Canada: Muslim Women ‘Dispel Myths’ in Quebec Town
CANADA: MUSLIM WOMEN HOPE TO ‘DISPEL MYTHS’ IN QUEBEC TOWN HEROUXVILLE, Que. – A delegation of Muslim women is visiting a Quebec town that passed a controversial code aimed at immigrants. The women were clad in traditional Muslim headscarves as they met with about 50 residents of Herouxville, where the town council passed the list […]
CAIR-MI: African Muslims Add ‘Different Perspective’
CAIR-MI: AFRICAN BRAIN DRAIN IS GAIN FOR REGION Touray Kunda came to Detroit from Gambia for business opportunities. He stayed because Touray Kunda Enterprises, his importing business, boomed. “If business is not good back home, you think, ‘Let me go to America, home of the immigrant,’?” Kunda said. After she finished medical school in Nigeria, […]
CAIR Seeking Photos of Muslim Life
CAIR SEEKING PHOTOS OF MUSLIM LIFE STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has launched the “American Muslim Legacy Project” to collect and preserve images of American Muslim life and history. The Washington, D.C.,-based Islamic civil rights and advocacy group is seeking photographs that depict the American Muslim experience and will […]
CAIR: Critic of Islam Finds New Home in U.S.
CAIR: CRITIC OF ISLAM FINDS NEW HOME IN U.S. WASHINGTON – As a child, Ayaan Hirsi Ali fled violence in Somalia with her family. As an adult she fled Kenya to escape an arranged marriage. She left her adopted Holland after she was caught up in political turmoil and had her life threatened. Hirsi Ali […]
CAIR-OH: Muslims Face Hatred, Curiosity in U.S.
CAIR-OH: MUSLIMS FACE HATRED, CURIOSITY IN U.S. HEARTLAND CINCINNATI (Reuters) – Tala Ali, 25, has seen the good and the bad of being a Muslim in heartland America. People have leaned out car windows to scream at her: “Terrorist go home.” But strangers curious about her headscarf have also approached her apologetically to ask about […]
CAIR: Boxer Gives in to Islamophobia
CAIR: BOXER GIVES IN TO ISLAMOPHOBIA A California senator’s decision to rescind an award to a Muslim leader after caving into pressure from Islamophobes has deeply disappointed Muslim, civil rights, and interfaith communities. In December, Senator Barbara Boxer withdrew the “Certificate of Accomplishment” her office had awarded to Basim Elkarra, executive director of the Council […]
CAIR-CA: Boxer Accused of Caving in to Anti-Muslim Fury
CAIR-CA: BOXER ACCUSED OF CAVING IN TO ANTI-MUSLIM FURY He doesn’t know exactly where the certificate is. It may be in a drawer, or it may be in a cabinet or a closet. “It’s locked up somewhere,” Basim Elkarra says. Elkarra, 27, who heads the Sacramento office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, lets out […]
DC Event: ‘Reconciliation of the Sunni-Shi’a Communities’
RECONCILIATION OF THE SUNNI-SHI’A COMMUNITIES’ – TOP Washington Daybook, 2/13/07 9 a.m. Foreign Affairs – Discussion SPONSOR: The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) TOPIC/SUBJECT: holds a discussion on “Reconciliation of the Sunni-Shi’a Communities: Health the Wounds of Yesterday and Today in Iraq, the Gulf and the Fertile Crescent.” […]
CA Event: ‘Muslim Women in the Sciences and Engineering’
MUSLIM WOMEN IN THE SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING’ EVENT AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY ISLAM AWARENESS MONTH 2007“Muslim Women in the Sciences and Engineering” Despite obstacles, many Muslim women domestically and globally have opted to challenge gender-based discrimination to enter male-dominated fields in the Sciences and Engineering. Join us for a panel featuring three dynamic Muslim women who […]
CAIR-San Diego Meets with Newspaper Editorial Board
CAIR-SAN DIEGO MEETS WITH NEWSPAPER EDITORIAL BOARD (SAN DIEGO 2/12/07) – The San Diego chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Diego) met recently with the editorial board of the San Diego Union-Tribune newspaper. The meeting was designed to be the first of many to build positive relations with local media. The editorial board […]