CAIR: Goode Launches Debate Over Muslims in Office
CAIR: REP. GOODE LAUNCHES DEBATE OVER MUSLIMS IN OFFICE ANDRÉA SEABROOK, host: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I’m Andrea Seabrook. Republican Congressman Virgil Goode is standing by a letter he wrote to constituents, warning of an influx of Muslims and Muslim-elected officials if tighter immigration policies aren’t put into place. Some have called […]
CAIR-MI: Univ. to Offer Minor in Islamic Studies
CAIR-MI: OU TO OFFER MINOR IN ISLAMIC STUDIES Oakland University students for the first time will be able to minor in Islamic Studies beginning next semester. The first class, Introduction to Islam, will begin Jan. 4. The Islamic Studies program was approved by the university five years ago but lacked funding. A group of Muslim […]
Video: CAIR Rep Discusses Goode’s Comments
VIDEO: CAIR REP DISCUSSES REP. GOODE’S COMMENTS ON ‘NBC NIGHTLY NEWS’
CAIR-LA: American Muslims Revere Jesus
CAIR-LA: MUSLIM-AMERICANS SHARE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT, REVERE JESUS, REJECT MATERIALISM A number of religious celebrations are converging yet again this month, adding to the festive holiday atmosphere, and allowing Americans an opportunity to ponder and change things for the better. For the past five years, the fact that the end of Muslim religious observances, Ramadan or […]
CAIR to Represent Imams in US Airways Flight Incident
CAIR: ISLAMIC GROUP TO REPRESENT IMAMS IN US AIRWAYS FLIGHT INCIDENT Several of the Muslim clerics removed from a recent US Airways flight to Phoenix have retained an Islamic civil rights group as their legal counsel. The Council on American Islamic Relations announced that five of the six imams removed from the Minneapolis to Phoenix […]
CAIR: Opinions Differ on Imams’ Dispute with Airline
CAIR: DIVERSITY OF OPINION ON IMAMS’ DISPUTE WITH AIRLINE For years, the Minneapolis-St. Paul area has been known for its liberalism and tolerance, especially when it comes to religion. Many Muslims, including the largest population of Somalis outside of Mogadishu, make their home in the Twin Cities. The area just elected the nation’s first Muslim […]
CAIR: Hate Crimes Reported in Florida, Ohio
CAIR: HATE CRIMES REPORTED IN FLORIDA, OHIO WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) — Muslims in Florida and Ohio have been victims of alleged racially-motivated attacks, the Council on American-Islamic Relations said Thursday. The group urged the Federal Bureau of Investigation to launch investigations into the attacks. “In Melbourne, Fla., a Muslim of North African heritage was […]
CAIR: Rep Wants to Carry Quran, Outrage Ensues
CAIR: AT SWEARING IN, CONGRESSMAN WANTS TO CARRY KORAN. OUTRAGE ENSUES. Keith Ellison hasn’t even started his new job, and he’s already under fire. When America’s first Muslim congressman, a Democrat from Minnesota, let it be known he will carry a Koran to his swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 4, conservative pundit Dennis Prager called it […]
CAIR: Group Wants Prager Removed from Board
CAIR: GROUP WANTS PRAGER REMOVED FROM BOARD WASHINGTON – An Islamic civil rights group Wednesday called on President Bush to rescind the appointment of a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum board member who criticized an incoming congressman, Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress. Last week, Dennis Prager, a conservative talk radio host and columnist, […]
CAIR-CAN: Resignation Does Not Make Up for Arar’s Ordeal
CAIR-CAN: RESIGNATION DOES NOT MAKE UP FOR ARAR’S ORDEAL, CRITICS CHARGE Giuliano Zaccardelli’s tenure as commissioner of the RCMP was no longer tenable given his two “radically different” statements about the case of Maher Arar, a lawyer for Mr. Arar said yesterday. “The contradiction was inexcusable,” said Marlys Edwardh, co-counsel for Mr. Arar at Mr. […]