A small town in West Virginia responds to anti-Muslim sentiment
By Omar Ghabra, Al Jazeera America PRINCETON, W.Va. — On Dec. 16 of last year, Dr. Riaz Riaz drove from his home to his local mosque — a humble building nestled among the quiet foothills of the Appalachian Mountains — to perform his afternoon prayers. When he arrived at the Islamic Society of the Appalachian […]
Florida University Muslim Students Found a Listening Device in a Campus Prayer Room
By Kyle Swenson, Miami New Times The evening was sliding toward midnight, but the students were still hanging out. It was February 9, 2013, and the five members of Florida International University’s Muslim Student Association had finished their evening prayers in the room they used daily at the Graham Center, the student union on the […]
CAIR-MN Protests Closures Of Muslims’ Bank Accounts
By Katie Rucke, MintPress News MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.– For years, Twin Cities’ residents who identify as members of the Islamic community say they have had their bank accounts closed unnecessarily and without reason by the Minneapolis-based TCF Financial Corp. In one case, an American citizen — born and raised in Minneapolis — had his bank account […]
Chicago area churches, mosque vandalized
By Lisa Black, Chicago Tribune Nearly a dozen houses of worship in Gurnee and Waukegan have been vandalized over the past week, with an obscene “hateful message” scrawled in red on at least two buildings, officials announced Wednesday. Police are asking the public for help identifying a young man caught on videotape in connection with […]
CAIR Video News Update, February 14, 2014
Topics include: CAIR Calls for Hate Crime Probe of Calif. Mosque Vandalism CAIR-NJ Files EEOC Complaint for Muslim Worker Fired Over Hijab CAIR-CA Joins Muslim Community in Praying for Rain CAIR-TX Promotes Volunteerism with Cleanup Hundreds Turn Out for CAIR-WA Lobbying Day at Capitol CAIR Rep Discusses No-Fly Lists on Al Jazeera America CAIR Joins […]
Why are Muslim schoolgirls still getting bullied?
According to a December study conducted by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), approximately 50 percent of all Muslim school kids in California face bullying based on their faith. By Joseph Mayton, Mint Press News SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — When Salma talks about the frustration she experiences at school, her voice cracks. She says it […]
NYC Schools to Get Islamic, Lunar Holidays Off
By Nadia Sikander, NBC News New York’s progressive new mayor is shunning the St. Patrick’s Day Parade but embracing Eid al-Fitr — Bill De Blasio’s office announced this week that public school will be soon shuttered for Muslim holidays and the Chinese New Year. Although the mayor hasn’t addressed Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights […]
Police say vandalism at Islamic center a hate crime
Second attack on Manteca mosque By Joe Goldeen, Record MANTECA – State and federal authorities have been called upon by a national civil rights group to investigate as a hate crime the latest vandalism that occurred last week at the Islamic Center of Manteca. “Because of the nature of the vandalism and the fact that […]
Former NJ mosque director named head of civil-rights advocacy group
By Hannan Adely, Bergen Record Mohamed El Filali, one of North Jersey’s most well-known and outspoken Muslim leaders, has been named executive director of the state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. El Filali left his job as executive director of the Islamic Center of Passaic County in Paterson, one of the largest mosques […]
CAIR-Texas Cleanup of Burned Home Encourages Volunteerism
For background, read: Houston Muslim Volunteers to Remove Debris from Elderly Woman’s Home Ruined by Fire