VA: Professor Addresses Perceptions of Term ‘Jihad’
VA: PROFESSOR ADDRESSES PERCEPTIONS OF TERM ‘JIHAD’ Examining the relationship between Islamic culture and current events, including concerns about the use of violence, was the focus of a lecture yesterday given as part of Islamic Awareness Week. Islamic Studies Prof. Timothy Gianotti noted in the lecture, which was sponsored by the Muslim Student Association, the […]
ME: Court Declines to Hear Case of Muslim
ME: COURT DECLINES TO HEAR CASE INVOLVING MAINE MUSLIM WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court refused Monday to consider the case of a Muslim immigrant from Maine found by a jury to have suffered workplace harassment. Abdul Azimi asked the justices to take his case after a federal jury declined to award compensation despite concluding that […]
CT: Muslim Groups Seek Probe of Discrimination at Prisons
CT: ISLAMIC COALITION SEEKING INVESTIGATION Four groups are seeking an investigation into policies and attitudes directed toward Muslims and other minorities in the state’s prison system. The groups have drafted a letter to Commissioner of Correction Theresa Lantz and said they are looking for more organizations, Muslim and non-Muslim, to sign on before they send […]
CAIR-CAN Encourages Contact to End Racism
CAIR-CAN ENCOURGES CONTACT TO END RACISM – TOPStudy Shows Intolerance Due to Lack of Contact (Ottawa, Canada – March 21, 2007) – The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations today asked Canadians to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination by consciously reaching out and meeting someone from a different racial or religious […]
CAIR-CA: Muslims, Jews Build Bridges of Understanding
CAIR-SAN DIEGO: LOCAL MUSLIMS, JEWS BUILD BRIDGES OF UNDERSTANDING (SAN DIEGO, CA, 3/21/07) – A representative of the San Diego chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Diego) recently joined a dialogue session intended to build bridges of understanding between local Jewish and Muslim communities. Members of the Conservative Jewish community of Congregation Beth […]
CAIR Rep Speaks at Forum on EU Migration, Security
CAIR REP SPEAKS AT GERMAN FORUM ON EU MIGRATION-SECURITY ISSUES (WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/21/07) – A representative of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) recently took part in “The Migration-Security Nexus” summit in Berlin, Germany, sponsored by the European Forum for Migration Studies (EFMS), Heinrich Boll Foundation and the German Marshall Fund of the United States […]
Help CAIR Achieve its Goal
HELP CAIR ACHIEVE ITS GOAL As-salaamu alaikum, Dear Friends, We need your help to achieve our fundraising goal for this season. We thank those who have so generously donated. May God reward you. For those who have not yet donated, we urge you not to forget. We rely on your generosity to continue our critical […]
MD: Local Mosque Vandalized Again
MD: LOCAL MOSQUE VANDALIZED AGAIN FREDERICK, MD – A mosque in Frederick has been vandalized three times in the past three weeks, police say. The latest incident happened over the weekend. Members of the Islamic Society of Frederick found two broken windows and the letters “E-N-G” spray-painted on a building shortly before 9:00 a.m. Sunday […]
MD: Mosque Vandalized for Third Time
MD: FREDERICK MOSQUE VANDALIZED Two basement windows of a mosque in Frederick were broken between Saturday night and yesterday morning — the third act of vandalism there this year, police reported. There are no suspects in any of the incidents, and police are not investigating them as hate crimes, said Sgt. Wade Brown of the […]
CAIR-CAN Urges End to Racial Profiling at U.S. Border
CAIR-CAN: ISLAMIC GROUP URGES MACKAY TO STOP RACIAL PROFILING AT U.S. BORDER OTTAWA (CP) – The federal government must pressure U.S. border authorities to stop racial and religious profiling of Canadian Muslims and Arabs, the Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations said Monday. The call came after a 22-year-old northern Ontario student said he was detained […]