OH: Muslims Repeatedly Detained at Border
OH: AMERICANS DETAINED AT BORDER, FORUM TOLD Scores of U.S. citizens who are of Arab descent or Muslim are being detained and harassed at the border when trying to re-enter the country, a civil rights lawyer said Sunday at a community forum. “We’ve been to Boston, Buffalo, Detroit and Seattle and we hear this story […]
Marketing to American Muslims
MARKETING TO MUSLIMS Over the past year, we’ve become acutely aware that most brands and marketers are turning a blind eye to the multibillion- dollar American Muslim market. Maybe they don’t recognize that there is an opportunity. Maybe they harbor some of the anti- Muslim fears and prejudices that are so apparent in American media […]
2006 CAIR Poll: U.S. Muslims Diverse, Integrated
2006 CAIR POLL: U.S. MUSLIM VOTERS DIVERSE, INTEGRATED, POLITICALLY ACTIVE http://www.cair.com/default.asp?Page=articleView&id=2332&theType=NR
Study of U.S. Muslim Consumer Attitudes Released
JWT, LARGEST AD AGENCY IN THE U.S., CONDUCTS FIRST EXTENSIVE STUDY OF MUSLIM-AMERICAN ATTITUDES Many American Muslims feel simultaneously overexposed in the media and invisible as part of the American mainstream. But while they generally perceive themselves to be under constant suspicion, a new study shows that Muslims still believe in the American dream and […]
CAIR Op-Ed: Change Needed in Middle East Policy
CAIR OP-ED: CHANGE NEEDED [Parvez Ahmed is board chairman of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group. He may be contacted at: pahmed@cair.com] I recently accepted an invitation to speak at the Doha Forum on Democracy, Development and Free Trade in Qatar. At the opening ceremony, speaking to […]
Video: SC Muslims Hold Open House
SC: MUSLIMS GOING MAINSTREAM? “I think Charleston would be a little more tolerant than other places in the South. At least I’d like to think so,” said College of Charleston student Austin Lassiter, a religious studies major. It is the holy city after all, the first city in the colonies to mandate religious freedom. But […]
NH: Muslim Women Help Dispel Stereotypes
NH: WHAT ALLAH WANTS HER TO BE Exeter – They wore long skirts and head scarves, business suits, jeans and sweaters. One teenage girl wore a head scarf and jeans. They came from a rich mix of countries, including America, and spanned a variety of professions. Their message was clear: a Muslim woman can be […]
NY: Schools Asked to Include Muslim Holidays
NY: FOR MUSLIM STUDENTS, A DRIVE TO DEEM HOLY DAYS AS HOLIDAYS THE movement began last year when statewide tests for elementary school children were administered on Jan. 10, coinciding with Id al-Adha, a holiday that commemorates the story of Abraham and is a time of prayer and feast for the city’s Muslim community. Muslim […]
OH: Borders Spell Trouble for Arab-American
BORDERS SPELL TROUBLE FOR ARAB-AMERICAN Abe Dabdoub calls the day he was sworn in as an American citizen last year the proudest moment of his life, little suspecting that his new identity would set off a bureaucratic nightmare at the hands of the Department of Homeland Security. Most of his family members live in Canada, […]
Israeli Forces Demolish Islamic Building
ISRAELI FORCES DEMOLISH ISLAMIC BUILDING Israeli bulldozers have started demolishing parts of the Supreme Islamic Council building near Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. The Al-Aqsa Foundation has reported that the Israelis began bulldozing parts of the southern and western facade and several internal rooms of the building, located dozens of meters from the Al-Buraq wall near […]