Ohio school district pulls video on Islam after conservative group raises legal challenge
By Bruce Geiselman, Northeast Ohio Media Group OLMSTED FALLS, Ohio — Faced with the threat of a federal lawsuit, the Olmsted Falls schools have pulled a video about Muslims in America from its seventh-grade social studies curriculum. School Superintendent Jim Lloyd said the district agreed to remove the 2005 documentary TV show, “30 Days: Muslims […]
Glenn Greenwald Talk in Anaheim Next Month More Vital with NSA “Assassination” Report
By Matt Coker, OC Weekly When Glenn Greenwald speaks in Orange County next month, he’ll have more to talk about than the classified documents from Edward Snowden on the massive U.S. and British surveillance programs or the injustice of the Bradley Manning prosecution. It was revealed Saturday that Greenwald and fellow journalist Jeremy Scahill’s investigation […]
Innocent Americans Targeted in ‘See Something, Say Something’ Campaign
Some reports include, “suspicious Middle Eastern males buy several large pallets of water,” “suspicious photography of the Federal Courthouse in Sacramento,” “two Middle Eastern looking males taking photographs of Folsom Dam,” and “female subject taking photos of Folsom Post Office.” “The challenge is once you get flagged, you’re placed in a federal counterterrorism database,” explained […]
Anti-Muslim groups in the US raised $119 million between 2008 and 2011
A report from the Council on American-Islamic Relations classified 37 groups as belonging to an ‘inner core’ of organizations whose mission is to spread what it calls Islamophobia. By David Knowles, New York Daily News ‘Islamphobia,’ it seems, is a lucrative business. American-based groups promoting an anti-Muslim worldview took in more than $119 million in […]
CAIR-Chicago Lawsuit: Rizza Cadillac created hostile environment for Muslim staff
By Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has alleged Rizza Cadillac Inc. of Tinley Park with violating federal law by allegedly encouraging a work environment that was hostile and offensive to Muslim and Arab sales staff. The lawsuit filed Wednesday against the new car dealership seeks compensatory and punitive damages, an […]
Coalition wants Montgomery County schools to close on Muslim holidays
Group asks staff, students to stay home, celebrate Eid al-Adha on Oct. 15 By Lindsay A. Powers, Gazette.net A coalition of local Muslims and others are urging Montgomery County Public Schools to close on two holidays, which the coalition’s co-chair, Saqib Ali, framed as a civil rights issue. Besides an amended county school system calendar, […]
Muslims name 37 groups that fuel Islamophobia
By Katherine Burgess| Religion News Service Groups with a mission to spread prejudice and hatred against Muslims are coordinated and well financed, according to a report released by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Washington-based civil rights group. The report, titled “Legislating Fear: Islamophobia and its Impact in the United States,” was released Thursday (Sept. […]
CAIR: Police See Bias Motive for New Hampshire Mosque Vandalism
CAIR said today that law enforcement authorities in New Hampshire are investigating a bias motive for extensive vandalism of the construction site for the Islamic Society of Greater Manchester. CAIR: NY Assemblyman Delays Al Jazeera America Boycott After Petition Falls ShortIbrahim Hooper is spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations. He called the assemblyman’s mission […]
CAIR-St. Louis sponsors 9/11 service project
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Service project: A part of the national day of service to mark 9/11, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, along with the Muslim community, interfaith groups and Veterans for Peace, has organized a neighborhood cleanup project in the Yeatman Market neighborhood. Volunteers are needed to pick up garbage, cut lawns and clear debris […]
Abercrombie & Fitch loses ruling over hijab
Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle Abercrombie & Fitch and its Hollister Co. outlet in San Mateo violated the religious rights of a Muslim employee who was fired for refusing to remove her headscarf, a federal judge has ruled. The clothing retailer failed to prove it would suffer undue hardship by accommodating the beliefs of Hani […]