Register Online for CAIR-DC Dinner
Register Online for CAIR-DC Dinner Join us in our nation’s capital October 2, 2004, for CAIR’s 10thAnniversary Banquet, “Building a Better America: A Decade of Dedication.”Keynote speakers include Imam Siraj Wahhaj and Ralph Nader. WHEN: Saturday, October 2, from 6-10 p.m. WHERE: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road, NW Washington DC,Tel: 202-328-2000 Fax: 202-234-0015 […]
Florida University Accomodates Basketball Player’s Hijab
Florida University Accomodates Basketball Player’s Hijab The Florida office of the Council onAmerican-Islamic Relations (CAIR-FL) announced today that a female Muslimathlete at the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa will be allowedto wear hijab on the basketball court. SEE: http://www.usf.edu The 22-year-old Muslim convert left the USF basketball team and lost herathletic scholarship last […]
Radio Host Calls Islam a ‘Murderous Organization’
Radio Host Calls Islam a ‘Murderous Organization’ CAIR is calling on the nation’s largest radionetwork to apologize for anti-Islam remarks by talk show host and comedianJackie Mason, who recently called “the whole Muslim religion” a “murderousorganization” that teaches “hate, terrorism and murder.” Mason, who is also known for his right-wing and pro-Israel politicalcommentaries, made the […]
Ask Red Lobster to Resolve Muslim Bias Claim
Ask Red Lobster to Resolve Muslim Bias Claim CAIR today called on American Muslims and other people of conscience to ask Red Lobster, the nation’s largest seafood restaurant chain, to resolve a case of alleged religious discrimination against a Muslim employee in South Carolina. The employee, a U.S. citizen and graduate in hospitality management who […]
Urge President Bush to condemn Israeli War Crimes
Urge President Bush to condemn Israeli War Crimes CAIR is calling on American Muslims and other people of conscience to urge President Bush and other elected officials to end the United States’ “servile stance toward Israel’s war crimes” in the Gaza Strip after at least 10 unarmed Palestinian protesters, all children and teenagers, were massacred […]
Urge Congress to investigate Iraq torture
Urge Congress to investigate Iraq torture CAIR today called for a congressional investigation into torture of prisoners by American military personnel in Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib prison and urged international inspections of all American detention facilities in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay. Reprimands given to a handful of soldiers involved in the abuse of Iraqi prisoners […]
CAIR renews call for radio host’s firing
CAIR renews call for radio host’s firing CAIR today renewed its call for the firing of a Boston-area radio talk show host after a newspaper report showed that his anti-Muslim remarks were even more offensive than first thought. CAIR made its original demand last Friday after receiving a complaint from a concerned listener who said […]
Boston Radio Host says Kill All Muslims
Boston Radio Host says Kill All Muslims In its first “Hate Hurts America” action alert, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is calling for the termination of Jay Severin, a Boston-area radio talk show host, who allegedly said, “Let’s kill all Muslims” in his Thursday afternoon program. WTKK-FM General Manager Matt Mills told CAIR that […]
Mosque leaders urged to sign up 100 CAIR members
Mosque leaders urged to sign up 100 CAIR members CAIR is calling on all Muslim community leaders and activists to organize membership drives after Jumah prayers to sign up 100 new members for our new member campaign, “Building a Better America…One Member at a Time.” The campaign is intended (God willing) to sign up 25,000 […]
Ask your senator to defend academic freedom
Ask your senator to defend academic freedom CAIR is urging American Muslims and other people who value academic freedom to contact their senators, particularly members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, to express opposition to the creation of an International Studies Advisory Board that could be part of the Senate counterpart […]