CAIR-FL: Alleged Hate Crime Against Muslim Family
CAIR-FL: ALLEGED HATE CRIME The nation’s largest Muslim civil rights group is asking the State Attorney’s Office to throw the book a Bay County man. According to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office, Thomas Plaisted, 60, of Cedar Grove, is charged with battery with prejudice. The incident report shows it happened on May 22 at the […]
CAIR-LA: Catholics, Muslims Discuss Shared Values
CA: WEST COAST CATHOLICS, MUSLIMS DISCUSS SHARED VALUES Catholic and Muslim leaders from several West Coast states met May 21-23 to discuss common values reflected in the biblical tale of Joseph — called the prophet Yusuf in the Quran, the sacred book of Islam. The meeting, designed along the lines of a spiritual retreat, was […]
Video: CAIR Against Hate Crimes
CAIR AGAINST HATE CRIMES VIDEO: http://www.cairfl.org/ViewArticle.asp?Code=CM&ArticleID=782 “Mommy this guy wants to break my neck;” that’s what a 5-year-old told his mother as they waited in line at a Lynn Haven Taco Bell back in May. The words allegedly came from Thomas Plaisted. The child says Plaisted spit food at him, pushed his 11-year-old brother and […]
NC: Christians, Muslims Team Up on Aid
NC: CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS TEAM UP When it comes to international humanitarian relief work, North Carolina offers two models. In the western part of the state there’s the Rev. Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse, the international humanitarian relief organization. Graham has sometimes had harsh words about Muslims. After the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, he called […]
Breaking/CAIR-MI: Wiretap Ruling Overturned
BREAKING NEWS – CAIR-MI: FEDERAL APPEALS COURT OVERTURNS WIRETAP RULING [CONTACT: CAIR-MI Executive Director Dawud Walid, Tel: 248-842-1418, E-Mail: dwalid@cair.com] An appeals court panel today vacated a ruling by a federal judge in Detroit that a Bush administration wiretapping program was unconstitutional. In a 2-1 vote, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit […]
FL: Christians, Muslims Rebuild Torched Mosque
FL: FROM ASHES, FAITHS UNITE Before someone set fire to the Islamic Education Center of Tampa, Dr. Akram J. Al-Asdi felt isolated, certain that many Americans viewed Muslims negatively. But as word of the April fire spread, so too did the generosity of strangers. In the mosque’s sleepy Town ‘N County neighborhood, residents stopped by […]
CAIR-MI: Iraqi MP Tells of Post-Saddam Iraq
CAIR-MI: IRAQI MP TELLS OF POST-SADDAM IRAQ Conditions for the Turkmen people in northern Iraq are worse now than before the fall of Saddam Hussein. That was the message from Dr. Sadettin Erge, a member of the Iraqi Parliament, who visited Farmington Hills Monday as part of his U.S. trip to raise awareness about the […]
CAIR-Chicago Sues Over Citizenship Delays
CAIR-CHICAGO: MUSLIM IMMIGRANTS LAUNCH LAWSUITS AS U.S. CITIZENSHIP PROCESS DRAGS ON An Iraqi refugee living in Idaho has joined a growing number of Muslims across the country who are suing the U.S. government for delays in processing their citizenship applications. Ali Al-Lati has worked with the U.S. military for six years, as a language instructor […]
CAIR Islamophobia Panel in Dallas July 8
CAIR: A TASTE O’ THE MIDDLE EAST ALONG THE DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY THIS WEEKEND If you’re interested in the state of Muslim-non-Muslim relations, you have a jam-packed weekend ahead of you. On Sunday, as we’ve noted before, the Washington-based nonprofit Council on American-Islamic Relations holds a panel discussion on Islamophobia at the Crowne Plaza Park […]
CAIR: FBI Says 2005 Threat Not Credible
CAIR: REPORT: JFK ’05 TERROR TARGET The plot never unfolded, but learning that a group of extremist Muslim physicians schemed in 2005 to attack the USS John F. Kennedy and Mayport Naval Station has some on the First Coast sitting up and taking notice. “The fact they’re even talking about it gives us concern,” Jacksonville […]