NY: Holidays Present Dilemma for Muslim Students
Anbreen Khan is glad she’ll have her two children — 12th-grader Sarah and eighth-grader Ali — home for Eid this year. The family will go to the mosque, open presents and feast with friends and relatives, all traditional customs of the Muslim holiday that marks the end of the month of Ramadan. The celebrations begin […]
IL: District Adds Ramadan to List of School Holidays
A string of red plastic lanterns adorns preschool classroom 138 at Harnew School, hung by a Muslim student to share an Arab tradition during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. “They signify light and a time of being neighborly, respectful and reaching out to help,” teacher Kathy Montesano explained to students during circle time on […]
DC: Muslim Detentions to be Top Topic for AG Pick
As the chief federal trial judge in Manhattan, Michael Mukasey approved secret warrants allowing government roundups of Muslims in the days after the Sept. 11 attacks. Six years later, the man President Bush wants to be attorney general acknowledged that the law authorizing those warrants “has its perils” in terrorism cases and urged Congress to […]
CAIR-FL: Learn About Islam from Muslims
Re Frida Ghitis’ Oct. 11 Other Views column, Learn from the mistakes of the Netherlands: Islam is not evil or inherently violent as Ayaan Hirsi Ali has claimed. Muslims have more often than not been the victims of terrorism in the Middle East and elsewhere. Religious fanatics in the Middle East have been able to […]
CAIR: Ramadan Resolution Stirs Debate
Three Carolinas congressmen — including GOP Rep. Robin Hayes of Concord — were among 42 House members who recently refused to support a resolution that acknowledged the Islamic month of Ramadan, called Islam a great religion and rejected bigotry against Muslims.The House resolution passed 376-0, with Hayes and the others voting “Present.” Of those 42, […]
CAIR: Teacher Fights Punishment for Anti-Islam Speaker
A former Enloe High School teacher who made national headlines after being reprimanded for having an anti-Islamic activist speak to his students is lobbying today to get his job back.Robert Escamilla is meeting today with Wake Superintendent Del Burns and a panel of school board members behind closed doors to appeal the decision that ended […]
CAIR: Muslims Call for Interfaith Peace
Dozens of Muslim leaders from around the world released a letter yesterday to “leaders of Christian churches everywhere” emphasizing the shared theological roots of the two faiths and saying the survival of the world depends on them finding common ground.The document, “A Common Word Between Us and You,” was signed by 138 clerics, scholars and […]
CAIR: Muslims See Ramadan Resolution as Sign of Acceptance
CAIR-IL: Lecture – ‘Why America is Losing the War on Terror’
“Less Safe, Less Free: Why America is Losing the War on Terror” is the newest book from author David Cole. CAIR-Chicago is co-sponsoring a book signing and discussion this October 16, 2007 to coincide with the book’s fall release. David Cole is a professor of law at Georgetown University, the legal affairs correspondent for The […]
CAIR-NY Welcomes Empire State Building’s Recognition of Eid
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/15/2007) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on Muslims and other people of conscience to thank Empire State Building management for illuminating the building with green lights to honor the Muslim celebration of Eid-al-Fitr. See: Empire State Building to Go Green for Muslim holidayEach year […]