VA: Muslim Woman Protests Rough Treatment at Airport
Travel security measures six years after 9/11 have Muslims facing extra searches at airports everywhere. A Richmond woman says she was pulled for additional screening because of the religious head scarf she wears. Zainab Nasser, originally from West Africa, works as a librarian and has lived here 10 years. While she believes she was racially […]
MD: Muslim Activist’s Cars Vandalized
Ten years to the day after Samira Hussein’s family cars were slashed on the inside and outside, she woke up to a near identical incident. The mother of three spends each morning driving her daughter and her daughter’s friends to school. However, on September 11, one of those young friends delivered some bad news. “She […]
CAIR: 9/11 Brings Return of Vandalism for MD Family
For Samira Hussein and her family, the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks began at 6:45 a.m. yesterday when they noticed that six tires on their Astrovan and Lincoln Continental had been slashed outside their Gaithersburg home.Like many Americans, Hussein said, they knew the anniversary would bring sad memories. As Muslims of Palestinian descent, […]
NY: Muslim Journalist’s Photos Deleted After Questioning
A Syracuse University graduate student taking photographs outside the VA Medical Center says she was questioned and ordered to delete several images by hospital security officers Thursday afternoon. Mariam Jukaku, 24, of Michigan, said the officers also photocopied her university ID and driver’s license and asked if she was a U.S. citizen. She wonders if […]
MN: Police Investigate Incidents at Islamic Center
Rochester police plan to file a bias crime report with state officials after a pair of incidents at the Rochester Islamic Center. The two crimes, part of a string of incidents at the Islamic Center during the past year, happened Sept. 8 and 9. On Sept. 8, six or seven teenagers on bicycles approached a […]
MN Muslims Spit on While Outside Mosque
Two disgusting hate crimes at the Islamic Center in just as many days, but as NewsCenter’s Jenna Gordon explains those at Rochester mosque just want to forgive and forget. A disgusting act and it’s not the first time it’s happened; teens spitting on Muslims who attend the Islamic Center. “All we can do is tell […]
Save the Date for CAIR’s 13th Annual Banquet Nov. 17
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/12/07) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) invites you to its 13th annual banquet, with the theme “Let the Conversation Begin,” on Saturday, November 17, 2007, at the Marriott Crystal Gateway in Arlington, Va. Speakers will include: * David Cole, Author and Professor, Georgetown University Law Center* Michael Hamilton Morgan, Award-winning former […]
CAIR-PA Holds Sharing Ramadan Events
(PHILADELPHIA, PA, 9/12/07) – The Pennsylvania chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-PA) is pleased to announce that Muslim communities in the Delaware Valley will host ‘Sharing Ramadan’ events throughout the month of Ramadan, which starts on Thursday September 13, 2007. “These events allow American Muslims to share and celebrate the importance of the […]
CAIR-OH: Muslims to Feed the Needy During Ramadan
(CINCINNATI, OH, 9/12/2007) – On Thursday September 13, the Muslim community in Cincinnati and around the U.S. will begin the observance of Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Cincinnati chapter and other local Muslim organizations will mark the fast in part by feeding the needy in the local community. […]
CAIR-CA Rep Reflects on Effects of 9/11
Scurrying about my Berkeley apartment six years ago, I was preparing to leave for a journalism conference in Lake Tahoe. I turned on the TV, and noticed morning news programs running footage of the collapsing Twin Towers. On first impulse, I dismissed the coverage as a faraway international disaster.Soon, reality hit me. Grief over loss […]