AR: Muslim Girl Wins State Spelling Bee
AR: WE HAVE A WINNER When seventh-grader Samia Nawaz was given the word “plantain,” she knew she had the Arkansas State Spelling Bee in the bag. “As soon as she heard that word, she smirked at me,” said her mother, Fahmida Nawaz. That’s because Samia’s mother grew up eating plantains – a tropical, banana-like plant. […]
OK: Meeting with Law Enforcement Officers, Muslims
OK: MEETING HELD BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND MUSLIMS (OKLAHOMA CITY) March 16 – Law officers have met with Muslim leaders in Oklahoma in an effort to improve understanding and limit problems in what both sides say can be a tense relationship. FBI agents, police chiefs and officers, mosque leaders and members of the Governor’s […]
U.S. Officials Want More Outreach to Muslims
U.S. OFFICIALS WANT MORE OUTREACH TO AMERICAN ARABS, MUSLIMS Senior Homeland Security officials told a Senate panel Wednesday that they were having a hard time employing enough interpreters and analysts to counter domestic terrorist threats and that they needed to do more to reach out to American Arabs and Muslims. They also warned that some […]
VA: Donate to Sharifa Alkhateeb Memorial Scholarship Fund
S.I.S.T.E.R.S. & SAF RAISING $75,000 TO ENDOW THE SHARIFA ALKHATEEB MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND TO SUPPORT 3 ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FCPS STUDENTS (Falls Church, VA, March 7, 2007) – In recognition of Sharifa Alkhateeb’s service to Fairfax County, Virginia, S.I.S.T.E.R.S and the Sharifa Alkhateeb Foundation collaborated with College Access Fairfax to establish a memorial scholarship in […]
CAIR-LA: Muslim Tenants Win Discrimination Lawsuit
CAIR-LA: MUSLIM TENANTS WIN DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT IN ARBITRATION An arbiter has decided that the Chaumont Villas apartment complex wrongly discriminated against six Muslim tenants based on their religion. The parties in the lawsuit, filed in September 2005, agreed to binding arbitration. In his decision on March 9, Orange County Arbiter Jay Cordell Horton said the […]
CAIR: Editorial Decries ‘Cheap Shot at Pascrell’
CAIR: CHEAP SHOT AT PASCRELL Rep. Bill Pascrell is a New Jersey Democrat whose 8th District includes Passaic and Paterson, cities with significant Islamic communities. The other day, Pascrell arranged for a national Islamic civil liberties group to use a room in the Capitol basement for a panel discussion on relations between Muslims and the […]
CAIR-CA: Community Empowerment Workshop
CAIR-CA: COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT WORKSHOP On Tuesday, March 20, CAIR-SFBA will kick off the Community Empowerment Workshop Series of 2007 with the first workshop in San Jose. WHAT: An interfaith educational effort, composed of a 2 hour interactive program that includes expert speakers covering Islam, Muslims, post 9/11 legislations, and their effect on immigrant communities, followed […]
CAIR-LA: Muslims to Visit Japanese-American Internment Camp
CAIR-LA INVITES MUSLIMS TO JOIN ANNUAL MANZANAR PILGRIMAGE 38th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage: A Visit to the largest Japanese American Internment Camp WHAT: 38th Annual Manzanar PilgrimageWHEN: Saturday, April 28, 2007 The Manzanar Committee is dedicated to educating the public about the Japanese American internment camp experience by organizing the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage. This year, the […]
CAIR-MI Rep Speaks About History of Islam in America
CAIR-MI REP SPEAKS ABOUT HISTORY OF ISLAM IN AMERICA (FLINT, MI, 3/15/07) – CAIR-MI Executive Director Dawud Walid recently spoke at the University of Michigan-Flint, presenting an account of the history of Islam in America. The educational event was attended by faculty and students. CAIR, America’s largest Islamic civil liberties group, has 32 offices and […]
CAIR’s Open Letter to Congress
CAIR’S OPEN LETTER TO CONGRESS The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has a long history of positive social and political activism. As a result, 32 CAIR chapters in 20 states have developed strong grass-roots relations with people of all faiths in the communities in which they work to promote social justice and interfaith tolerance. Our […]