DONATE

Category: CAIR in the News

CAIR-MN, School Settle Anti-Muslim Harassment Case

CAIR-MN: BLAINE SCHOOL, RIGHTS GROUP SETTLE ANTI-MUSLIM HARASSMENT CASE A public school in Blaine has agreed to improve its internal communications and to revamp its geography curriculum to include world religions after an allegation of Anti-Muslim harassment last month. An eighth-grade Muslim girl reported that on Sept. 11 last year, a fellow student called her […]

CAIR-MN: Muslim Attacked Outside Mosque

CAIR-MN: FEDERAL CHARGES SOUGHT IN ATTACK ON ST. CLOUD MUSLIM (ST. PAUL, MN, 6/25/2007) – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today asked that federal civil rights charges be filed against a man alleged to have attacked a Muslim who was leaving a St. Cloud mosque this past weekend. According to […]

IN: State Muslims Converge in ‘A Coming of Age’

IN: STATE MUSLIMS CONVERGE IN ‘A COMING OF AGE’ A Muslim film festival will feature titles like “Little Mosque on the Prairie.” Muslim comics will seek laughs with jokes about being confronted by bigots and airport security checks. And a local band, Sonz of the Crescent, will bring a little Muslim hip-hop to the house. […]

CAIR-CA: School Apologizes for Hijab Removal Demand

CAIR-CA: SCHOOL APOLOGIZES FOR DEMANDING MUSLIM GIRL REMOVE HEADSCARF SAN FRANCISCO – A Muslim teenager who was ordered by a school monitor to take off a headscarf she wore for religious reasons returned to classes after school officials apologized to the family. Issra Omer, 13, told her parents she was too embarrassed to show up […]

FL Speaker May Be Linked to Destruction of Indian Mosque

HINDU’S TALK CENTER OF SQUABBLE A Hindu speaker headlining a religious ceremony on Hollywood beach has religious groups angry throughout Broward County and the mayor canceling an appearance at the event. Sadhvi Ritambhara, billed as an inspirational Hindu speaker, is slated to be part of Bhajans, a religious ceremony filled with songs and joyous praise […]

CAIR: NC Will Not Appeal Quran Oath Ruling

CAIR: NORTH CAROLINA OFFICIAL WILL NOT APPEAL QURAN RULING AFFECTING COURTROOM OATHS RALEIGH, North Carolina: North Carolina officials said Friday they will not challenge a judge’s ruling that allows the Quran or any other religious text to be used to swear in witnesses or jurors in the state’s courtrooms. The ruling by Wake County Superior […]

Reel Bad Arabs’ Takes on Hollywood Stereotypes

REEL BAD ARABS’ TAKES ON HOLLYWOOD STEREOTYPING LOS ANGELES — A full house has turned out at the Directors Guild of America for the L.A. premiere of the new documentary “Reel Bad Arabs,” which makes the case that Hollywood is obsessed with “the three Bs” — belly dancers, billionaire sheiks and bombers — in a […]

Video: CAIR-Tampa/ACLU News Conference on Civil Rights

VIDEO: CAIR-TAMPA/ACLU NEWS CONFERENCE ON CIVIL RIGHTS The Tampa chapters of CAIR and the ACLU recently held a joint news conference to discuss the annual CAIR Muslim civil rights report. The news conference was held at CAIR-Tampa’s office and featured victims of recent acts of discrimination.  

PA: Woman Pleads Guilty to Anti-Muslim Hate Crime

PHILA. WOMAN ADMITS THREATENING SUPERVISOR A Philadelphia woman pleaded guilty Friday to committing a federal hate crime. Federal authorities said Kia Reid left an anonymous threatening letter in her supervisor’s office at the Sheraton Suites Philadelphia Airport one morning last October. Reid had affixed words and phrases that appeared to be cut from publications, including […]