Video: CAIR Rep on McCain Campaigner’s Anti-Muslim Remarks
In a report on CNN’s “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer,” CAIR Legislative Director Corey Saylor comments on the controversial remarks about Muslims made recently by a top McCain supporter on a campaign conference call with reporters in Florida.Click here to watch the video.
NY: Muslim Voters Will Help Shape Political Future
In November, the lines at voting booths on Staten Island will have a new look, with record numbers of Muslims and other newly registered residents from diverse ethnic groups casting ballots in some of the most crucial local and national races in decades. In fact, the borough leads the city with a reported 43 percent […]
CAIR: Email Attacks on Obama Spark Debate on Racism
“The Muslims have said they plan on destroying the US from the inside out. What better way to start than at the highest level – through the president of the United States, one of their own.”So reads an email widely distributed in the US from unknown senders as part of a smear campaign, satirised with […]
Obama Just an American with a Muslim Middle Name
A year ago, Palestinian medical student Wessam al-Ghoul in the U.K. thought Barack Obama would break new ground in bringing Middle East peace. Today, he says the Democratic presidential candidate is merely “the lesser of two evils.” Al-Ghoul changed his mind after Obama toughened his rhetoric against Iran and said on June 4 that ”Jerusalem […]
CAIR: Need for Common Code of Ethics
As growing worldwide trends show an increase in immoral behaviors, it becomes increasingly urgent for leaders of faith communities to talk seriously about issues of morality and ethics. Ideally, these discussions will lead to the creation and adoption of a universal moral code to help curb these disturbing trends. Obviously differences in cultural, religious and […]
CAIR-IL: Religion is a Valid Reason for Beard
Should a man be forced to shave his beard for work if it violates his religious beliefs?Abal Zaidi, who is Muslim, refused to shave and now alleges that’s why he lost his job as a Kane County correctional officer in Geneva. Last week, he sued the Kane County Sheriff’s Department, where he worked from July […]
CAIR: U.S. Muslims to Count Population
Muhammad Ndiaye is halfway through his Friday sermon when he realizes his Northwestside mosque is so crowded that men are listening from a kitchen in the back.He halts his lecture — about the narrow path to heaven — to urge the men and boys already seated on the floor to scoot up.“Make room for others,” […]
CAIR-MI: Clergyman Hopes All Religions Can Unite
If there’s one thing Metro Detroiters of all faiths can agree on, it’s that the region is going through an economic rough patch, to say the least.A Warren church has an idea: Everybody pray.The Rev. Greg Barrette, lead minister of the 1,500-member Renaissance Unity, hopes churches, temples, synagogues and other houses of worship unite Aug. […]
CAIR-CA: Website is Muslim Alternative to YouTube
A Temecula group has launched a Muslim version of YouTube.MuslimChannels.tv aims to educate non-Muslims about Islam and provide an Internet site for Muslims to view videos without worrying about anti-Islamic tirades or sexually explicit content, said Tarek Ayoub, a volunteer for the site and for the site’s nonprofit founder, Islam The Answer Corp.“It’s a way […]
American Muslim Country Singer Performs in Rome
America’s first Muslim country music singer performed in Italy for the first time on Sunday as part of a United States Embassy co-sponsored European tour. Kareem Salama, born and raised in Ponca City, Oklahoma in the southern US, is the son of Egyptian immigrants. He began to get into country music while studying in graduate […]