CAIR-San Diego Rep Meets with German Muslim Delegation

CAIR-SAN DIEGO REP MEETS WITH GERMAN MUSLIM DELEGATION (SAN DIEGO, CA, 5/23/07) – On May 21, a representative of the San Diego chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Diego) was invited by Justice Overcoming Boundaries (JOB) to meet with a Muslim delegation from Germany to discuss importance of citizen activism. JOB Executive Director […]

CAIR-LA: 1200 Turn Out for Civil Rights Event

CAIR-LA: 1200 TURN OUT FOR ‘ENTERTAINMENT NIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS’ (ANAHEIM, CA, 5/23/07) – More than 1,200 people attended the 3rd Annual Entertainment Night for Civil Rights hosted by the Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) on Saturday, May 19, at the Anaheim Heritage Forum. CAIR-LA honored three outstanding Muslim […]

CAIR-Sacramento Rep Receives Awards

CAIR-SACRAMENTO DIRECTOR RECEIVES AWARDS, ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION (SACRAMENTO, CA, 5/23/2007) – CAIR-Sacramento Valley (CAIR-SV) Executive Director Basim Elkarra recently received a number of awards and recognitions at the Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA)-Sacramento Chapter’s Annual Dragon Boat Festival. OCA gave Elkarra an award, “For Building a Dialog, Bridging a Gap, Forming Partnerships, And Bringing Together Sacramento’s […]

Mosques Urged to Hold ‘Hunger Awareness Day’ Food Drives

Mosques Urged to Hold ‘Hunger Awareness Day’ Food Drives In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful MOSQUES URGED TO HOLD ‘HUNGER AWARENESS DAY’ FOOD DRIVES (WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/22/2007) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is calling on American Muslims to support “Hunger Awareness Day” on June 5th by taking part in or […]

CAIR: Mosques Urged to Hold ‘Hunger Awareness Day’ Food Drives

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MOSQUES URGED TO HOLD ‘HUNGER AWARENESS DAY’ FOOD DRIVESEffort part of CAIR’s annual ‘Muslims Care’ volunteerism campaign (WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/22/2007) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is calling on American Muslims to support “Hunger Awareness Day” on June 5th by taking part […]

NJ: Religious Event Embraces Diversity

NJ: RELIGIOUS EVENT EMBRACES DIVERSITY Nearly two weeks after six Muslim men were arrested on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack on Fort Dix, a multi-religious annual prayer event stressed the importance of understanding and embracing diversity. The audience consisted of men wearing yarmulkes and women wearing brightly patterned scarves on their heads. A Buddhist […]

Islamic Funds Make Gains with Ethical Guidelines

A MARKET EDGE FOR MUSLIMS The strategy is almost heresy on Wall Street: Find a top-performing investment by seeking out a mutual fund with some of the industry’s strictest ethical screening requirements. Yet that approach, if adopted, would work in at least one case. The Amana Income Fund, which avoids not only alcohol, tobacco, and […]

CAIR-CA: Examine ‘Core Issues’ in Mideast Conflict

THE ‘CORE ISSUES’ IN THE MIDEAST CONFLICT Regarding “Inciting the next generation of suicide bombers” (Insight, May 13): Editor Robert J. Caldwell identifies the symptom but not the problem. Since the inception of the nation-state of Israel, many writers have concluded that the main reason for Arab antagonism toward the Israelis was that of a […]