400, Including TX Reps, Attend CAIR-Houston Banquet
(HOUSTON, TX, 9/10/07) – Some 400 people turned out on Saturday for the 6th Annual CAIR-Houston Fundraising Dinner. CAIR-Southern California Executive Director Hussam Ayloush was the keynote speaker at the event. Attendees included Reps. Al Green and Sheila Jackson Lee, who both praised CAIR’s civil rights work. SEE: http://www.house.gov/algreen/ SEE ALSO: http://www.jacksonlee.house.gov/
500 Attend Sold-Out CAIR-Sacramento Dinner
(SACRAMENTO, CA, 9/10/07) – Some 500 people, including interfaith leaders and public officials, turned out on Saturday for the 5th Annual CAIR-Sacramento Valley Fundraising Dinner. Professor David Cole of the Georgetown University Law Center was the keynote speaker at the sold-out event.
200 Turn Out for First CAIR-NV Fundraising Dinner
(LAS VEGAS, NV, 9/10/2007) – The Nevada chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NV) hosted its first fundraising dinner in Las Vegas on Friday, September 7. More than 200 people turned out for the event, themed “”Planting the Seeds of Justice: Empowering Las Vegas Muslims." CAIR-Florida Chairman Atif Fareed delivered the keynote address at […]
CAIR-IL: The Islamophobe Who Cried Islamist
It is a token of the farcical times in which we live when an agenda-driven “scholar” with a track-record of attacking his “subject matter” should feel entitled to be taken seriously.Daniel Pipes is as much a scholar on Islam and Muslims as David Duke is a scholar on Judaism and Jews. He does not seem […]
NY: LI Muslims Bring Funeral Rituals Into Mosque
In the basement of the Bay Shore mosque, beneath the spacious green-carpeted prayer hall and next to the multipurpose room filled with Ping-Pong tables, is a small room with a wide doorway. It has two sinks and a row of cupboards. It also has two metal tables, each about the size of a human body. […]
CAIR-TX: Muslim Peace March
Austin’s Muslim community and friends unite today to take a stand against violence. The march begins at the Capitol at 9:30am, followed by speeches from Imam Mohammed Umer and Sister Sarwat Hussain [CAIR-San Antionio]. Sun., Sept. 9, 9-11am. Texas state Capitol, 1100 Congress, 305-8400. www.muslimpeacemarch.org
Muslims Parade in New York, Condemn 9/11 Attacks
NEW YORK – Hundreds of Muslims chanted and waved flags from around the globe as they marched Sunday in the 22nd annual American Muslim Day Parade. About 20 protesters shouted anti-Muslim slogans from behind police barricades along Manhattan’s Madison Avenue and sought to link the marchers to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
CAIR-FL: Forging Interfaith Bonds in S. Florida
Whether they’re ushering in Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, or the monthlong prayers and fasting of Ramadan or already shifting their thoughts toward the glimmer of Advent, South Florida religious leaders have stepped up efforts to help the faithful look beyond prejudice and discord and cross bridges of reconcilation, acceptance and understanding. This morning, […]
CAIR-FL: Family Reunited After Kids Stuck In Israel
TAMPA – The Yacoub family is intact – well, mostly. Six of seven children were home in Lakeland on Friday after being prohibited from boarding an airplane in Tel Aviv, Israel, more than two weeks ago because of their Palestinian heritage. The last remaining child, 22-year-old Danny, remained in the West Bank, staying with relatives […]
CAIR-FL: US Citizens Treated as ‘Palestinians’ by Israel
After a three-week struggle to leave the West Bank, six exhausted children of the Yacoub family in Lakeland were reunited with their parents and siblings during the wee hours Friday morning. “Our main feeling is relief to be back,” said Ibrahim Yacoub, 22. Their ordeal in the Middle East began Aug. 18 when they returned […]