500 Turn Out for CAIR-Orlando Community Picnic
500 TURN OUT FOR CAIR-ORLANDO COMMUNITY PICNIC (ORLANDO, FL, 4/15/07) Some 500 members of the central Florida Muslim community turned on Saturday for CAIR-Orlando’s annual picnic. Picnickers were able to receive free legal advice on immigration issues, test their Islamic knowledge, play games, and take part in other recreational activities. “I would like to thank […]
CAIR-FL Airs Anti-Terror Ads on Limbaugh, Beck Radio Shows
CAIR-FL AIRS ANTI-TERROR ADS ON LIMBAUGH, BECK RADIO SHOWS (MIAMI, FL, 4/15/07) – The South Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFL) recently launched an anti-terror advertising campaign on the local Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh radio programs. CAIR-SFL’s campaign focused on those two programs because of the hosts’ frequent claims that Muslims […]
Swedish Teen: U.S. Troops Led Somali Operation
SWEDISH TEEN: U.S. TROOPS LED OPERATION A Swedish teenager who was imprisoned for weeks with alleged terror suspects in Ethiopia said in an interview published Thursday that Americans in military uniform directed the Kenyan soldiers who took her into custody on the Somali-Kenyan border. The statements by 17-year-old Safia Benaouda were the first to describe […]
MI: Mosque Organizer Allays Neighbors’ Perceptions
MI: MOSQUE EXPECTS WORSHIP, PEACE All signs of intimidation toward the Islamic Organization of North America and its president, Imam Steve Elturk, have stopped. No more broken lightbulbs on the back of the Warren mosque. No more drunkards showing up at night to confront Elturk. And no more residents demanding he prove that he isn’t […]
Canada: Students, Staff Rally Against Hate Graffiti
CANADA: STUDENTS, STAFF RALLY AGAINST ATTACK A broad coalition of McMaster University and community groups will rally this afternoon to send a message that hate crimes will not be tolerated on campus. The groups, which include the McMaster Muslim Students Association, are upset over anti-Islamic graffiti scrawled on the door of a professor who organized […]
Rep. Kathy Castor’s Statement on Mosque Arson
REP. KATHY CASTOR’S STATEMENT ON MOSQUE ARSON “I condemn these hate crimes. They have no place in our community. It’s sad to think that my neighbors are left without a place to hold services, especially on today’s Friday day of worship. These types of attacks are unacceptable.”
CAIR: Muslims Ask City to Help Allow Hijab at Hotel
CAIR: MUSLIMS ASK CITY TO USE LEVERAGE WITH HOTEL FIRM A developer planning to build a Convention Center hotel in Downtown Indianapolis has come under fire from local Islamic advocates concerned that the company will discriminate against Muslim women here. White Lodging Services Corp., one of the two developers of the proposed 1,000-room hotel, was […]
CAIR-PA: Islamic Relations Council Thanks Local Synagogue
CAIR-PA: ISLAMIC RELATIONS COUNCIL THANKS LOCAL SYNAGOGUE The Pennsylvania chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations issued a press release thanking Pottsville’s synagogue Thursday for offering to host Muslim prayers after fire damaged the Mechanicsville mosque. Oheb Zedeck Synagogue Center offered to let the congregation of the Islamic Society of Schuylkill County hold prayer services […]
CAIR: Speaker to Address Muslim Stereotypes at Missouri U
Arsalan Iftikhar, the legal director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, will be speaking about “The Future of Muslims in the West” this afternoon. The event is part of Islam Awareness Week, organized by MU’s Muslim Students Organization. Omar Waheed, president of MSO, said that the event was advertised to both non-Muslims and Muslims because […]
CAIR-FL: Islamic Center Set Afire
CAIR-FL: ISLAMIC CENTER SET AFIRE Local, state and federal investigators sifted through the ashes of a deliberately set fire at the Islamic Education Center of Florida on Thursday morning and tried to allay fears the arson was a crime of hate. They couldn’t say for sure, however. Initial reports said there was an explosion, but […]