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 […]
Oppose sanctions bill that harms Americans and Syrians
Oppose sanctions bill that harms Americans and Syrians CAIR is urging on Muslims and other people of conscience to take a few minutes and contact their elected representatives in opposition to a new counterproductive bill being considered by Congress, the “Syria Accountability Act of 2002.” The House bill number is HR4483 and the Senate bill […]