CAIR Rep Meets Officials, Community Leaders in Germany
CAIR DIRECTOR MEETS OFFICIALS, COMMUNITY LEADERS IN GERMANY (WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/25/07) – CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad recently returned from a speaking tour in Germany during which he met with German and U.S. officials and with members and leaders of the Muslim community in that nation to share the American Muslim experience with civic engagement […]
Amnesty International: ‘War on terror’ Dividing World
WAR ON TERROR’ DIVIDING WORLD, WARNS AMNESTY LONDON (AFP) – Fears stoked by the post-9/11 “war on terror” are increasingly dividing the world, Amnesty International said Wednesday, while rapping rights abuses from China to Darfur and Russia to the Middle East. The gap between Muslims and non-Muslims notably deepened, fuelled by discriminatory counter-terrorism strategies in […]
NC: WCPSS Completes Review of Controversial Guest Speaker
WCPSS COMPLETES REVIEW OF CONTROVERSIAL GUEST SPEAKER May 23, 2007 – The Wake County Public School System today completed its investigation into the controversial guest speaker who spoke to Enloe High School classes at the invitation of an Enloe history teacher earlier this semester. As part of this process the district interviewed students and staff […]
NC: Teacher Transferred After Anti-Islam Incident
NC: SCHOOLS FORBID SELLING RELIGION From now on, guest speakers in the Wake County School System must sign a document agreeing not to denigrate any culture, race, gender, national origin or religion. That new rule was made in response to an incident earlier this year in which a guest speaker at Enloe High School denigrated […]
CAIR: Religious Accommodation in the Workplace
CAIR: THE MERGER OF FAITH AND WORK One of the biggest issues is religious accommodation. Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employers from discriminating against individuals because of their religion, employers are required to accommodate employees’ religious needs, as long as it doesn’t cause “undue hardship” to the company […]
CAIR: NY Rabbis Protest Appearance of Palestinian Author
NY: VISITING ‘SCAR OF DAVID’ AUTHOR IS CRITICIZED An author scheduled for two local appearances today – including one at a city college – has outraged some members of the city’s Jewish community, who say her book misrepresents Israel’s treatment of Palestinian Arabs. Susan Abulhawa, author of “The Scar of David” (Journey Publications, 2006), is […]
CAIR-NY: Editorial Attack on Arabic School Misleading
CAIR-NY: ‘BROOKLYN ARABIC SCHOOL’ While the issue of school vouchers remains unsettled; the option of studying at a private school wherein there is some level of taxpayer subsidization is not a novel idea nor is it isolated to the Khalil Gibran International Academy [Editorial, “Brooklyn Arabic School,” May 8, 2007]. All private and parochial schools […]
CAIR Welcomes Ruling Allowing Quran Oaths in NC Courts
CAIR WELCOMES RULING ALLOWING QURAN OATHS IN NC COURTS (WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/24/2007) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today welcomed a ruling by a North Carolina judge that any religious text, not just a Bible, may be used to swear in witnesses or jurors in that state’s courtrooms. Thursday’s ruling by Wake County Superior […]
Bush Authorizes New Covert Action Against Iran
BUSH AUTHORIZES NEW COVERT ACTION AGAINST IRAN The CIA has received secret presidential approval to mount a covert “black” operation to destabilize the Iranian government, current and former officials in the intelligence community tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com. The sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the subject, […]
The Islamic Case Against Female Genital Mutilation
HEALTH ACTIVISTS LOOK TO RELIGION TO MAKE THE CASE AGAINST FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION Trying to stop a bloody ritual undergone by millions of Muslim women in sub-Saharan Africa and the Arab world, health activists are trying a new appeal _ they’re citing the Quran. “The guiding factor is always Islam,” says 34-year-old Maryam Sheikh Abdi, […]