CAIR-MI Participates in Hate Crimes Conference
(SOUTHFIELD, MI, 9/7/07) – The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) yesterday participated in the Michigan Alliance Against Hate Crimes Conference in Lansing, Michigan. The annual conference, which is sponsored by the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, focuses on the roles of media, community based organizations and law enforcement in addressing and […]
CAIR-MI: Immigration Issue Heats Up
Michigan’s most diverse city is wading into the emotional national debate about what role local police should play in enforcing federal immigration laws.As Congress mulls what to do with those illegally in the country, Hamtramck officials are preparing an ordinance to forbid police and other city officials from asking anyone about their immigration status unless […]
CAIR: Sinclair Broadcast Group Backs FL Host Who Attacks Jews, Muslims, Mormons
(TAMPA, FL, 9/6/07) – The Tampa chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Tampa) today called on representatives of a local television station and its corporate owner to disassociate themselves from an anti-Semitic and Islamophobic program host. Last month, CAIR-Tampa sent a letter to Maryland-based Sinclair Broadcast Group, the corporate owner of the Florida station […]
Network Previews ‘Aliens in America’ for Muslims
It’s not every day that the Brookings Institution screens a new network comedy, but the Washington think tank will do so next month when it previews the CW laffer “Aliens in America.” Skein — about a Muslim student who ends up living with an American family — is also skedded to be shown at another […]
MN: Muslim School Expands
For years, students at Al-Amal School in Fridley had to use science labs at a school across the street. Some teachers had to teach out of carts instead of classrooms. Parents worried that the quality of high school education would suffer under such circumstances. This year, all of that will be different. A 21,000-square-foot expansion […]
CA: Muslim Dentist Fills Cavities for Uninsured
Lining the walls of the narrow blue waiting room are framed diplomas and certificates recognizing the merits of family dentist Mostafa “Mo” Barakzoy. The documents paint a portrait of a man who attended college in the East Bay, moved south to start his medical career, then returned to the Bay Area. What’s missing are indicators […]
NY: Suspension for Anti-Islam Jail Chaplain
An arbitrator has ruled that a Rockland County jail chaplain who was accused of passing out anti-Islam religious literature be suspended without pay for 30 days and face retraining. The ruling released yesterday comes after three days of testimony during the summer. Arbitrator Paul Bailey also recommended that the jail form a policy for the […]
Fringe Catholic Leader on ‘Off the Plane’ Muslims
Here is Bill Donohue, one of the people on the steps of City Hall today protesting the city’s first Arabic-themed public school on the grounds that it’s affording some people more religious freedom than others. In this clip, Donohue, a former public school teacher and president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, […]
NY: First Arabic School Opens Under Police Guard
Under police guard, about 60 pupils at New York’s first Arabic bilingual school turned up for classes on Tuesday amid accusations the institution is a potential breeding ground for Islamic extremists. “This is absolutely not a religious school. The kids are here to be citizens of a school committed to excellence,” Garth Harris, head of […]
Producer of PBS ‘Islam’ Doc Joins Rally Against NY Arabic School
Frank Gaffney, a producer of the PBS documentary ‘Islam vs. Islamists,’ joined a rally yesterday against a new Arabic language school in New York. Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, was also present. A report on the rally was posted on an anti-Muslim hate site. SEE: http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2007/09/stop-the-ny-pub.html