CAIR-FL: Muslim Soccer Player Benched Due to Head Scarf
15-year old soccer player Iman Khalil of Spring Hill didn’t get in the game this weekend.She said the referee made her to sit on the bench Saturday at a game in Palm Harbor because she refused to remove her head scarf.“He looked at me and said you can’t play with the head scarf,” Khalil said.Khalil, […]
NJ: Sister of Alleged Fort Dix Plotter Beaten at School
(PRINCETON, NJ, 10/15/2007) – On Tuesday, October 16, the New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) will hold a news conference in reaction to an apparent bias incident involving the 12-year-old sister of one of the men arrested for allegedly plotting to attack Fort Dix. The girl was reportedly punched in the […]
CAIR-CA: Interfaith Leaders Offer Support After Mosque Attack
(LOS ANGELES, CA, 10/11/07) – On Wednesday, October 10, the Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA), along with Muslim and interfaith community leaders, held a news conference in reaction to a weekend incident in which a group of people smashed car windows and attacked worshipers at the Islamic Center […]
A Common Word Between Us and You
“Let there arise out of you a band of people inviting to all that is good, enjoining what is right, and forbidding what is wrong: They are the ones to attain felicity (bliss)” Holy Quran 3:104 Dear CAIR Supporter, About a month ago during my visit to Jordan I was invited by Prince Ghazi bin […]
CAIR Joins in Message of Peace to Christian Leaders
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/11/07) – A representative of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today joined 137 other Muslim leaders and scholars in sending a first-of-its-kind open letter designed to promote understanding between Muslims and Christians worldwide. CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad signed the 29-page letter, titled “A Common Word Between Us and You,” which was […]
MA: Racial Slurs Used as Muslim Boy was Burned
Biram Seck’s anger is simmering. “I am hoping they are going to be punished,” the Medford woman said in a soft voice yesterday. “They’ve ruined our life. They really hurt us as a family.” Seck was referring to three boys, one 13 years old and the two others 12, who are accused of burning Seck’s […]
DC: Muslims Reach Out to Christians
Dozens of Muslim leaders from around the world will release the text of a letter to Christian leaders today in Washington that outlines proposed areas of understanding between the faiths and urges a search for “common ground.” Addressed to Pope Benedict XVI and the major leaders of Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, Evangelical, Anglican, Orthodox churches and […]
NC: Muslim Defensive Tackle Observes Ramadan by Fasting
In football, “fast” is an adjective, often used to describe tailbacks or players in the defensive secondary. Used as a verb, the term rarely has a place in the sport’s vernacular. But on the fields at Pamlico County, junior varsity defensive tackle Mohamed Saleh makes use of both senses of the word. He has spent […]
CA: New Evidence in Slaying of Arab American Leader
Federal and local authorities have uncovered new evidence in the bombing that killed a prominent Arab American civil rights leader in Santa Ana 22 years ago today, in one of the first acts of modern-day terrorism in the United States. The undisclosed evidence, including statements from a now-deceased informant, is not expected to immediately solve […]
CA: FBI Investigating Mosque Attack as Hate Crime
The FBI has joined local authorities in an investigation of a weekend attack on a mosque as a hate crime. Deputies say the incident at the Islamic Center of San Joaquin Valley left windows broken, cars smashed and two worshippers with minor injuries. Witnesses report that two intoxicated men entered the women’s section of the […]