Muslims Played Key Role in Snagging Fla. Terror Suspect
It was the Muslim community that helped the FBI snag terror suspect Sami Osmakac, the man accused of planning to bomb public buildings in the Tampa Bay area. That should not be forgotten as this case unfolds. Too often the threats of an extremist are extended to the broader Muslim community, which can lead to […]
Video: CAIR-LA Partners with Japanese-American Community on Youth Program
This is the first 5 minutes of the Passing Down the Legacy documentary. Watch the video below. Passing Down the Legacy follows the Bridging Communities youth program in Los Angeles, Seattle and San Francisco. This program was established as a proactive response by Japanese American Citizens League, Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress and Council […]
Video: Daily Show with Jon Stewart Exposes Fla. GOP Effort to Bar Muslim from Party Post (CAIR)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart looks at the efforts of a group of Broward County Republicans to block CAIR-South Florida Executive Director Nezar Hamze from becoming a member of the party’s executive committee.Background: Broward GOP blocks Muslim activist from party membership at raucous meeting(Miami Herald)Watch the video here.
Romney Adviser Linked to Lebanese Massacre Militia
BEIRUT: With Mitt Romney’s bid to become the Republican candidate for the U.S. presidential election gaining ground with his win in the Iowa caucus, many around the world are wondering what his foreign policy would have in store should he reach the White House.When it comes to the Middle East, alarms have been raised in […]
Interview: CAIR Seeks to Boost Muslim Political Involvement
McCaw is the government affairs coordinator for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a nonprofit that seeks to empower the roughly 7 million Muslims in the United States and enhance Americans’ understanding of the Islamic faith.How do you help increase Americans’ understanding of Islam?We have a number of initiatives, including our Koran campaign, in which we […]
Muslim Sept. 11 Responder Deserves Hero’s Honor
Mohammad Salman Hamdani died trying to save others. He was following through on what he was trained to do as an emergency medical technician and a New York City police cadet. His sacrifice is especially poignant because he was Muslim and he died in the wreckage of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. […]
NJ: New Hackensack Cops Include First Muslim on Force
HACKENSACK — The city swore in two new police officers Tuesday, including the department’s first Muslim member. Mohammad Sheikh, 24, joins the department after four years in Paterson, where he was among 125 officers laid off last April. Frank McCall, 36, is transferring from Union City, where he has served since he was laid off […]
Penn. Interfaith Leaders Challenge Anti-Sharia Bill
A rabbi, an interfaith leader, and a Temple University professor joined the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Wednesday to denounce as “Islamophobic” a Pennsylvania bill they say is an attack on sharia law, which is followed by devout Muslims.House Bill 2029, introduced by Rep. Rosemarie Swanger (R., Lebanon), says state courts shall not, in […]
Opposing view: Uphold America’s founding principles (USA Today)
Let’s start where we agree. Anwar al-Awlaki was a propagandist for violence and extremism. His repeated calls to kill Americans cannot be denied or underestimated. The extent of his actual involvement in terrorist operations is something the public is not privy to.He was an Internet personality, not a scholar on Islam. He lacked the authority […]
CAIR-PA: Lessons of Ramadan and 9/11 (Philly Inquirer)
This season brings a confluence of two important events for me as an American Muslim, one spiritual, one civic. Ramadan, which coincides with August this year, is the sacred month when Muslims believe God revealed the text of the holy Quran to the prophet Mohammed. And Sept. 11 is the day when my country was […]