MA: Writing the Book on Islam in America
During the Middle Ages, Muslim scholars played a key role in the development of the encyclopedia, attempting to pool all knowledge in one accessible place. Among others, the Brethren of Purity, a group of scholars in what is modern Iraq, compiled an encyclopedia of Greek and Arabic learning in the 900s. Over the past two […]
TX: Weak Case Seen in Failed Trial of Charity
While the U.S. Justice Department ponders how it will retry its troubled terrorism finance case against a now- defunct Muslim charity, debris from the recent mistrial here shows signs of piling up at the White House doorstep. The nation’s biggest terrorism finance case ended so badly for the government that it has thrown into question […]
OK: Worldwide Notice of Quran Flap Surprises All Involved
Marjan Seirafi-Pour and state Rep. Rex Duncan can agree on one thing. Both were astounded by the state, national and international attention given to the lawmaker’s refusal nearly two weeks ago to accept a centennial copy of the Quran, the holy book of the Islamic faith. The Governor’s Ethnic American Advisory Council, whose members are […]
CAIR-PA Panel: Confronting ‘Islamophobia’
Ibrahim Souadda is only 12, but already he’s had a taste of what it means to be “the other.”Sometimes children tease him for being Muslim. “They say it like a joke,” he said yesterday, as he waited for the start of a panel discussion on “Islamophobia,” or the fear of Islam and its effect on […]
CAIR-NV: Council Puts Friendly Face on Islam
Yasser Moten grew up loving his Islamic religion, but hating the negative stereotypes some associated with it.As an adult, he decided he could continue being frustrated or try to do something to change those perceptions.So when he heard the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, was opening a Las Vegas office and looking for an […]
Video: CAIR Reps Discuss Campus ‘Islamo-Fascism’ Week
CAIR Reps Discuss Campus ‘Islamo-Fascism’ Week (Al-Jazeera in Arabic)Click here to view the video.
CAIR-FL: Employee Apologized for Spitting on Muslim Student
Responding to a Muslim civil rights group upset that a Florida Atlantic University employee spat on a young Muslim woman protesting a controversial speaker Tuesday, university officials released a statement Friday noting that the employee had apologized.“Upon review, there were differing accounts regarding the reported intensity of the exchange,” university spokeswoman Kristine McGrath said in […]
CAIR-TX: Assumptions about HLF Trial ‘Wrong Again’
As usual, Rod Dreher’s assumptions and accusations are wrong. This case had nothing to do with the Muslim Brotherhood nor was it about any organization attempting to take over the country, as Mr. Dreher wants us to believe. He accuses Muslim organizations of being “well funded” by the Brotherhood, which is untrue.After two months of […]
MN Radio Spots Dropped Over Savage’s Anti-Muslim Rant
(ST. PAUL, MN, 11/2/2007) – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today thanked three companies in that state that have agreed to drop their advertisements from Michael Savage’s nationally-syndicated radio program because of the host’s recent anti-Muslim tirade.Yesterday, CAIR reported that Savage, whose “The Savage Nation” airs on more than 300 […]
CAIR Urges Opposition to Mukasey Appointment
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/2/2007) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today urged members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to oppose confirmation of Judge Michael Mukasey as Attorney General.Mukasey, whose nomination seemed assured at the outset of Senate hearings, has refused to classify so-called “waterboarding,” an interrogation method that simulates drowning, as torture. Instead, Mukasey insisted […]