CAIR-LA: Interfaith Group Promotes Understanding
CAIR-LA: INTERFAITH GROUP PROMOTES MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING The Interfaith Council of North Orange County is a group of the religious of all stripes who hold events to promote understanding and satisfy general curiosity on spiritual matters. The roughly 20 active members – Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, Jews and Christians, as well as followers of many other […]
CAIR-FL: Al-Arian Case Reporter Leaves Tribune
CAIR-FL: MICHAEL FECHTER LEAVES TRIBUNE Reporter Michael Fechter, whose investigative pursuit of the Sami Al-Arian story helped make The Tampa Tribune a lightning rod, is leaving the paper to work for the documentary film maker who first linked Al-Arian to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Fechter, who has worked at the Tribune for 17 years, was […]
CAIR: Imams’ Lawyer Receives Death Threat
CAIR: LAWYER FOR IMAMS RECEIVES DEATH THREAT An attorney representing six imams suing US Airways and some airline passengers after the Islamic clerics were removed from a Twin Cities flight last fall has received a death threat in the mail – apparently sent from St. Paul. Omar Mohammedi, of New York, received the letter – […]
CAIR: Death Threat for Imams’ Lawyer
CAIR: DEATH THREAT FOR IMAMS’ LAWYER HAD A POSTMARK FROM ST. PAUL The Manhattan lawyer for six imams who sued US Airways after being removed from a Minneapolis-to-Phoenix flight said Monday that a death threat mailed to his office had a postmark of St. Paul. Omar Mohammedi met with FBI agents Monday about the letter, […]
CAIR: Is Racial Profiling OK at Airports?
CAIR: IS RACIAL PROFILING OK AT AIRPORTS? Is it so wrong to racially profile people who are flying?Lisa, white, Custar, Ohio Replies I would be nervous if I saw a couple of Middle-Eastern people get on my plane. I think we [whites] should be aware of how the profiling makes others feel, but those who […]
CAIR-TX: Getting Tough in Battle on Hate
CAIR-TX: GETTING TOUGH IN BATTLE ON HATE Three years ago, the Ismail family stared in disbelief as an inferno rose from their convenience store in Northeast San Antonio. The Conoco food mart at 14330 Nacogdoches Road had been torched by a man Kabiruddin and Mumtaz Ismail didn’t know, but whom police said acted out of […]
CAIR-MI: Gonzales to Tout Civil Rights
CAIR-MI: GONZALES TO TOUT CIVIL RIGHTS U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will defend his department’s civil rights record and attempt to build bridges with area Arab-American and Muslim leaders when he visits Detroit today. Gonzales, still facing calls for his resignation over his recent firing of eight U.S. attorneys, is expected to highlight national and […]
CAIR-MI: Muslims Sign Pact to Strengthen Sectarian Ties
CAIR-MI: ISLAMIC LEADERS TO SIGN PACT TO STRENGTHEN TIES BETWEEN SECTS Regional Islamic leaders are expected to sign an agreement this week to strengthen ties and ward off conflicts between the faith’s two major sects. About 20 Sunni and Shiite leaders from Detroit, Flint, Ann Arbor and Lansing plan to sign the one-page “Intra-faith Code […]
CAIR Applauds FBI Efforts to Thwart Fort Dix Attack
CAIR APPLAUDS FBI EFFORTS TO THWART FORT DIX ATTACK – TOP (WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/8/07) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today applauded efforts by federal law enforcement authorities that apparently thwarted a planned attack on Fort Dix in New Jersey. In a statement, the Washington-based Islamic civil rights and advocacy group said: “Based on […]
Against All Fundamentalisms
AGAINST ALL FUNDAMENTALISMS One of the most daunting challenges facing America today is to realise that choosing those Muslims that look most Western and thus least threatening, and reviling others as Islamofascist, is a prejudiced and misguided stance In recent days, the Public Broadcasting Channel (PBS) in the United States has been airing a series […]