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Category: CAIR in the News

CAIR-OH: Plot Betrays Muslim Legacy to Medicine

CAIR-OH: PLOT BETRAYS MUSLIM LEGACY TO MEDICINE The thought of physicians treating sick patients by the light of day while plotting to kill innocent people under the cover of darkness sickens and angers me on a very personal level. If the U.K. terror plot accusations are true, they are the ultimate betrayal of the trust […]

TX: High Stakes in Texas Muslim Charity Trial

TX: HIGH STAKES IN TEXAS MUSLIM CHARITY TRIAL Casual observers of US attempts to shut down Muslim charities might have an image in their head: funds solicited by Muslim charities for basic needs such as food, traded instead in shadowy back alleys for Kalashnikovs. It would be hard to blame them, given efforts by the […]

John McCain Addresses Christians United for Israel

JOHN MCCAIN ADDRESSES THE CHRISTIANS UNITED FOR ISRAEL U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) addressed the national convention of Christians United for Israel in Washington, DC on Tuesday, July 17th. The remarks as prepared for delivery are below. “Thank you for the honor of speaking before this gathering, and thank you for the work you do […]

Giuliani Stacks Campaign Staff with Mideast Hawks

GIULIANI STACKS CAMPAIGN STAFF WITH A WHO’S WHO OF MIDEAST HAWKS As the roster of Republican presidential hopefuls grapples with the seeming implosion of one-time front-runner John McCain’s candidacy, Rudolph Giuliani is taking steps to claim his place as the field’s leading hawk. The former New York City mayor announced last week that he had […]

CAIR-TX: Vandalism Suspected as Hate Crime

CAIR-TX: VANDALISM SUSPECTED AS HATE CRIME San Antonio police are investigating vandalism to a local Muslim family’s vehicles as a hate crime, while the FBI also plans to look into the matter. During a news conference at their Northwest Side home Tuesday, Said and Amel Motawea said they were alerted by a neighbor on Friday […]

CT: A Chance to See Beyond Veil of Bias

CT: A CHANCE TO SEE BEYOND THE VEIL OF BIAS It was fear that drove me to attend the Muslim convention in Hartford on July 7. In the days and weeks that followed 9/11, we were gripped with incomparable fear. Mothers on soccer sidelines whispered about gas masks on e-Bay. We questioned the efficacy of […]

CT: Muslim Prison Chaplain Reports Harassment

CT: SHAME ON PRISON OFFICIALS Islam’s sacred text, the Quran, is full of scriptures that admonish against pride. In fact, most religious texts warn against arrogance. Yet the sad plight of Muslim chaplain Bilal Ansari continues, and for that we can blame the arrogance of his employer, the state Department of Correction. In February, someone […]

Fundamentalist’ Muslims Reject All Terrorism

LETTER: ‘FUNDAMENTALIST’ MUSLIMS WHO REJECT ALL TERRORISM The most important point of R. James Woolsey and Nina Shea’s commentary (“What About Muslim Moderates?” editorial page, July 10) is left implicit: It is not that Muslims differ a great deal from one another and that we should do like the U.K. and cultivate moderates and reject […]

Islamophobia: Implications for Relations with Muslim World

PANEL HIGHLIGHTS: ATTACKING ISLAM: IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIAL COHESION AND U.S. RELATIONS WITH THE MUSLIM WORLD Presenters:* David Keene, Chairman, American Conservative Union* Parvez Ahmed, Chairman, Council on American-Islamic Relations WHEN: Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m.WHERE: Holeman Lounge, National Press Club, Washington, D.C. Excerpts from Remarks by Parvez Ahmed As a nation, […]