host a delegation of Palestinian religious leaders last night at its Capitol Hill headquarters.At CAIR’s reception, Muslim community leaders met with Palestinian Chief Justice His Eminence Dr. Tayseer Al-Tamimi and Palestinian Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs Jamal M. Bawatna, who are […]
CAIR-OH: Religious Coalition Aims to Clean Up Political Races
Deploring the rampant negativity of political campaigns, groups of religious leaders in Columbus and Cleveland launched a campaign yesterday to make Ohio a “political sleaze-free zone” in the 2008 presidential election year.The leaders, members of We Believe Ohio, a statewide interfaith coalition, said they already had gathered nearly 1,000 signatures on a petition calling on […]
CAIR-NJ, CAIR-PA Give Presentation on Islam for NAACP-NJ
(PRINCETON, NJ, 11/9/07) – The New Jersey and Pennsylvania chapters of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ and CAIR-PA) yesterday gave a presentation on Islam for the membership of the New Jersey chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP-NJ). “We hope that this will be the first of many such […]