CAIR-CA: Jewelers Sued for Refusing to Hire Muslim Woman
CAIR-SACRAMENTO VALLEY: WHITEHALL JEWELERS SUED FOR REFUSING TO HIRE MUSLIM WOMAN WEARING HEADSCARF (San Francisco, July 10) – A Fairfield, Calif., woman filed suit today against a national jewelry retailer for refusing to hire her because she wore an Islamic headscarf. Shereen Attia, a 24-year-old American born in New York of Egyptian and Italian descent, […]
CAIR-PA Offers Course on Islam
CAIR-PA OFFERS COURSE ON ISLAM WHAT: Beginning August 1st, the Philadelphia office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-PA) will offer a 10-part course on Islam, called “Understanding Islam and Muslims through History and Jurisprudence,” at the Foundation for Islamic Education in Villanova, PA This course will approach Islam from a historical and jurisprudence perspective, […]
CAIR-MI Meets with Italian-Muslim Delegation
CAIR-MI MEETS WITH ITALIAN-MUSLIM DELEGATION (SOUTHFIELD, MI, 7/10/07) – The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) met yesterday with Italian-Muslim leaders. The meeting, which was coordinated by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, was held at CAIR-MI’s office in Southfield, Michigan. The Italian-Muslim representatives inquired into the […]
CAIR-MN Holds Town Hall Meeting on Hate Crimes
CAIR-MN HOLDS TOWN HALL MEETING ON HATE CRIMES (ST. CLOUD, MN, 7/10/07) – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) recently held a town hall meeting to address hate crimes and the St. Cloud Muslim community’s concerns about safety. CAIR-MN’s July 7th event was designed to educate the community about the contributing […]
WI: Islamic Leader Decries U.K. Terror Attacks
WI: AREA ISLAMIC LEADER DECRIES U.K. TERROR ATTACKS Disturbed by terrorist bombing attempts in England and Scotland, the head of Milwaukee’s Islamic Society has decried supporters of such violence and endorsed a task force report by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs that cautions against marginalizing Muslims in the United States. Othman Atta, a Milwaukee […]
IL: Window Into ‘Hearts and Minds’ of Muslims
IL: WINDOW INTO ‘HEARTS AND MINDS’ OF MUSLIMS A recent poll by the non-partisan Pew Research Center showed that Muslims in America are “largely assimilated, happy with their lives, and moderate with respect to many of the issues that have divided Muslims and Westerners around the world.” In other words, exactly what American Muslims have […]
VA: Charlottesville Mosque to Facilitate Unity
VA: CHARLOTTESVILLE MOSQUE TO FACILITATE UNITY Inside an aging white house on 10 1/2 Street, Khalid Mohammad chants a mellifluous incantation of the salat al-jumu’ah, the Friday afternoon prayer. Behind him more than 70 men and boys, kneeling on the green carpet, bow their heads to the ground in unison and respond: Allahu akbar. The […]
FL: Community Comes to Aid of Muslim Center
FL: COMMUNITY COMES TO AID OF MUSLIM CENTER Akram Al-Asadi couldn’t forget what a Catholic priest from New York said after offering tearful prayers inside the Islamic Education Center of Tampa’s charred remains. “This is a house of God, like any church or synagogue,” Al-Asadi remembered the priest saying. “We should respect it. What happened […]
NH: Host Families Needed for Muslim Students
NH: HOST FAMILIES NEEDED FOR MUSLIM STUDENTS Southern New Hampshire has been selected as a host community for teenagers participating in a new State Department initiative to build understanding between America and the Muslim world. As hosts to three teenagers enrolled in the Youth Exchange and Study Program, local families and high schools will serve […]
MO: Quilt Commemorates Massacre of Bosnian Muslims
MO: A TRIBUTE TO MASSACRE VICTIMS ST. LOUIS – Senahid, 17, student. Saban, 48, father of six children. Nino, 20, a journalist. These are just three of the 20 Bosnian genocide victims whose names were woven into a quilt unveiled Sunday in St. Louis – because it is here where their loss is understood best. […]