Ask Rep. Delay not to support Falwell and Robertson
Ask Rep. Delay not to support Falwell and Robertson CAIR is calling on people of conscience to contact House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Texas) and other elected officials to ask that they not attend a conference this Friday at which well-known “Islam-bashers” will be featured and applauded. Rep. DeLay and others are being asked not […]
Pat Robertson to receive $500,000 White House initiative grant
Pat Robertson to receive $500,000 White House initiative grant CAIR today said televangelist Pat Robertson is unworthy to receive one of the first “faith-based” government grants because of his attacks on the faith of Islam and its Prophet Muhammad and asked that the decision to give his group a grant be reconsidered. Operation Blessing International, […]
FOX news allows attack on Prophet Muhammad
FOX news allows attack on Prophet Muhammad CAIR today expressed concern about what it says is a pattern of anti-Muslim bias by Fox News Channel citing Wednesday night’s “Hannity & Colmes” program as an example of how the network promotes anti-Muslim hate. On that program, host Sean Hannity seemed to encourage televangelist Pat Robertson in […]
Bring Islam to your local Library
Bring Islam to your local Library CAIR today launched a major educational initiative designed to counter the rising tide of anti-Muslim rhetoric in American society. We are urging Muslims to defend their faith during these difficult times by sponsoring a “library package” of objective materials about Islam. The year-long campaign, called “Explore Islamic Civilization and […]
Muslim officer in Pennsylvania allowed to attend Jumah
Muslim officer in Pennsylvania allowed to attend Jumah Alhamdulillah (praise be to God), a Muslim police officer at a Philadelphia-area high school will now be allowed to attend Jumah prayers following the intervention of both CAIR-CPA and of the many concerned Muslims who contacted school district officials to request reasonable religious accommodation. In June, CAIR-CPA […]
Texas mother may lose child after accepting Islam
Texas mother may lose child after accepting Islam CAIR today said a custody dispute in Texas is being fueled by anti-Muslim bias. A Muslim mother in that state is being threatened with losing her nine-year-old son after she accepted Islam and married a native of Morocco. CAIR is urging Muslims and other people of conscience […]
Greyhound again profiles Muslim bus passenger
Greyhound again profiles Muslim bus passenger (WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/30/02) – CAIR is calling for a meeting with Greyhound Lines Inc. following what it says is the second case of anti-Muslim profiling within a month. The latest incident involved a Muslim passenger from Pennsylvania who told CAIR he was removed from a Greyhound bus early Sunday […]
Airline pilot compares veiled women to shameful whores
Airline pilot compares veiled women to shameful whores CAIR is calling on American Airlines to investigate whether an anti-Muslim commentary allegedly written by one of its pilots is a hoax, and if it is not, to repudiate the Islamophobic views expressed in the article. In a commentary published on the right-wing web site Worldnetdaily.com, Capt. […]
Court reunites Muslim mother and child
Court reunites Muslim mother and child Alhamdulillah (Praise be to God.) CAIR is applauding a decision yesterday by a South Dakota judge to return a five-year-old child to his Muslim mother. As CAIR reported in an Action Alert earlier this month, the child was taken away after his mother accepted Islam, married an Egyptian man […]
Greyhound Profiles Muslim Bus Passenger
Greyhound Profiles Muslim Bus Passenger CAIR is demanding that Greyhound Lines Inc. apologize to a Muslim passenger from New York who was kicked off a bus in Washington, D.C., apparently because of his faith and ethnicity. The 29-year-old traveler, an American citizen of Middle Eastern decent, told CAIR the incident occurred June 29th during a […]