CAIR-OH: Border Detentions Target Muslims
CAIR-OH: BORDER DETENTIONS TARGET MUSLIMS, ARAB AMERICANS Abe Dabdoub has never been arrested. He has been issued only one traffic ticket. Last year, the Toledo-area resident was sworn in as a U.S. citizen. Yet since last August, U.S. agents have detained Dabdoub 17 times at the Canadian border. He’s been handcuffed, frisked, fingerprinted, interrogated and […]
CAIR-CA Working to Fight Muslim Stereotypes
CAIR-CA: BAY AREA GROUP WORKING TO FIGHT MUSLIM STEREOTYPES Bay Area Muslims are working hard to show all of the contributions that Muslims have made to society, especially American Muslims. They have launched a new education campaign, called American Muslims, American Stories. Terrorists bombings and attacks, many credited to al Qaeda, not only in Iraq, […]
CAIR-CA: Muslims Defying Negative Stereotypes
CAIR-CA: CONFERENCE PRESENTS MUSLIMS DEFYING NEGATIVE STEREOTYPES Wendy Chang shatters the stereotype of a meek Muslim woman the way a judo chop splits a piece of wood. The 35-year-old nurse at Fremont Kaiser was raised Catholic by her parents, who emigrated from Beijing, but converted to Islam after she met her husband, Faisal Nsour, whose […]
Video: CAIR Executive Director on CNN
CAIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NIHAD AWAD ON CNN CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad comments on growing perceptions in the Muslim world that the war on terror is really a war on Islam.
NY: Muslims File $32 Million Bias Suit Against Pharmacy
NY: THIRTY-TWO MILLION DOLLAR DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST BROOKS ECKERD PHARMACY ON BEHALF OF FIVE MUSLIM AMERICANS ON EVE OF RITE AID ACQUISITION The Law Offices of Karl J. Stoecker announced today that it has filed a federal employment discrimination lawsuit on behalf of five Muslim Americans against the Jean Coutu Group (PJC) USA, Inc., […]
Schlussel Suspected VA Tech Shooter Might Be a ‘Paki’
DEBBIE SCHLUSSEL SUSPECTED VA TECH SHOOTER MIGHT BE A “PAKI,” PART OF “TERRORIST ATTACK” Responding to the April 16 mass shooting at Virginia Tech, right-wing pundit Debbie Schlussel “speculat[ed]” in an April 16 weblog post that the shooter, who had been identified at that point only as a man of Asian descent, might be a […]
Carter’s Israeli ‘Apartheid’ Speech Draws Debate
ISRAELI ‘APARTHEID’ SPEECH DRAWS DEBATE To bring about Middle East peace, America needs to play a more prominent leadership role and Israel must allow Palestinians to regain control of the West Bank, former President Jimmy Carter told a packed audience at University of California, Berkeley, on Wednesday afternoon. “The bottom line is this: Israel will […]
Bishara: Why Israel Is After Me
WHY ISRAEL IS AFTER ME [Azmi Bishara was a member of the Knesset until his resignation in April.] I am a Palestinian from Nazareth, a citizen of Israel and was, until last month, a member of the Israeli parliament. But now, in an ironic twist reminiscent of France’s Dreyfus affair – in which a French […]
New Book: Muslim, Christian, Jewish Coexistence
BOOK REVIEW: THE STORY OF MUSLIM, CHRISTIAN, AND JEWISH COEXISTENCE The only good things to come of 9/11, some say, are a greater consciousness of and a keener sensitivity to Islamic history, religion and culture. If that is so, the education has been slow and painful in the past six years, made all the more […]
TX: Muslim Woman to Lead Prayer Breakfast
TX: MUSLIM WOMAN TO LEAD DAY OF PRAYER BREAKFAST For the first time, a Muslim woman is the keynote speaker for the interfaith National Day of Prayer breakfast put on by Thanks-Giving Square. Daisy Khan, executive director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement, will address the annual gathering. The breakfast is at 7:30 a.m. […]