CAIR-CA Co-Sponsors Lecture: Less Safe, Less Free
CAIR-SAN DIEGO CO-SPONSORS LECTURE: LESS SAFE, LESS FREE (SAN DIEGO, CA, 6/15/07) – The San Diego Public Library, in partnership with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of San Diego and Imperial Counties, the San Diego office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Diego) and the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), will host a […]
Wash. Times Promotes Hate Group that Would Outlaw Islam
Action Alert: Wash. Times Promotes Hate Group that Would Outlaw Islam (WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/14/07) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today expressed concern about an article published by Insight magazine, a website owned by the right-wing Washington Times newspaper, that offered a sympathetic portrayal of an anti-Muslim hate group that advocates making “adherence to […]
Canada: Rice Vows to Probe Muslim’s Detention at Airport
CANADA: RICE VOWS TO PROBE DETENTION AT AIRPORT The case of a respected London Muslim leader, detained for hours at the Detroit airport last month, has been brought to the attention of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice. Dr. Munir El-Kassem, who was detained, interrogated and fingerprinted for hours in Detroit, met yesterday in Ottawa […]
NBC Honcho Shows Interest in ‘Little Mosque’
NBC HONCHO SHOWS INTEREST IN LITTLE MOSQUE The recently appointed co-chairman of NBC, Ben Silverman, who is known for repackaging foreign shows such as The Office and Ugly Betty for the U.S. market, has given a strong indication that he’s considering snapping up CBC’s Little Mosque on the Prairie. Speaking to an audience at the […]
Close-Knit’ Muslim Community on U.S. Virgin Islands
ISLAM ON U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS It was only about 30 years ago that a Muslim community began to grow on the Virgin Islands with the building on St. Thomas of Masjid Muhammad in 1978. Later it became Masjid Al-Nur located in Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the US Virgin Islands. With a population of about […]
NJ: Muslim Girl Fights Poverty
NJ: MUSLIM GIRL FIGHTS POVERTY Aseel Najib promotes religious understanding. That’s one of the qualities that resulted in her being picked as one of 25 future world leaders. It means she sends e-cards for Hanukkah to her Jewish friends and gets remembrances from them during Ramadan. Unusual? No, that’s what Youth for Charity is all […]
IA: Muslims Pledge Regular Food Donations for Needy
IA: MUSLIMS OFFER FOOD FOR THOUGHT IN ROCK ISLAND The local Muslim community is offering food for thought. It’s pledging to make regular donations to Churches United. Donations designed to feed the hungry while helping to erode stereotypes. Box by box and project by project, local Muslims are on a mission. They’re working to change […]
Judge: Police Can Ban Religious Muslim Garb
JUDGE: POLICE CAN BAN RELIGIOUS MUSLIM GARB A Philadelphia police officer has no right to wear a head covering as required by her Muslim faith when she is in uniform, a federal judge ruled yesterday. The Police Department’s uniform code “has a compelling public purpose,” Judge Harvey Bartle III wrote in deciding against Kimberlie Webb, […]
FBI Terror Watch List ‘Out of Control’
FBI TERROR WATCH LIST ‘OUT OF CONTROL’ A terrorist watch list compiled by the FBI has apparently swelled to include more than half a million names. Privacy and civil liberties advocates say the list is growing uncontrollably, threatening its usefulness in the war on terror. The bureau says the number of names on its terrorist […]
CAIR-CA: Don’t Ignore Positives When Reporting on Muslims
CAIR-CA: MEDIA IGNORING POSITIVES WHEN REPORTING ON Muslims The Pew Research Center’s recent poll, “Muslim Americans: Middle Class and Mostly Mainstream,” primarily tells a minority success story – Muslims are generally widely assimilated, socio-economically empowered and decisively American in their attitudes. It also discloses much about American media and their treatment of Muslim-related stories. From […]