Muslims file complaints, saying they were fired for praying at work
By JoAnne Viviano, the Columbus Dispatch An advocacy group says 18 Muslims have filed federal complaints against a Westerville-based logistics company, saying they were fired for praying at work. Exel Inc., a subsidiary of Deutsche Post DHL, is accused of denying requests to adjust break times to accommodate prayer or to allow employees to take […]
GOP reprimands member for anti-Muslim remarks
By David Olson, The Press-Enterprise The San Bernardino County Republican Party committee member who made anti-Muslim and anti-Sikh remarks will receive a letter of reprimand from the county GOP but will not be asked to step down from her post. In the days leading to a March 2 election for California Republican Party leaders, Vera […]
‘Let’s start over’: Muslims hope Pope Francis will salvage relations
By Kari Huus, Staff Writer, NBC News Catholics and Muslims have come a long way since the Crusades, but during the tenure of Pope Benedict XVI, relations between the world’s two largest religions hit the skids. So it was with relief and renewed optimism that prominent Muslims and interfaith advocates cheered the newly anointed Pope […]
CAIR-MD: Coalition Fights Against NDAA, for Due Process
Thomas Nephew, Indypendent Reader This week’s filibuster by Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) of the John Brennan nomination confirms just how unpredictable and fluid the politics of civil liberties are in Washington, DC these days: First we have a Republican senator leading the fight — joined by Democrats like Ron Wyden (D-OR) — to learn just […]
Police Spying on American Muslims Is a Pointless National Shame
By John Knefel, Rolling Stone Civil liberties groups led by the Muslim American Civil Liberties Coalition released a new report today detailing the detrimental effects of the NYPD’s spying on Muslim communities in recent years. The report, called Mapping Muslims: NYPD Spying and its Impact on American Muslims, alleges that more than a decade of […]
Okla. Muslim on No-Fly List Forced to Return to Qatar by Bus, Foreign Flights
By Carla Hinton, The Oklahoman A McAlester native who twice was prevented from leaving Oklahoma to return to the Middle East has made it to Qatar. During a telephone interview Friday, Saadiq Long, a U.S. Air Force veteran who converted to Islam, said he took a bus from Oklahoma City to Mexico, then boarded flights […]
Video: CAIR Responds to New Anti-Islam Ads in DC Metro Stations
“People need to know that Pamela Geller, the sponsor of these ads, is one of the nation’s leading anti-Muslim bigots,” said Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. “She’s recognized as that. The Southern Poverty Law Center has named her as one of the nation’s inner circle of hatemongers of Islam.” Watch the video […]
CAIR Michigan Director: Discussion of Drones ‘Long Overdue’
By Detroit News staff and wire reports, The Detroit News U.S. Sen. Rand Paul’s demand that the government vow not to use drones on American soil without an “imminent threat” reflects the view of some Arab-Americans in Metro Detroit, the leader of an Islamic advocacy group said Wednesday. “We’ve been long overdue for having a […]
CAIR-LA’s Ameena Qazi: Sister Lawyer
By Gustavo Arellan, OC Weekly Ameena Qazi was in her first year of law school at Wayne State University in Detroit when a professor gave the female students fashion advice that amused her.“She was telling us how to dress when we argue cases in front of a judge,” says the Fullerton resident, who’s the deputy […]
Muslim rights group wants Waite Park, Catholic Charities to reject training
By Stephanie Dickrell and Mark Sommerhauser, Saint Cloud Times An Islamic civil rights group wants Waite Park police to call off a training event on Somali history and culture that the group calls misleading. The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) on Monday asked the Waite Park Police Department and Catholic Charities […]