CAIR: US Trains Airport Staff to Handle Haj Pilgrims
CAIR: US TRAINS AIRPORT STAFF TO HANDLE HAJ PILGRIMS WASHINGTON, 11 January 2007 – A month after the removal of six imams from a US Airways flight spurred accusations of harassment, the federal government has given airport security trainers cultural awareness training about the annual Haj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. “The cultural awareness training involved […]
CAIR: ‘Islamic Fascism’ Rhetoric Unhelpful
CAIR: SANTORUM TO THINK ABOUT U.S. ENEMIES Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum has joined a conservative Washington think tank where he will found and direct a program called “America’s Enemies.” The program will study “threats posed to America and the West from a growing array of anti-Western forces that are increasingly casting a shadow over […]
CAIR: Politicians Should Not Cower Before Bigots
CAIR-CA: MUSLIM AWARD Re “Boxer rescinds award to Islamic activist,” Jan. 6 I was saddened when I read about Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) rescinding her award to a Muslim activist. Muslims across the nation are proud of the Council on American-Islamic Relations for being the ambassadors for Muslims in the United States. I’m concerned that […]
CAIR-MI: Leaders Push Unity After Vandalism
CAIR-MI: MUSLIM LEADERS PUSH UNITY AFTER VANDALISM DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Dozens of Muslim leaders from both major branches of Islam called for unity Wednesday in the wake of several incidents of vandalism last weekend, which many Iraqis who are Shi’a Muslims believe was intended to intimidate them. While the division between Sunni and Shi’a Muslims […]
CAIR-MI: Islamic Leaders Meet to Ease Tensions
CAIR-MI: ISLAMIC LEADERS MEET TO DISCUSS VANDALISM, EASE TENSIONS DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) – About 20 religious, community and academic leaders met Wednesday to discuss the vandalism of Shiite mosques and businesses in Detroit and help ease tensions between local followers of the Shiite and Sunni sects of Islam. The closed-door meeting was held at […]
DC Event: ‘Face to Face with a Guantanamo Detainee’
CAIR-CAN: LOCAL MUSLIMS BIG ON LITTLE MOSQUE Halal can be hilarious. CBC’s Little Mosque on the Prairie was already getting big laughs before it debuted last night from an Ottawa-based Muslim group who called it stereotype-busting and just plain funny. A local comic behind a show dubbed We Ain’t Terrorists expected it to be full […]
Video: CAIR-OH Joins Press Conference on Detained Imam
VIDEO: CAIR-OH JOINS PRESS CONFERENCE ON IMAM’S DEPORTATION Statements by Rev. Werner Lange and CAIR-OHIO Rep Julia Shearson http://www.wkyc.com/video/player.aspx?aid=29697&sid=61514&bw=
CAIR-MI: Muslims Seek Peace
CAIR-MI: MUSLIMS SEEK PEACE Concerned about the possible spread of sectarian violence in metro Detroit, Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims are set to meet today in a Dearborn Heights mosque to hash out any tensions between the diverse Middle Eastern and Muslim communities. As Iraqi-American Shi’ites seethed over the trashing of several of their businesses and […]
CAIR-MI: Imams to Meet on Vandalisms
CAIR-MI: IMAMS TO HOLD SPECIAL MEETING ON VANDALISM INCIDENTS DETROIT — Imams from across Metro Detroit will meet Wednesday in Dearborn Heights to discuss a spate of vandalism in the Warrendale area. Many local Muslims who are originally from Iraq believe they may have been targeted. While community leaders stress that until the perpetrators of […]
CAIR-MI: Muslims Call for Federal Probe into Vandalism
CAIR-MI: ISLAMIC GROUP CALLS FOR FEDERAL PROBE INTO VANDALISM OF BUILDINGS An Islamic coalition representing southeast Michigan Sunni groups and centers said Tuesday that the vandalism of Shiite mosques and businesses over the weekend could be hate crimes and called on the federal government to investigate. Late Saturday night or early Sunday, vandals broke windows […]