CAIR-CA: Muslim Voter Education and Candidates Forum
(SACRAMENTO, CA, 10/25/2007) – The Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association – Community Education Foundation (APAPA-CEF) in partnership with California Secretary of State Debra Bowen, and the California Asian Pacific Islander (API) Legislative Caucus will host the 6th Annual Voter Education and Candidates Forum on Sunday, October 28, 2007, at California State University, Sacramento.The […]
MA: Professors Protest Pro-Israel Tenure Interference
A committee of five academics—including the director of Harvard’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies—issued a petition earlier this week to limit “outside interference” in university tenure decisions and maintain “academic freedom” at institutions of higher education. The petition, which currently lists 231 signatures including six Harvard affiliates, highlights pro-Israel groups as the main sources of […]
VA: Examine School Curriculum Before Condemning It
Here’s an idea for those members of a federal panel worried about what’s being taught at a Saudi-supported school in Fairfax County. Give the academy a call and ask to take a look at the disputed works. That’s what a Fairfax supervisor did, and school officials, without hesitation, opened their doors and the books. Maybe […]
Employers Taking Steps to Attract Muslim Work Force
Many U.S. companies are trying to accommodate the religious beliefs of Muslim employees by setting aside rooms for prayer and meditation, supporting the wearing of traditional head coverings, adjusting work hours and honoring leave requests for major Islamic holidays. These companies see a link between a culture of inclusion and business success, say diversity experts. […]
NY: Patriot Act Faulted in Denial of Visa for Muslim Scholar
A lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal judge yesterday to declare unconstitutional a part of the Patriot Act that he says allowed a prominent Muslim scholar to be denied a visa. The lawyer, Jameel Jaffer, told Judge Paul A. Crotty of Federal District Court in Manhattan that the provision, allowing the […]
OK: Legislator to Find Home for Quran
State Rep. Dan Sullivan of Tulsa contacted his fellow Republican House members Wednesday saying he would be happy to find a home for a copy of a Quran that a member might be discarding. Sullivan said in an e-mail. “If someone receives one and doesn’t want to keep it, please have it sent to my […]
CAIR-CA: School District to Apologize for Hijab Harassment
(SANTA CLARA, CA, 10/26/07) – The San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) today announced that the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District will issue a public apology in response to an incident earlier this summer in which a high school official demanded that a Muslim student remove her hijab, or […]
CAIR: ‘Islamo-Fascism’ Event Sponsor to Host British Racist
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/26/2007) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today expressed concern about the decision of a student group that is involved in the so-called “Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week” to host a Michigan lecture by a representative of a British racist political party.The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) says the group, […]
CAIR-MI Rep Joins ‘Misrepresentations of Muslims’ Program
(SOUTHFIELD, MI, 10/26/07) – A representative of the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) yesterday participated in a program entitled “Misrepresentations of Muslims and Minorities” at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.The program, which was sponsored by the Muslim Students Association (MSA) focused upon showing parallels between historical misrepresentations of […]
CAIR-Chicago: Muslims Facing Citizenship Delays
CAIR-Chicago attorney Bitta Mostofi and a CAIR-Chicago client discuss how Muslims, immigrants and non-immigrants alike, are common targets of suspicion and unreasonable citizenship delays on PBS-WTTW 11 Chicago Tonight, Chicago Matters: Beyond Borders series.Click here to view the video.