CAIR-MI: Detroit-Area Clerics Condemn Mosque Bombing
CAIR-MI: DETROIT-AREA CLERICS CONDEMN MOSQUE BOMBING Islamic clerics from the Detroit area are condemning the bombing of the Askaria Mosque in Samarra today. And they’re urging southeast Michigan’s Muslim community to stay calm in the wake of the destruction of a one of the holiest Shi’ite shrines. Dawud Walid directs the Council on American-Islamic Relations […]
CAIR: Muslim Rights Complaints Rise 25 Percent
CAIR: US MUSLIM RIGHTS COMPLAINTS RISE 25 PCT – REPORT The number of civil rights complaints by Muslims in the United States jumped 25 percent in 2006, mainly because of a surge in immigration and citizenship problems, a leading U.S. Muslim group said on Thursday. In its annual report on civil rights, the Council on […]
CAIR-NY: Muslims Urged to Support Relay for Life
CAIR-NY: NEW YORK-AREA MUSLIMS URGED TO SUPPORT RELAY FOR LIFE (NEW YORK, NY, 6/14/07) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) is calling on area Muslims and others in the community to contribute to the upcoming Relay For Life of Harlem, an overnight effort to raise cancer awareness that runs […]
CAIR: Citizenship Delays Were Top Issue for U.S. Muslims in 2006 – Report
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEE ALSO: CAIR-Chicago – Muslim Granted Citizenship After Five Year Delay REPORT: CITIZENSHIP DELAYS WERE TOP ISSUE FOR U.S. MUSLIMS IN 2006Total number of American Muslim civil rights cases jumped 25 percent last year (WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/14/2007) – A report released today by […]
MI: ACLU Approves Foot Baths
DEARBORN: ACLU APPROVES FOOT BATHS The Detroit branch of the American Civil Liberties Union has concluded a plan by the University of Michigan-Dearborn to spend $25,000 on foot baths for Muslims poses no constitutional problems. The group deemed it a “reasonable accommodation” to solve an issue that arose when Muslims used public sinks for the […]
CA: FBI More Interested in Terror Ties
CA: FBI MORE INTERESTED IN TERRORIST TIES The Muslim owner of a neighborhood market in Chico testified in court Tuesday that when he and two employees were arrested as part of an undercover cigarette sales sting in 2005, the FBI interrogation focused almost entirely on whether they had any terrorist ties. Butte County Superior Court […]
DC: FBI in Public Appeal to Muslims
DC: FBI IN PUBLIC APPEAL TO MUSLIMS, ARAB-AMERICANS The FBI has enlisted comedians in a drive to spruce up its image with Muslims and Arab-Americans damaged by a wave of arrests and searches since the September 11 attacks in 2001. “It’s so nice to be standing in front of the FBI and not be handcuffed,” […]
NM: Coach Offers to Settle Muslim Bias Suit
NM: MUMME OFFERS TO SETTLE SUIT Less than two weeks before trial, a settlement offer has been made to four former New Mexico State University football players to drop a religious discrimination lawsuit against head coach Hal Mumme. Mumme’s attorney said the offer was strategic and was not an admission of wrongdoing by the coach. […]
NJ: Call to Prayer or Public ‘Nuisance’?
NJ: PRAYER OR PUBLIC ‘NUISANCE’? A resident who sued a local mosque after it tested a loudspeaker system for its Arabic call to prayer said his lawsuit was made moot when the City Council allowed such broadcasts under its noise ordinance. But he may go back to court if he hears the amplified chants again. […]
Robertson: ‘Islam is Not a Religion’
ROBERTSON: ‘ISLAM IS NOT A RELIGION. IT IS A WORLDWIDE POLITICAL MOVEMENT MEANT ON DOMINATION’ On the June 12 edition of the Christian Broadcasting Network’s The 700 Club, following a report on Muslims in Minneapolis seeking religious accommodations at school and work, host Pat Robertson stated, “Ladies and gentlemen, we have to recognize that Islam […]