CAIR Director Meets with OIC Secretary-General
CAIR: AWAD, IHSANOGLU DISCUSS FUTURE CAIR-OIC PROJECTS JEDDAH, 4 July 2007 The executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Nihad Awad, attended a meeting yesterday with the secretary-general of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, discussing cooperation on future projects. “I’m pleased to meet with Ihsanoglu to discuss the […]
CAIR-CA: Cases of Anti-Muslim Bias on Rise
CAIR-CA: CASES OF ANTI-MUSLIM BIAS ON RISE Civil rights violations targeting Bay Area Muslims spiked last year, ranging from schoolyard taunts to deadly assaults, to routine citizenship applications strangled by government red tape. Reports more than doubled from 2005 to 2006, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The nonprofit organization documented 246 incidents in […]
CAIR: Still No Response from GA City on Hijab Claims
CAIR: STILL NO RESPONSE FROM CITY ON CLAIMS VALDOSTA Five days after allegations of discrimination came out against the Valdosta Municipal Court after Judge Vernita Lee Bender denied access to a Muslim woman who was wearing a traditional head scarf, the city has yet to release an official statement. “This is an unfortunate situation,” […]
CAIR Views Conservative Commentary as ‘Incitement’
CAIR VIEWS CONSERVATIVE COMMENTARY AS ‘INCITEMENT’ An Islamic advocacy group is urging its supporters to call a Washington, D.C., radio station to “express your concerns about the Islamophobic attitudes” expressed by conservative columnist and author Cal Thomas. In a commentary on news-talk WTOP radio Monday morning, Thomas discussed the car-bomb terror attacks recently thwarted in […]
CAIR-CA: UK Muslim Held in Los Angeles
CAIR-CA: MUSLIM DETAINED The Council on American-Islamic Relations is investigating the detention of a Muslim British citizen at Los Angeles International Airport, the organization announced today. Rashid Ahmed Esakjee, 57, was detained Thursday when he arrived at LAX with four other family members. Less than 24 hours later, he was sent back to the United […]
CAIR: Flight Bringing Afghan Delegation to VT Delayed
CAIR: FLIGHT BRING AFGHAN DELEGATION TO VERMONT DELAYED A flight bound from Chicago to Burlington yesterday was delayed for extra security screening, and some on board say it was because of a group of Afghan passengers in traditional dress. The group was part of a delegation in the US studying its democratic institutions. A Transportation […]
CAIR: Chicago Flight Delayed After ‘Security Incident’
CAIR: FLIGHT FROM CHICAGO DELAYED AFTER SECURITY INCIDENT A flight from Chicago to Burlington was delayed for more than an hour after the flight’s crew refused to take off without additional security screening. Passengers on the flight included a group of Afghan men visiting Vermont whose interpreter suspected the group, dressed in traditional clothing, triggered […]
Canada: Will Quebec Adopt France’s Headscarf Stance?
CANADA: WILL QUEBEC ADOPT FRANCE’S PECULIAR BRAND OF LIBERTY? In September of 1994, 12-year-old Emilie Ouimet arrived at her Montreal high school wearing an Islamic head scarf. The principal ordered her to remove the scarf or face expulsion for violating a school prohibition against all headgear. The code was meant to deter students from wearing […]
Incitement: Women in Burqas Are ‘Hateful Nazi[s]’
INCITEMENT WATCH: SAVAGE SAID HE SEES WOMEN WHO WEAR BURQAS AS “HATEFUL NAZI[S]” WHO WANT TO “KILL YOUR CHILDREN” On the July 2 edition of his nationally syndicated radio show, discussing the recent terror-related arrests in Britain, radio host Michael Savage said, “[W]hen I see a woman walking around with a burqa, I see a […]
WA: The Right to Wear Hijab in Court
WA: SHE HAD A RIGHT TO WEAR HER HIJAB Mujaahidah Sayfullah ducked into Tacoma Municipal Court on Jan. 25, 2006, trying not to be noticed. That hasn’t been an easy feat ever since the Puyallup resident converted to Islam in 2001. Her hijab, or traditional Muslim head scarf, inevitably attracts attention, often the wrong kind. […]