Former CIA Officer: Overstating Our Fears
Sen. John McCain has repeatedly characterized the threat of “radical Islamic extremism” as “the absolute gravest threat . . . that we’re in against.” Before we simply accept this, we need to examine the nature of the terrorist threat facing our country. If we do so, we will see how we have allowed the specter […]
CAIR-IL: Muslim Corrections Officer Forced Out Over Beard
A former corrections officer has filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against the Kane County Sheriff’s Department, claiming he was forced to resign after refusing to shave his traditional Muslim beard.The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court, seeks unspecified damages and a letter of apology to Abal Zaidi, who says he was forced out of the […]
Gitmo Video Offers Glimpse of Interrogations
Click here to see the video. In a video released Tuesday, a 16-year-old captured in Afghanistan cries out for his mother and says he needs treatment for his battle wounds during questioning by Canadian officials at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay. “Oh Mommy,” he cries in despair in Arabic when he is alone […]
CAIR: Magazine Slammed for Obama Portrayal
Satire? That’s The New Yorker’s blanket defense for its controversial cover depicting Sen. Barack Obama as an American-flag-burning, Osama-Bin-Laden-loving Muslim intent on taking up residence in the White House. Michelle Obama isn’t spared either, as she’s portrayed as a machine-gun-toting, 60s-style-Afro-wearing radical. In short, the cover plays on every ugly, misinformed stereotype the Obama campaign […]
CAIR: New Yorker Flap Turns Attention to Satire
The cartoon on the cover of the latest New Yorker magazine depicting Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, as militant radicals drew the ire of the presidential candidates Monday and posed the question of how satirical journalism affects voters during an election season.The Obama campaign, as well as Republican rival John McCain, civil rights activist […]
CAIR: New Yorker Cover ‘Offensive’ or ‘Satire’?
This week’s cover of the New Yorker, called “The Politics of Fear”, may have caused some turmoil, but the message may have been misinterpreted.“The cover takes a lot of distortions, lies, and misconceptions about the Obamas and puts a mirror up to them to show them for what they are,” said the New Yorker’s editor, […]
Video: CAIR Rep Comments on Obama Rumors on CNN
A report on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” investigates false rumors the Obama campaign faces. CAIR spokeswoman Amina Rubin comments on how these rumors affect his relationship with the American Muslim community. Click here to see the video.
DC: Feingold Questions Mukasey on DoJ ‘Racial Profiling’
FEINGOLD: All right. You mentioned in your testimony that you’re trying to determine whether the attorney general guidelines governing the FBI’s investigative activities can be, quote, “consolidated and harmonized.” According to a report by AP last week, the department will put in place revised guidelines later this summer that will permit the FBI to open […]
Breaking: Al-Arian in Deportation Hold After Release
A federal judge is ordering a prominent Palestinian Arab activist, Sami Al-Arian, released pending a trial on criminal contempt charges, but she has refused to block immigration authorities from detaining Al-Arian as a prelude to his deportation. The upshot of the ruling from Judge Leonie Brinkema at a bail hearing at Alexandria, Va. this morning […]
MN: Somali Students Decry Police Profiling, Harassment
As a Muslim male of Somali descent living in post-September 11 United States, Mustafa Jumale knew that he risked harassment from law enforcement officers and racism from some Americans. Although he had never experienced it himself, harassment by police was a common complaint among his peers. But Jumale thought that if he did everything right […]