CAIR-CAN: Racial Tension Could Flare in Wake of Hijab Ban
CAIR-CAN: RACIAL TENSION COULD FLARE IN WAKE OF NEW HIJAB BAN A taekwondo team of Muslim girls withdrew from a tournament yesterday after they were barred from taking part with their hijabs, threatening to re-ignite Quebec’s contentious debate about accommodating religious minorities. “I feel very sad because we practised so hard,” said 11-year-old Bissan Mansour. […]
CAIR-FL: Educate to Solve Water Shortage
CAIR-FL: SOLUTION MUST START WITH EDUCATING ALL The South Florida Water Management District is calling for water conservation; I say take it a step further and educate Floridians about this indispensable resource. Let the Sunshine State set precedent for others to follow. It often takes a natural disaster to make people band together, simply because […]
CAIR-IL: Racism Can Be Unequal Offender
CAIR-CHICAGO: RACISM CAN BE UNEQUAL OFFENDER [Ahmed M. Rehab is executive director of the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago)] Here is an interesting point to ponder: What if Don Imus had referred to a mostly white women’s basketball team as “dumb blond hos.” Would it have been any less racist or […]
CAIR Rep Featured in ‘The Muslim Americans’ Program
CAIR: AMERICA AT A CROSSROADS [Click on “Film Preview.”] Premiering April 18. “The Muslim Americans” explores the diversity of Muslims in America today, focusing on communities’ experience after 9/11, and contrasting life for Muslims here in the United States compared to Muslims in Britain and Europe. The film – produced in conjunction with THE NEWSHOUR […]
CAIR-MI Rep Speaks at Harvard Black Policy Conference
CAIR-MI REP SPEAKS AT BLACK POLICY CONFERENCE AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SOUTHFIELD, MI, 4/17/07) – CAIR-MI Executive Director Dawud Walid spoke this past weekend on a panel entitled “Addressing Religion and Politics: Black Faith, Black Votes” at the 3rd Annual Black Policy Conference sponsored by the John F. Kennedy Law School at Harvard University. Topics discussed […]
Muslims Offer Condolences to Families of VA Tech Victims
MUSLIMS OFFER CONDOLENCES TO FAMILIES OF VA TECH VICTIMSCAIR, CAIR-MD/VA, Muslim students offer sympathy, support (WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/17/07) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today offered the American Muslim community’s condolences to the families and loved ones of all those killed or injured in yesterday’s tragic shooting spree on the campus of Virginia Tech […]
NY: TV Station Looks at Local Muslim Community
360 VIEW: TAKES A LOOK AT MUSLIMS IN THE VALLEY This week, our 360 view is on race. But we include religion today, because many Americans consider Arab people— and Muslims one-in-the-same. They are not, of course, but it’s difficult to discuss the differences in these post 9-11 times. Cornell university did a poll and […]
Magazines Strive to Erase Stereotypes of Muslim Women
ISLAMIC VOICES Azizah magazine features only women who wear the hijab, or head scarf, on its cover. Islamica magazine focuses on current affairs, culture, arts and sciences. Muslim Girl magazine caters to Muslim Americans; Holding an American flag and wearing a bright-white grin beneath her head scarf, Wardaw Chaudhary, a 16-year-old from Tulsa, Okla., radiated […]
Letter: Offer to Muslims Heartening
LETTER: OFFER TO MUSLIMS HEARTENING As the son of a Pottsville native, I am heartened to read that the Jewish citizens of Pottsville offered their synagogue to the area’s Muslim citizens when their mosque was damaged by an accidental fire. I also commend the Mechanicsville Fire Company for its truly American demonstration of care and […]
CAIR-PA: Community Offers Help to Fire-Damaged Mosque
PA: U.S. COMMUNITY OFFERS HELP WHEN MOSQUE SUFFERS FIRE DAMAGE Washington — When the mosque serving the Islamic Society of Schuylkill County in Pennsylvania was damaged by fire April 11, Muslim families immediately were offered a space for prayer services by the Jewish community in the nearby town of Pottsville. Although the Muslim congregation ultimately […]