CAIR: Muslim Women Balance Modesty and Style
CAIR: WE, MYSELF AND I For Aysha Hussain, getting dressed each day is a fraught negotiation. Ms. Hussain, a 24-year-old magazine writer in New York, is devoted to her pipe-stem Levi’s and determined to incorporate their brash modernity into her wardrobe while adhering to the tenets of her Muslim faith. “It’s still a struggle,” Ms. […]
CAIR-CA Encourages Car Pooling for ‘Clean Air Weekend’
CAIR-CA: DAVIS CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCES CLIMATE ACTION SEASON During its Tuesday night meeting, the Davis City Council unanimously agreed to designate the period from Apr. 14 to May 20 as Climate Action Season, a period during which citizens are encouraged to use bike paths, greenbelt pathways and public transportation to minimize the use of motor […]
CAIR-MN: Muslim Workers Fired Over Prayer Time Dispute
CAIR-MN: MUSLIM WORKERS LEAVE GOLD’N PLUMP OVER PRAYER TIME DISPUTE For eight months, Issak Horor delayed his floating break time to say his dusk prayers. That was until Sunday, when his employer, Gold’n Plump, a St. Cloud-based chicken processing company, told him that he wasn’t eligible to do that anymore. “I told them that God […]
CAIR-CAN: Blast Sets Off Calls for Hate-Crimes Unit
CAIR-CAN: BLAST SETS OFF CALLS FOR HATE-CRIMES UNIT A homemade bomb that exploded at the entrance to a Jewish community centre in Snowdon late Tuesday has some members of Montreal’s Jewish community demanding police set up a permanent hate-crimes squad. Police were called at 11:15 p.m. Tuesday by employees of the YM-YWHA Ben Weider Jewish […]
CAIR-MI: Islamic Group Condemns Anti-Arab Graffiti
CAIR-MI: ISLAMIC GROUP CONDEMNS GRAFFITI The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, an Islamic civil liberties group, said Wednesday that it condemned the vandalism of the Assyrian Church of the East-St. Mary’s Church in Warren. The group also called on law enforcement authorities to allocate greater resources in investigating hate crimes against houses […]
CAIR-MI: False Images of Islam Burn Bridges
CAIR-MI: METRO DETROIT GROUPS BURN BRIDGES WITH FALSE IMAGES OF ISLAM A disturbing trend has been picking up steam in Metro-Detroit during the past couple of months: So-called Muslim “reformers” have been invited to speak in Ann Arbor, Detroit and West Bloomfield. The latest weapon in the Islamophobe arsenal is Tawfik Hamid, who claims to […]
CAIR-AZ: ‘Anti-Muslim Rhetoric’ Cited after Mosque Vandalism
CAIR-AZ: ‘ANTI-MUSLIM RHETORIC’ CITED AFTER VANDALISM AT MOSQUE IN UA AREA Officials with the Islamic Center of Tucson say a recent rise in “anti-Muslim rhetoric” may have spurred vandalism at the University of Arizona-area mosque. Tucson Police Department detectives are investigating a Sunday-night break-in at the mosque during which someone smashed the lock on a […]
Islam Op-Ed: Why Does the GOP Seek to Silence American Muslims?
ISLAM-OPED: WHY DOES THE GOP SEEK TO SILENCE AMERICAN MUSLIMS? ISLAM-OPED is a national syndication service of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) designed to offer an American Muslim perspective on current political, social and religious issues. ISLAM-OPED commentaries are offered free-of-charge to one media outlet in each market area. Permission for publication will be […]
CAIR-CAN Granted ‘Intervenor Status’ on Detainee Case
CAIR-CAN, CAF AND CMCLA GRANTED INTERVENOR STATUS AT IACOBUCCI INQUIRY (OTTAWA, CANADA – April 4, 2007) The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN), the Canadian Arab Federation (CAF) and the Canadian Muslim Civil Liberties Association (CMCLA) have been granted intervenor status at the inquiry into the cases of three Canadians who were wrongfully detained and […]
CAIR-CAN Condemns Attack on Jewish Community Center
CANADIAN MUSLIMS CONDEMN ATTACK ON MONTREAL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER – TOP (OTTAWA, CANADA – April 4, 2007) – The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) today condemned the attack at Ben Weider Jewish Community Centre in Montreal. A small object exploded outside the building at 11 p.m. Tuesday night. No one was injured, but several […]