CAIR: Groups Review GA Court Hijab Ban
CAIR: DIVERSE GROUPS REVIEW VALDOSTA’S COURT BAN Valdosta has examined a rule that prevents people from wearing headgear in courtrooms Wednesday, but has not decided how to update it. City and court officials met Wednesday with representatives of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, and the Georgia Association of Muslim Lawyers, or GAML, to […]
CAIR Rep Debates Muslim Prayers in School on CNN
CAIR Rep Debates Academic Bias with David Horowitz on CNN
CAIR: Florida Muslim Home Torched By Arsonists
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FLORIDA MUSLIM HOME TORCHED BY ARSONISTS‘F*** Islam’ spray-painted on garage of burned house (TAMPA, FL, 7/12/07) – The Tampa chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Tampa) today called on the FBI to investigate an arson attack on a Sarasota Muslim family’s home […]
CAIR-AZ Hosts FBI Informational Sessions
CAIR-AZ HOSTS FBI INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS CAIR-AZ hosted two FBI informational events on July 6th and 7th, 2007. Both were attended by the head of the Phoenix Field Office of the FBI, Special Agent in Charge John Lewis and Armando Fernandez, one of his three assistants. Special Agent in Charge John Lewis outlined misinformation about the […]
CAIR-Seattle to Host Annual Banquet on July 14
CAIR-WA TO HOST ANNUAL BANQUET ON JULY 14 (SEATTLE, WA, 7/12/07) – The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA) will host its 2007 banquet this Saturday, July 14, at the Red Lion Hotel in Bellevue. The theme of the banquet is “American Muslims: Connecting and Sharing.” Speakers will include: * Dr. […]
CAIR-NY to Take Part in Peace Walk
CAIR-NY TO TAKE PART IN PEACE WALK (NEW YORK, NY 7/12/07) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today called on Muslim New Yorkers and all people of conscience to participate in a walk for peace. The walk, entitled “The Children of Abraham Peace Walk,” aims to unite area religious […]
CAIR Helps OH Muslims Obtain Driver Photos with Hijab
CAIR HELPS OH MUSLIMS OBTAIN DRIVER PHOTOS WITH HIJAB (CINCINNATI, OH, 7/12/2007) – The Cincinnati office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations Ohio chapter (CAIR-Ohio) announced today that two Muslim women in that city were able to have driver’s license photographs retaken with their Islamic headscarves, or hijab, after initially being asked to remove the […]
Museum of Tolerance’ to be Built on Palestinian Graves
IAA SET TO OKAY MUSEUM ON SITE OF MUSLIM CEMETERY The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) told the High Court of Justice that it was prepared to allow construction of the Museum of Tolerance on the site of an ancient Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem’s Mamila area. . . In the opinion, to be submitted to the […]
Visit Gone Awry: Detention Roils a US-German Family
VISIT GONE AWRY: DETENTION ROILS A US-GERMAN FAMILY Ever since Jimmy Carter was president, summer has meant one thing for Majed Shehadeh and his wife, Joanne Mulligan: time to pack. From their modest house in Bavaria, they migrate annually to their summer home in Massachusetts, where Ms. Mulligan was born and raised, with the accent […]