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CA: MPAC Meets with Senator Boxer on Muslim Inclusion

MPAC FACILITATES INTERFAITH MEETING WITH SENATOR BOXER ON MUSLIM INCLUSION (Los Angeles – 1/17/07) — Three prominent religious leaders from Southern California, who met with Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) during the crisis in Lebanon last summer called on her yesterday to work toward inclusion of Muslim America constituents. Reverend George Regas, Rabbi Leonard Beerman and […]

CAIR-CA: We Honor MLK By Keeping His Legacy Alive

CAIR-CA: CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH GOES ON I was touched to read the article, “Remembering his dream” [Jan. 16]. The legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. lives on as Americans benefit from the immense struggles King went through to bring unity, peace and justice to America. Although unpopular in his day, King stayed true […]

DHS to Launch Traveler Redress Inquiry Program

DHS TO LAUNCH TRAVELER REDRESS INQUIRY PROGRAM For Immediate ReleaseOffice of the Press SecretaryContact: (202) 282-8010 WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today it will launch the DHS Traveler Redress Inquiry Program (DHS TRIP), an easy to use, single point of inquiry for travel-related issues. DHS TRIP was developed to provide a […]

Media Coverage: Detroit Free Press, Reuters, Bloomberg

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 […]

VT: IBM Worker Says He Was Fired for Being a Muslim

VT: IBM WORKER SAYS HE WAS FIRED FOR BEING A MUSLIM A Muslim electronics engineer who developed five patents for IBM claims the computer maker fired him because of his religion and that managers at the company mocked him for refusing to eat during the Ramadan fast and once told him to ignore Islamic law […]

CAIR-MI: Michigan Imam, Mosque Threatened

MICHIGAN IMAM, MOSQUE THREATENED (SOUTHFIELD, MI, 1/18/07) – The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) said today that an Imam, or Islamic religious leader, was threatened by a man who was attempting to vandalize a Warren mosque. The Imam of the Islamic Organization of North America (IONA) in Warren told CAIR-MI that […]

CAIR Concerned About Civil Liberties Impact of Fox’s ’24’

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CAIR CONCERNED ABOUT CIVIL LIBERTIES IMPACT OF FOX’S ’24’ (WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/18/07) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today expressed concern that the new story line on Fox’s “24” terror drama may have a negative impact on the national […]

CAIR-CAN: Pastor Regrets Fiery Words

CAIR-CAN: PASTOR REGRETS FIERY WORDS The pastor of a Windsor Baptist church that held an anti-Islamic lecture last week says he could have chosen his words more carefully when he prepared promotional pamphlets for the series he titled The Deadly Threat of Islam, which prompted hate crime allegations. Pastor Donald McKay, who heads the 350-member […]

CAIR: Muslims Concerned About Fox’s ’24’ Portrayal

CAIR: FOX’S FACE OF TERROR: MUSLIMS VOICE CONCERN OVER PORTRAYAL OF TERRORISTS ON ’24’ The plot of the hit Fox drama “24” may make for exciting television, but Muslim groups fear their representation as terrorists does more than entertain – it vilifies an entire religious group. “I think that TV has quite an effect on […]