CAIR: FBI Says 2005 Threat Not Credible
CAIR: REPORT: JFK ’05 TERROR TARGET The plot never unfolded, but learning that a group of extremist Muslim physicians schemed in 2005 to attack the USS John F. Kennedy and Mayport Naval Station has some on the First Coast sitting up and taking notice. “The fact they’re even talking about it gives us concern,” Jacksonville […]
CAIR: GA Court to Review Hijab Policy
CAIR: VALDOSTA TO REVIEW POLICY ON HEADGEAR When newspapers told the story last week of how Aniisa Karim was denied access to the Valdosta Municipal Court for wearing a traditional Muslim headscarf, it attracted a slew of anti-Arabic slurs from Internet bloggers. But what the bloggers didn’t know is Aniisa Karim is not Arabic. The […]
Video: CAIR-IL Rep Reacts to Glasgow Airport Attack
CAIR-CHICAGO REP REACTS TO GLASGOW AIRPORT ATTACK CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab repudiates the recent attack on an airport in Glasgow.
CAIR-FL: Muslims Want Assailant Prosecuted
CAIR-FL: MUSLIMS WANT BAY BUS DRIVER PROSECUTED Representatives from a Washington D.C.-based Muslim organization were in Panama City on Thursday for the arraignment of a school bus driver accused of an anti-Muslim hate crime. Thomas Plaisted, 60, pleaded not guilty to two counts of evidencing prejudice while committing an offense. He was arrested after an […]
CAIR-FL: Alleged Hate Crime Against Muslim Family
CAIR-FL: ALLEGED HATE CRIME The nation’s largest Muslim civil rights group is asking the State Attorney’s Office to throw the book a Bay County man. According to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office, Thomas Plaisted, 60, of Cedar Grove, is charged with battery with prejudice. The incident report shows it happened on May 22 at the […]
Video: CAIR Against Hate Crimes
CAIR AGAINST HATE CRIMES VIDEO: http://www.cairfl.org/ViewArticle.asp?Code=CM&ArticleID=782 “Mommy this guy wants to break my neck;” that’s what a 5-year-old told his mother as they waited in line at a Lynn Haven Taco Bell back in May. The words allegedly came from Thomas Plaisted. The child says Plaisted spit food at him, pushed his 11-year-old brother and […]
Breaking/CAIR-MI: Wiretap Ruling Overturned
BREAKING NEWS – CAIR-MI: FEDERAL APPEALS COURT OVERTURNS WIRETAP RULING [CONTACT: CAIR-MI Executive Director Dawud Walid, Tel: 248-842-1418, E-Mail: dwalid@cair.com] An appeals court panel today vacated a ruling by a federal judge in Detroit that a Bush administration wiretapping program was unconstitutional. In a 2-1 vote, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit […]
CAIR-NY: Muslims Urged to Donate to Food Drive
NEW YORK MUSLIMS URGED TO DONATE TO FOOD DRIVE (NEW YORK, NY, 7/6/07) – The New York chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) is calling on local mosques to host food drives and collect canned goods throughout July for City Harvest, a non-profit food rescue program. By placing collection boxes at mosques […]
AL: Mosque Opposition Questioned
AL: MUSLIM CENTER OPPOSITION QUESTIONED Some Hoover residents say opposition to a proposed Muslim worship center is mostly about religion, even though most of the public talk has been about traffic. Some are speaking out in support of a developer’s request to build the worship center on a wooded, 4.7-acre lot at the intersection of […]
NY: Muslims, Mosques Putting Down Roots
NY: MUSLIMS AND MOSQUES ARE PUTTING DOWN ROOTS The mosque, a converted funeral home, is so small it can’t accommodate worshipers for the best-attended prayers of the week. On Fridays, they pray in the basement of a nearby college athletic center instead. They also borrow space for marriage ceremonies. And interfaith meetings. And holidays. “It’s […]