CAIR-MI: Airport Screenings Affect Muslims, Sikhs
A local Muslim advocacy group is putting air travelers on notice about a new airport screening policy.The Transportation Security Administration is subjecting anyone wearing a head covering to the possibility of a search of the hat, turban, or head scarf.“We are advising that Muslims and Sikhs who are wearing head scarves or turbans should go […]
Muslim-Basher Joins Giuliani Campaign
Add another neoconservative adviser on the Middle East to an already impressive roster–Daniel Pipes signed on with Rudy Giuliani’s campaign today. I’d heard Pipes was advising Giuliani and asked him about it yesterday. He told me by e-mail that he had “close relations with several people in the campaign,” but said that he did not […]
Incitement: Horowitz ‘Declares’ Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week
“This October 22-26, I am declaring Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week,” declared David Horowitz Tuesday in a friendly interview on FrontpageMag.com, one of Horowitz’s many front groups. “I will hold demonstrations and protests, teach-ins and sit-ins on more than 100 college campuses. Our theme will be the Oppression of Women in Islam and the threat posed by […]
CA: Islamic Center Celebrates 25 Years
Twenty-five years ago, a small group of local families began meeting in a San Dimas garage for prayers. Today the Islamic Center of the San Gabriel Valley serves more than 500 families from its sprawling complex in Rowland Heights. And the local mosque is looking forward to an exciting future as it raises money for […]
MO: Interfaith Advocates Win Mosque Site Permission
St. Louis Muslims will be able to build a new mosque in St. Louis County, thanks in part to advocacy by Jews and local religious leaders. Last week, the St. Louis County Council reversed a previous decision, and voted unanimously in favor of a zoning change that will allow a mosque to be built in […]
CAIR-AZ: FBI Session at Islamic Center
(PHOENIX, AZ, 8/30/07) – The Arizona chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-AZ) recently helped coordinate a meeting between representatives of the FBI and the Muslim community at the Islamic Center of Tucson. The agents spoke about the functions of the FBI and took questions from the audience. Many of the questions related to […]
CAIR-MD/VA Presents to Rights Commission
Prince William County’s Human Rights Commission will hear presentations from groups opposed to a recently adopted resolution limiting services to illegal aliens, despite a warning from the Board of County Supervisors that the commission not critique its policies.“This thing will have consequences for years to come,” commission member Carlos Labiosa said yesterday. “We want to […]
CAIR-IL: Muslim Professionals Find Ways to Practice Faith
When asked about the challenges of finding time at work to pray, Jamil Khourshad is dismissive of the difficulties created by the Muslim religion’s daily prayer times.“If you have time to smoke a cigarette, if you have time to go the bathroom, you have time to pray,” said the downtown Chicago restaurateur. Praying takes only […]
CAIR-OH Urges Muslims to Join ‘Race for the Cure’
(CINCINNATI, OH, 8/30/07) – The Cincinnati office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cincinnati) is calling on Muslims in the Cincinnati area to help raise breast cancer awareness by taking part in the upcoming ‘Race for the Cure’ event on Sunday, September 9. Muslim participation in the event is part of CAIR’s third annual summer-long […]
CAIR-NY Rep a ‘Civil-Rights Action Hero’
“Am I speaking too fast? I have a tendency to do that,” says Aliya Latif from CAIR’s uptown office. It’s no wonder the civil-rights lawyer is in a rush: She fields complaints and asserts the rights of Muslim New Yorkers who have experienced discrimination. CAIR’s 33 national chapters processed exactly 2,467 incidents last year—“a 25.1 […]