12% of Americans Still Think Obama is Muslim
A July Pew Research survey found 12% of Americans continue to say Barack Obama is Muslim, virtually unchanged from 10% in March. This misperception is not limited to voters who oppose Obama. Identical percentages of Republicans and Democrats (12% each) think he is Muslim, and 37% of those who think he’s Muslim intend to vote […]
CAIR-MI: McDonald’s Wouldn’t Hire Women with Hijabs
Two Muslim women said they were denied jobs at a McDonald’s restaurant in Dearborn because they wore Islamic headscarves, according to a discrimination lawsuit filed Thursday in Wayne County Circuit Court.Toi Whitfield, 20, of Detroit and Quiana Pugh, 25, of Dearborn said they applied for jobs at the McDonald’s on Ford Road in the eastern […]
CAIR-MI: Muslim Women Sue McDonald’s
Two Muslim women say the manager of a McDonald’s restaurant refused to hire them and insulted them during job interviews because they wear traditional Islamic dress.Toi Whitfield, 20, of Detroit, and Quiana Pugh, 25, of Dearborn, filed a lawsuit Thursday in Wayne County Circuit Court against McDonald’s, the owner of the local franchise and its […]
Video: CAIR Rep Defends NY Subway Islam Ad Campaign
CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper debates radio talk show host Mike Gallagher about the controversy over planned advertisements in the New York subway system designed to educate travelers about Islam and Muslims. Click here to watch the video.
KY: Candidate Calls Arabs ‘Camel Dung-Shovelers’
During an interview with “The Weekly Filibuster” radio show Wednesday night, Kentucky Libertarian Senate Candidate Sonny Landham expanded upon his controversial comments about Arabs, as first reported in the Louisville Courier-Journal. Landham is an actor of some small note. He began in pornography but successfully crossed over to action films, appearing in movies like 48 […]
CAIR-IL: Gov Asked to Stop Police Searches of Motorists
The ACLU and several minority rights groups called Thursday for Gov. Rod Blagojevich to end the state police practice of stopping motorists and asking them to agree to be searched.The groups based their request on an analysis of state-mandated reporting by police agencies documenting the race of motorists they stop for so-called “consent searches.” The […]
CA: Documentary on American Muslim Comedian to Premiere
(NORTHRIDGE) – The idea for the film, “Ahmed, Say Something Funny,” was hatched about six years ago when Cal State Northridge cinema and television arts professor Thelma Vickroy caught a performance of comedian Ahmed Ahmed at the Comedy Store in Hollywood. Her friends, CSUN art alum Fred Beshid, a Los Angelesbased writer, artist and producer, […]
AZ: After 12 Years, Mosque Prepares to Open
When the holy month of Ramadan arrives Sept. 1, about 400 Muslim families in the south East Valley will finally have their own masjid, or mosque. They’ll gather there for their nightly prayer services and cultural activities, meals and events that traditionally make a mosque a center of Islamic community life. It’s been 12 years […]
Canada: Terror Suspicions Lead to Human Rights Award for Muslim Man
When Ghassan Asad immigrated to Canada from Saudi Arabia ten years ago, the 28-year-old biochemistry student was hoping for a new life free of the strict political constraints found in his home country. What he wasn’t hoping for was to be shunned by his peers, interrogated by police and suspected of being involved in the […]
Obama’s Pro-Israel Stance No Surprise to Arabs
Barack Obama has convinced Arabs and Iranians he will put Israel’s interests first if he becomes U.S. president, after a Middle East tour that ended on Thursday. When it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, many in the region believe, Obama would display the same bias in favor of the Jewish state that they now expect […]