CAIR: Anti-Islam Talk at NC High School Prompts Action
CAIR: ANTI-ISLAM TALK AT DUKE-AREA HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS ACLU ACTION As part of an ongoing investigation, a Christian evangelist’s appearance at a Duke University-area high school has now sparked reaction from the American Civil Liberties Union. During his Feb. 15 appearance at Enloe High School, Kamil Solomon denounced Islam and distributed pamphlets titled “Do Not […]
CAIR-CT: School Calls for Middle East Studies Next Year
CAIR-CT: SCHOOL PANEL CALLS FOR MIDDLE EAST STUDIES NEXT YEAR A Board of Education committee has given its approval to launch a Middle Eastern studies course at the two high schools this fall. The board’s Instructional Committee unanimously approved the course Tuesday night. If it is approved at the school board’s March 19 meeting, it […]
CAIR Board Member Speaks at Brown University Event
CAIR: WOMEN IN ISLAM Hadia Mubarak, the first female president of the national Muslim Students Association, spoke in Salomon 001 last night about “Women in Islam: Respect or Repression?” The event was presented by the Brown Muslim Students’ Association as part of Islam Awareness Month.
CAIR-CAN: Muslims Upset at Soccer Hijab Ban
CAIR-CAN: MUSLIMS GRUMBLE AT CANADA FOOTBALL HIJAB BAN TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian Muslims may launch a human rights complaint against football’s governing body after a Quebec referee ordered an 11-year-old girl to quit a tournament for refusing to remove her hijab. The Canadian Council on American-Islam Relations said the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) […]
CAIR: Rep. Ellison Talks Up ‘American Values’
CAIR: ELLISON TALKS UP ‘AMERICAN VALUES’ IN STATE DEPARTMENT OUTREACH WASHINGTON – The State Department is turning to Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, to help burnish the country’s image in the Muslim world – despite Ellison’s outspoken criticism of the Bush administration’s foreign policy. “I plan to talk to people in […]
CAIR-CT Annual Banquet on April 7
CAIR-CT ANNUAL BANQUET ON APRIL 7 (NEW LONDON, CT, 3/7/07) – The Connecticut chapter the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CT) will host its second annual banquet on Saturday, April 7, 2007 at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Hartford, Connecticut. The theme of the banquet is “Connecting and Sharing.” Registration will begin at 5 p.m. and […]
CAIR-MI Banquet to Feature Robert Fisk
CAIR-MI ANNUAL BANQUET TO FEATURE ROBERT FISK (SOUTHFIELD, MI (3/7/07) – The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) will hold its annual fundraising banquet on Sunday, March 25, 2007 at the Hyatt Regency in Dearborn. The event will feature world-renowned journalist Robert Fisk as the keynote speaker, with a book signing to […]
CA: Pipes Gets Silent Treatment at Cal-Poly Event
CA: SCHOLAR GETS SILENT TREATMENT A controversial Middle East scholar was greeted at Cal Poly on Monday night by a candlelight vigil as students and others opposed to his critical views of radical Islam stood in silent opposition. Daniel Pipes’ presentation, “Israel, America, and Middle East Threats,” included discussion of Israel’s longstanding conflict with the […]
NC: City Council Rejects Mosque Proposal
NC: COUNCIL REJECTS MOSQUE PROPOSAL Goldsboro City Council unanimously voted Monday night to not allow the construction of a mosque in the northern part of the city. All six councilmen and Mayor Al King agreed with the planning commission’s recommendation that the building plan was too large for the proposed site off Wayne Memorial Drive […]
FL Paper Says ‘Secular Islam Summit’ Sponsor May Have Violated IRS Regs
INTELLIGENCE CONFERENCE DRAWS CRITICISM John Loftus, a former federal prosecutor who is a hosting a three-day conference in downtown St. Petersburg on international intelligence and terrorism, says he “may know more intelligence secrets than anyone alive.” But Loftus’ claims, which include allegations that the Bush administration concealed the discovery of large stockpiles of weapons of […]