CAIR-CAN: Muslims Reflect on Need to End Domestic Violence
Re: Women in danger, Dec. 13.For decades in Canada, thousands have been working to eliminate domestic violence against women, a sad reality still existing in many Canadian households. If you speak with the perpetrators of such violence, you’ll hear many excuses: “She didn’t listen to me”; “I couldn’t control myself,” or even, “It was her […]
CAIR-LA: New Precautions for Smooth Hajj Travel
As thousands of Muslims prepare to embark on their holy pilgrimage to Mecca, local Islamic leaders are reaching out to teach others about the rituals of their faith.Their immediate concern is for the Muslims traveling through Los Angeles International Airport. Leaders want their experience to go smoothly in light of heightened security and lingering fears […]
CAIR-CAN: Vigil Calls for End to Domestic Violence
A sparsely attended vigil for slain teenager Aqsa Parvez saw members of the Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) condemn violence against women.The candlelight vigil took place 3 p.m in the South Civic Square, near City Hall.“The entire community has been touched by what has happened,” said Maryam Dadabhoy, member of CAIR-CAN and one of […]
Video: CAIR-NV Rep Discusses Las Vegas Muslim Community
Yasser Moten, executive director of the Nevada chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NV), discusses the Las Vegas Muslim community and civil rights issues.Click here to view the video.
CA: Study Finds Muslim Americans Share Mainstream Views
Muslim Americans are highly involved in the political process, relatively affluent and educated, and resemble the average American in terms of party affiliation, education and family income, according to research by Jen’nan Ghazal Read, associate professor of sociology at UC Irvine. Read aims to shed light on a community that has been the subject of […]
CA: Jewish, Muslim Groups Connect
In what is being described as the first such effort of its kind, two major Jewish and Muslim groups will launch “serious education programs” in the United States and Canada aimed at bridging a divide formed from centuries of animosity over land, politics and religion. “When we are killing each other in the name of […]
PA: Muslim Leader Battling to Remain in U.S.
One of the leaders of the Pittsburgh Muslim community is being detained by U.S. customs and immigration officials who are preparing to deport him to Turkey, though he has lived in Pittsburgh since 1988 and raised three children here. Unless a pending appeal is successful, Imam Kadir Gunduz, 48, and his wife, Saime, of Texdale […]
Mosque Leaders Offer Hajj Travel
If you undertake the hajj, you pray for a reliable guide in Saudia Arabia. You make a pilgrimage half way around the world to walk reverently in the footsteps of Abraham and Muhammad. And while you are in Mecca, more than two million Muslims have many of the same needs. They’re on pilgrimage, too. In […]
CAIR: Hajj Exemplifies Equality
Muslims from all over the world are taking part in the largest gathering on Earth, the Hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca. The Hajj is a religious obligation that every Muslim must fulfill, if financially and physically able, at least once in his or her lifetime. During these historic days, white, brown and black people, rich […]
CAIR-FL: Balancing Muslim Causes, Effects
Some people liken Ahmed Bedier to the Rev. Al Sharpton: A rabble rouser, controversy seeker and media magnet.Bedier, head of the leading Muslim advocacy group in Tampa, shrugs off the comparison. After all, his is not a national platform and, so far, he’s avoided a political albatross like the 1987 Tawana Brawley incident that haunts […]