Video: CAIR Rep on CNN to Discuss Call for Probe of FBI Shooting of Unarmed Muslim
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Officials: Man who knew Boston bombing suspect was unarmed when shot
By Sari Horwitz and Peter Finn, Washington Post, 5/29/2013 A Chechen man who was fatally shot by an FBI agent last week during an interview about one of the Boston bombing suspects was unarmed, law enforcement officials said Wednesday. An air of mystery has surrounded the FBI shooting of Ibragim Todashev, 27, since it occurred […]
CAIR Urges ‘Hijab-Friendly’ Policy in U.S. Prisons
By Dina al-Shibeeb, Al Arabiya The Council on American-Islamic Relations is aiming for a uniform “hijab-friendly” policy to allow Muslim women to keep their head cover during detention and photos in all local and federal U.S. prisons. “I’m working on several pending cases in different states … and I’m in touch with an attorney for […]
Anti-bias group hopes to expand into Oklahoma City metro
By Carla Hinton, The Oklahoman, 5/18/2013 Efforts are underway to form a metro-area chapter of an organization dedicated to fighting bias, bigotry and racism, while promoting racial, religious and cultural understanding and respect. A task force made up of local community leaders recently gathered to discuss the creation of an Oklahoma City arm of the […]
Anti-Shariah movement changes tactics and gains success
By Omar Sacirbey, Religion News Service, 5/16/13 When Oklahoma voters overwhelmingly approved a 2010 ballot measure that prohibits state courts from considering Islamic law, or Shariah, the Council of American-Islamic Relations filed a lawsuit within two days challenging the constitutionality of the measure, and won. But when Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed a similar measure, […]
CAIR-CA: Are The Feds Unfairly Targeting Muslim Students Who Oppose Israel?
By Nick Schou, OC Weekly, May 14 2013 In Washington D.C. today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) opened a probe of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), following reports that the IRS was unfairly targeting conservative non-profit groups affiliated with the Tea Party movement. Closer to home, the California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic […]
Dearborn Heights Police Department now providing halal food to detained Muslims
The Arab American News, 5/9/2013 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Local civil rights groups have welcomed the Dearborn Heights Police Department’s recent decision to provide halal food to Muslims who are detained in their custody. In recent months, members of the Council on American Islamic Relations of Michigan has held meetings with the Dearborn Heights mayor and […]
Investigative Report: American Islamic Congress Funded by Islamophobes
Max Blumenthal, The Electronic Intifada, 7 May 2013 On 18 April, three days after a bombing killed three and left many more wounded at the Boston marathon, a figure unknown to most Americans stepped suddenly into the national spotlight. At a nationally broadcast interfaith service addressed by President Barack Obama, a Mauritanian-born social media activist […]
Video: CAIR Rep on CNN with Va. Muslim Army Reservist Assaulted in Bias Attack
Muslim cabdriver alleges assault by passenger who cited Boston Marathon bombing
By Joe Stephens and Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 4/30/2013 An Army reservist and Iraq veteran who works as a cabdriver says a passenger he picked up early Friday at a Northern Virginia country club accused him of being a terrorist because he is Muslim, then fractured his jaw in an attack being described by Islamic […]