CAIR Rep to Discuss Fox’s ’24’ on ‘O’Reilly Factor’
CAIR REP TO DISCUSS FOX’S ’24’ ON ‘O’REILLY FACTOR’ 8 p.m. (Eastern) Tonight http://www.foxnews.com/oreilly/
CAIR Commentary: Islam and Religious Freedom
CAIR COMMENTARY: ISLAM AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM Islam advocates both freedom of religion and freedom of conscience. That position is supported by the Quran, Islam’s revealed text, the traditions of the Prophet Muhammad and the opinions of Islamic scholars both past and present. Islam came to liberate mankind from all types of enslavement, whether political, social […]
Media Coverage: Detroit Free Press, Reuters, Bloomberg – Reuters
CAIR-MI: NORTHWEST AIRLINES APOLOGIZES TO HAJJ PILGRIMS DETROIT (Reuters) – Northwest Airlines apologized on Wednesday to 40 American Muslims who were barred from a recent flight to Detroit, but denied it discriminated against the group, which was returning from a Hajj pilgrimage. Northwest said the pilgrims failed to check in one hour before their transatlantic […]
Media Coverage: Detroit Free Press
CAIR-MI: NORTHWEST PLANS TO PAY MUSLIMS KEPT OFF FLIGHT Northwest Airlines apologized Wednesday to an Islamic group representing about 40 Muslims who were denied entry to a plane, and said it would reimburse the passengers. But Northwest maintains that it did nothing improper Jan. 7 when it prevented the group from boarding a connecting flight […]
Media Coverage: Detroit Free Press, Reuters, Bloomberg
CAIR-MI: NWA TO PAY, OFFER APOLOGY TO MUSLIMS DENIED BOARDING Northwest Airlines will offer an apology and compensation to a group of 40 Muslims who said they were turned away from a U.S.-bound plane in Germany. The payment will cover “extra flight and hotel costs” incurred after the airline refused to let the group board […]
CAIR-MI: NWA Apologizes for Barring Muslim Fliers
CAIR-MI: NWA APOLOGIZES FOR BARRING LOCAL MUSLIM FLIERS Reacting swiftly to allegations of discrimination, Northwest Airlines apologized to 40 local Muslims on Wednesday for barring them from a plane in Germany on their return trip from a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia earlier this month. The airline said it will reimburse the pilgrims for the additional […]
CAIR-OH: Killing Heightens Community’s Fear
CAIR-OH: KILLING HEIGHTENS COMMUNITY’S FEAR Hours after shop owner Abdel Shalash was shot and killed during a robbery, the nearby Bon-Aire Restaurant & Bar was open as usual. The Bon-Aire is in the same East Side strip shopping center as Shalash’s beauty-supply store. That night, with a handful of customers inside, the bartender locked the […]
U.S. Jewish Groups Head to Emirates
GROUPS HEAD TO EMIRATES, AS WORRIES GROW OVER IRAN The main umbrella group of American Jewish organizations is set to visit Dubai and Abu Dhabi next month in a sign of the growing concern among Sunni regimes over Iran’s nuclear and regional ambitions. The trip, by a delegation from the Conference of Presidents of Major […]
Arab Cabinet Pick Stirs ‘Zionism-Racism’ Debate
ARAB CABINET PICK STIRS ‘ZIONISM-RACISM’ DEBATE Jerusalem – When Knesset member Esterina Tartman opened her mouth on Israel Radio last week to attack the Labor Party for naming Israel’s first-ever Muslim Arab Cabinet minister, she did more than just rattle Ehud Olmert’s shaky coalition. She opened up a raging national debate on the taboo topic […]
Carter: A New Chance for Peace?
CARTER: A NEW CHANCE FOR PEACE? I am concerned that public discussion of my book “Palestine Peace Not Apartheid” has been diverted from the book’s basic proposals: that peace talks be resumed after six years of delay and that the tragic persecution of Palestinians be ended. Although most critics have not seriously disputed or even […]