CAIR-Chicago: How Banks Make Islamic ‘No Interest’ Rule Work
CAIR-CHICAGO: HOW BANKS MAKE ISLAMIC ‘NO INTEREST’ RULE WORK Islamic home lending is a thriving business at the few U.S. banks offering Shariah-compliant, no-interest financing. Meanwhile, the big banks are still hanging back, wary of the high costs of entry. As word gets out to Muslim customers and more banks work out the regulatory kinks, […]
CAIR-OH: Group to Discuss Profiling At Border
CAIR-OH: GROUP TO DISCUSS ETHNIC PROFILING AT BORDER Many Arab-Americans say they expected to weather more interest and inquiry as America pursued a war on terrorism. But they did not expect to be singled out at the border, detained, questioned and sometimes handcuffed, then never told why they had been deemed a threat. A gathering […]
CAIR-Orlando: Melbourne Hate Crime Meeting
CAIR-ORLANDO: MELBOURNE HATE CRIME MEETING http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2007/4/22/melbourne_hate_crime_meeting.html
CAIR-Orlando: Meeting Focuses on Hate Crimes
CAIR-FL: MEETING FOCUSES ON HATE CRIMES MELBOURNE – A rabbi, a pastor and a representative of an Islamic civil rights organization came together Saturday afternoon on the Florida Tech campus for a town hall meeting on hate crimes. The forum, organized by the Orlando office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, was a response to […]
CAIR-FL: Arson Scatters Mosque Members
ARSON SCATTERS MOSQUE MEMBERS TAMPA – Their mosque destroyed by arson, they had promised to keep holding Friday prayers. They thought they could make do with a tent. But no one prayed on the grounds of the Islamic Education Center of Tampa that day, about a week after an arsonist burned the prayer hall, leaving […]
Muslim View of Attacks on Houses of Worship in U.S.
CAIR-TAMPA: MUSLIM VIEW ON ATTACKS ON HOUSES OF WORSHIP IN AMERICA CAIR-Tampa Executive Director Ahmed Bedier Tampa Political Connection Soap Box Commentary on the heels of a recent Islamic center arson in Tampa as well as a spike of attacks on houses of worship nationwide.
Video: Catholics, Muslims Decry Violence
CAIR-FL: RELIGIOUS LEADERS WANT HOUSES OF WORSHIP OFF LIMITS FROM VIOLENCE Fried fans and broiled books. Muslim leaders still don’t know who fueled the fire that turned their house of worship into an overheated oven two weeks April 12. “Houses of worship should be off limits, should be off limits for violence,” the Council on […]
CAIR-Tampa: Catholic Leader Visits Burned FL Mosque
CAIR-FL: MUSLIM COMMUNITY GETS SUPPORT FROM CATHOLIC CHURCH Tampa – The Muslim community of Tampa is getting support from the Catholic Church. Almost 2-weeks ago, someone set fire to the Islamic Education Center of Tampa on Rockpointe Drive. The fire caused more than $100,000 in damage. The FBI is investigating the case as a possible […]
CAIR-CAN: PM Asked to Press for Muslim’s Release
CAIR-CAN: MACKAY MUST PRESS FOR CELIL’S RELEASE ON CHINA TRIP (Ottawa, Canada – April 23, 2007) – The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) today called upon Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay to ensure that Canadian citizen Huseyin Celil is released from Chinese imprisonment. MacKay is expected to travel to China this week. “Throughout Mr. […]
CAIR-Cincinnati Endorses Anti-Hate Unity Statement
CAIR-CINCINNATI ENDORSES ANTI-HATE UNITY STATEMENT (CINCINNATI, OH, 4/23/07) – The Cincinnati chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cincinnati) has endorsed the Cincinnati Unity Statement against racism and racist groups. An offshoot of the Neo-Nazi Party recently declared its intentions to march and deliver a racist, hate-filled message in a predominantly African-American neighborhood in Cincinnati. […]