ME: No Charges in School Ham Incident
ME: NO CHARGES IN HAM INCIDENT A student who tossed ham on a school table occupied by Somali students last month will not be prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office. But that decision, announced on Wednesday, will not have any bearing the school’s handling of the incident. The Lewiston Middle School student who placed the […]
CAIR-FL: Muslim Leader Gets Mailed Death Threat (Sun-Sent)
CAIR-FL: MUSLIM LEADER IN FLORIDA GETS MAILED DEATH THREAT The head of Florida’s most prominent Muslim group told the FBI on Wednesday that he had received a death threat. Altaf Ali, executive director of the Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said he received the threat calling Islam “the religion of Satan” in […]
DC: Muslims Asked to Join Memorial Day Observance
DC: MUSLIMS ASKED TO JOIN NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE Join fellow Americans at the National Memorial Day Observance on May 28, 2007, in Washington, D.C. Muslim active duty, retirees, military veterans, Boy Scout, Girl Scout, and Muslim Cub Scout Troop members and their families are also encouraged to attend. . . The web site for […]
CAIR-CA Launches ‘Extraordinary Muslims’ Campaign
CAIR-SFBA HOSTS MEDIA NETWORKING EVENT, LAUNCHES ‘EXTRAORDINARY MUSLIMS’ CAMPAIGN (SANTA CLARA, CA, 5/3/07) – The San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) held its first annual media networking event today, titled “American Muslims, American Stories.” The event brought together local media professionals with key leaders and activists from the Bay […]
CAIR-CA Congratulates Human Relations Commission Honorees
CAIR-LA AREA CONGRATULATES OC HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION HONOREES (ANAHEIM, CA, 5/3/07) – The Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations today joins the Orange County Human Relations Commission in honoring distinguished people from our local communities, schools and law enforcement agencies for their contributions to and promoting human relations in the County […]
CAIR-MN: Probe of MN Anti-Muslim School Incidents Sought
CAIR-MN SEEKS PROBE OF ANTI-MUSLIM INCIDENTS AT SCHOOL (ST. PAUL, MN, 5/3/07) – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) announced today that it is seeking an investigation of a series of reported anti-Muslim incidents at a middle school in that state. CAIR-MN said it received complaints about Islamophobic remarks and actions […]
CAIR Praises House Passage of Anti-Hate Crimes Bill
CAIR PRAISES HOUSE PASSAGE OF ANTI-HATE CRIMES BILL (WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/3/2007) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today congratulated the US House of Representatives on its passage of the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act. To see how your U.S. representative voted, go here: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll299.xml CAIR has supported the act since 2005 and […]
CAIR to Co-Host ‘Evening with Amr Khaled’ in Virginia
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CAIR TO CO-HOST ‘EVENING WITH AMR KHALED’ IN VIRGINIAFamous Muslim TV personality named one of Time’s 100 ‘most influential’ (HERNDON, VA, 5/3/07) – On Saturday, May 12, the Maryland and Virginia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MD/VA), in cooperation with the […]
U.S. May Single Out Britons of Pakistani Origin
U.S. SEEKS CLOSING OF VISA LOOPHOLE FOR BRITONS Omar Khyam, the ringleader of the thwarted London bomb plot who was sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday, showed the potential for disaffected young men to be lured as terrorists, a threat that British officials said they would have to contend with for a generation.But the 25-year-old […]
NC: Devotion Leads Women to Wear Hijab
NC: DEVOTION LEADS WOMEN TO WEAR HIJAB Insherah Odeh did not mind being stared at. She knew when she started wearing the hijab – the head scarf worn by Muslim women – in 1990 her decision would stir different emotions in people. Some friends were angered by her decision until Odeh explained her reasons. Strangers […]