CAIR: Muslim Cabbies Should Not Bar Guide Dogs
MUSLIM TAXI DRIVERS SAY NO TO ALCOHOL AND DOGS “In the case of guide dogs, the need to accommodate handicapped individuals should outweigh the discomfort Muslims might feel in having dogs in their vehicles,” said (CAIR’s Ibrahim] Hooper, who urged local Muslim leaders and airport officials to work out a compromise.
FBI Asked to Probe Hate Graffiti on MI Mosque
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FBI ASKED TO PROBE HATE GRAFFITI SPRAYED ON MICHIGAN MOSQUE (SOUTHFIELD, MI, 1/22/07) – The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) today called on local, state and national law enforcement authorities to investigate hate graffiti found on the old Islamic […]
NY: Muslim Pilgrimage Teaches Charity
NY: MUSLIM PILGRIMAGE TEACHES CHARITY (January 22, 2007) – Now that I’ve returned from the ritual of hajj, at the end of December and earlier this month, in Mecca, Saudia Arabia, I decided to share my experiences with the community. Unlike in previous years when stampedes during the hajj killed hundreds of people, this pilgrimage […]
Islamic Banking Can Help Foster Dialogue
PROMOTE ISLAMIC BANKING Islamic banking has become a substantial industry over the last four decades. It’s central component: the avoidance of interest. Does its emergence segregate Muslims from Western values and norms, creating a financial ghetto? I contend that as increasing numbers of people in the West become dissatisfied or skeptical about the banking services […]
CAIR: Terror Never Justified
CAIR RESPONDS Editor — Regarding “CAIR’s ‘condemnations’ ” (Letters, Jan. 17): As the largest American Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the country, CAIR has repeatedly condemned acts of terrorism as being completely antithetical to Islamic teachings. Acts of terror are criminal and murderous acts; regardless of the race, religion or political cause of […]
Letter: Sen. Boxer Bowed to ‘Hate Group Pressure’
CAIR: THE STRANGER AMONG US Re “More evenhanded policy, please,” letter, Jan. 15: I write to add my voice and others’ to the citizens who object to the recent actions of Sen. Barbara Boxer regarding the Council on American Islamic Relations and the executive director of its Sacramento chapter, Basim Elkarra. Boxer, bowing to hate […]
CA Jewish Group Urged to Invite Muslim to Balance Islamophobe
CA JEWISH GROUP URGED TO INVITE MUSLIM TO BALANCE ISLAMOPHOBE (ANAHEIM, CA, 1/22/07) – The Southern California office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA), the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California and the Muslim Public Affairs Council today urged a Los Angeles-area Jewish group that is hosting an Islamophobic speaker to invite a Muslim […]
CAIR-Ohio Co-Sponsors Red Cross Blood Drive
CAIR-OHIO CO-SPONSORS RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE (COLUMBUS, OH, 1/22/07) – The Columbus office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Ohio (CAIR-Ohio) recently co-sponsored a Red Cross blood donation drive with Sunrise Academy, Central Ohio’s only full-time Islamic School. CAIR-Ohio’s blood drive was part of CAIR’s Muslims Care project, an annual volunteerism campaign designed to encourage […]
Mich. Mosques Asked to Boost Security After New Act of Vandalism
Mich. Mosques Asked to Boost Security After New Act of Vandalism In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MI MOSQUES ASKED TO BOOST SECURITY AFTER NEW ACT OF VANDALISM (SOUTHFIELD, MI, 1/22/07) – The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) today asked Detroit-area mosques to increase security […]
CAIR-FL: Muslims, Catholics Try to Mend
CAIR-FL: MUSLIMS, CATHOLICS TRY TO MEND AFTER POPE’S SPEECH At the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, D.C., last week nuns’ veils mingled with those of Muslim women as 300 Catholics and Muslims gathered to hear an Islamic scholar discuss faith with a cardinal who some day could be pope. Cardinal Angelo Scola, […]