CAIR: Muslim Charity Faces Trial
CAIR: SCRUTINIZED FOR YEARS, FOUNDATION FACES TRIAL A 14-year-long investigation, which sent FBI agents around the world, wiretapping phones and hiding in surveillance vans, is scheduled to come to a head on Monday in Dallas when the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development goes on trial, accused of helping to fund terrorism while simultaneously […]
CAIR: Texas Muslims Say HLF Case is Political
CAIR: N. TEXAS MUSLIMS SAY CASE IS POLITICAL For many North Texas Muslims, the Holy Land Foundation investigation is a saga fueled by prejudice. Local Muslim leaders have long decried the government’s “witch hunt” of what they say was a charitable foundation dedicated to helping Palestinian refugees caught up in the Arab-Israeli conflict. They say […]
CAIR-MI Participates in Diversity Festival
CAIR-MI PARTICIPATES IN DIVERSITY FESTIVAL (SOUTHFIELD, MI, 7/16/07) – The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) recently participated in the 5th Annual Diversity Celebration in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The festival, which was sponsored by New Latino Visions, showcased musical performances, dances and cuisines from a variety of ethnic and religious groups. The keynote […]
Coalition to Call for Fair Trial in Holy Land Case
COALITION TO CALL FOR FAIR TRIAL IN HOLY LAND CASE WHAT: On Monday, July 16, 2007, Hungry for Justice, a coalition of national and regional organizations, will hold a news conference and to call for a fair trial in the Holy Land Foundation case. The news conference will take place at the Dallas federal courthouse […]
Reminder: DC Islamophobia Panel Tomorrow
CONSERVATIVE LEADER TO SPEAK ON ‘ISLAMOPHOBIA’ PANEL (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – On Tuesday, July 17, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will host a panel discussion at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., entitled “Attacking Islam: Implications for Social Cohesion and U.S. Relations with the Muslim World.” The panel will address the increasing anti-Muslim rhetoric […]
CAIR-CA: Sikh Hate Crime Victim Dies
CAIR-CA: SIKH AMERICAN HATE CRIME VICTIM REMOVED FROM LIFE SUPPORT Washington, DC – July 17, 2007 – The Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF) and the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) are saddened about the death last week of Mr. Satendar Singh, a 26 year-old Sikh American victim of a vicious hate crime, […]
CAIR: TX Muslim Family’s Cars Defaced with Hate Messages
TEXAS MUSLIM FAMILY’S CARS DEFACED WITH HATE MESSAGES (SAN ANTONIO, TX, 7/16/07) – The San Antonio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Antonio) today called on the FBI to investigate vandalism targeting a Muslim family’s home and vehicles as a possible hate crime. The San Antonio Muslim family reported to CAIR that early […]
U.S. Senate Resolution Supports Muslim Doctors
U.S. SENATE RESOLUTION SUPPORTS MUSLIM DOCTORS S.RES.272 Title: A resolution praising Muslim-American physicians who condemned recent attempted terrorist acts in the United Kingdom. Sponsor: Sen Durbin, Richard [IL] (introduced 7/13/2007) Cosponsors (1) Latest Major Action: 7/13/2007 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble […]
MN: Imams’ Lawyer Gets Second Death Threat
MN: IMAMS’ LAWYER GETS SECOND DEATH THREAT An attorney representing six imams suing US Airways and some airline passengers after they were removed from a Twin Cities flight last fall has received a second death threat mailed from Minnesota. Omar Mohammedi, of New York, received the first letter in April, postmarked in St. Paul. The […]
MA: Paper Says Steve Emerson ‘Promotes Extreme Views’
MA: HEBREW CENTER LECTURE PROMOTES EXTREME VIEWS The White House, the American Civil Liberties Union, that “idiot” the British Prime Minister, the United Nations, the FBI, CIA, State Department, New York Times, Washington Post, National Public Radio, CNN, and the Internal Revenue Service. It’s not often you hear them – and a lot of other […]