CAIR: Groups Critical of NYPD Terror Report
Understanding how seemingly ordinary people become radicalized and hatch homegrown terror plots is essential for law enforcement officials in the United States and abroad to stay one step ahead, a study released yesterday by the New York Police Department concluded. The study found that unassimilated Muslims in the United States are vulnerable to extremism, but […]
CAIR-CA: $10,000 Offered for Mosque Fire Info
ANTIOCH – Islamic community leaders are hoping a reward will help investigators track down the arsonist who set fire to one of East Contra Costa’s only mosques during the weekend. As much as $10,000 will be given for information leading to the capture and conviction of the persons who started the Sunday morning fire that […]
CAIR-OK Co-Hosts Benefit Dinner for Orphans
Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City, “Orphans – Think. Care. Act,” benefit dinner to support orphans, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2945 Northwest Expressway. Event is in partnership with Islamic Relief and Council on American-Islamic Relations-Oklahoma City. 210-4475.
CAIR-FL Co-Sponsors School Supply Giveaway
(MIAMI, FL, 8/16/07) – The South Florida Office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFL) and more than 20 other Islamic organizations recently distributed school supplies to needy children and families. The August 11th event, which drew some 400 people from the area surrounding the Miami Gardens Mosque, was part of CAIR’s annual “Muslims Care” […]
CAIR Files Amicus Brief in Texas Muslim Charity Trial
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/16/2007) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today announced the filing of an amicus brief relating to the ongoing trial of the Holy Land Foundation Muslim charity in Texas. The brief, filed by the Council on American-Islamic […]
MO: Council Approves Plan for Mosque
The St. Louis County Council on Tuesday unanimously reversed a previous vote and decided to let a group of Bosnian Muslims build a new mosque in south St. Louis County. Before casting his vote, Councilman John Campisi – in whose district the mosque will be located – addressed the Muslims’ 100 or so supporters. “I […]
German Court: Teacher Must Stop Wearing Hijab
A court in western Germany has ruled that a teacher who converted to Islam must stop wearing a headscarf at her school. The court in Dusseldorf ruled Tuesday that wearing the garment at schools violates state law prohibiting religious headwear. The teacher who challenged the ban, Maryam Brigitte Weiss, started wearing a headscarf last year. […]
Iranian Women Barred from Karate Games
Eleven Iranian women have been banned from the Konishi Cup karate competition in Kalmar, Sweden, after they refused to remove their hijab. The women ended up watching the competition from the stands at the beginning of August when head referee Javier Escalante declined to give them a special dispensation, a Swedish-based English-language online newspaper The […]
CO: Symposium Focuses on Muslim Women
Of all the differences between the Muslim world and the West, perhaps none is more potentially explosive than the roles of women, whether in domestic relationships or in their potential as leaders in Islamic and world affairs. And that, in part, is to be a topic of discussion in the upcoming symposium at The Aspen […]
Syndicated Radio Host Compares Muslims to ‘Cockroaches’
Summary: On his radio show, Neal Boortz claimed that because “Muslims don’t eat during the day during Ramadan” and “fast during the day and eat at night,” they are “sort of like cockroaches.”