New Mexico Tea Party Officials Equate ‘Allah’ with Satan
As many of our readers may remember, we took issue some time back with what we considered to be anti-Islam positions officially expressed on the East Mountain Tea Party (EMTP) web site (our articles on the subject, along with others, are now collected under the category “Tea Party-gate.”). The EMTP post informed readers that key […]
Anti-Islam Security Companies Training Law Enforcers
Three security and training companies need special scrutiny from the U.S. Justice Department for their role in spreading bigotry within the ranks of law enforcement and counterterrorism agents. Their seminars are so biased and ideologically-driven that not a single dime of tax dollars should be allowed to fund their seminars.If tax dollars were being spent […]
CAIR-NY Responds to Rep. King’s Plan to Target Muslims (Newsday)
In his recent commentary “What’s radicalizing Muslim Americans?” [Dec. 19], Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford), incoming chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, claimed law enforcement officials tell him “they received little or – in most cases – no cooperation from Muslim leaders and imams” on counterterrorism issues. He says he plans to hold hearings […]
CAIR-LA: Muslim Girls Taunted, Assaulted at School Over Hijab
Some California schools get an “F” for teaching tolerance, an Islamic civil liberties group is saying. The Greater Los Angeles office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) says it’s hearing from students and their parents saying that children are being verbally harassed and tagged with labels like “terrorist” or “jihadi,” just for being Muslim. […]
Video: FBI Investigating Alleged Hate Crime Outside Mosque
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The FBI has opened a preliminary civil rights investigation in the case of a 20-year-old woman who says she was the victim of a hate crime.It all stems from an alleged incident that happened on the city’s west side and was caught on camera.The woman, who did not want to give her […]
CAIR-OH: Muslim Woman Reports Attack in Car
The FBI has begun a civil-rights investigation because a Muslim woman said she was harassed and pepper-sprayed outside a West Side mosque Monday afternoon.The 20-year-old Somali native, who has lived in central Ohio for more than 10 years, met with FBI officials in Columbus yesterday morning. Yesterday afternoon, she gathered with supporters for a news […]
Video; Metro Detroit Mosques Receive Hate Mail
Everyone should be able to worship in peace, but it appears someone is targeting local mosques and sending them hate mail.“You just wonder what’s going through the mind of such a person who would take the time out to put together such material and then send it out to people,” said Raheem Hanifa with the […]
CAIR-WA Calls for Investigation into Anti-Muslim Hate Crime
A Muslim advocacy organization is requesting the FBI investigate a series of alleged hate crimes in Gresham.The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations on Tuesday, Dec. 21, sent a letter to the FBI asking for an investigation into a Gresham man’s alleged verbal threats and physical intimidation against his Muslim neighbor.The victim […]
CAIR-PA: Pakistani Man Facing Deportation Granted Bail
YORK, Pa. — Moiez Masood is going home.Immigration Judge Andrew Arthur approved a release on bail for the 21-year-old Newark-area resident, who has been detained since Nov. 12 by immigration officials.“We’ve got a bond!” announced Masood’s attorney John Vandenberg to a waiting room at the U.S. Immigration Court in York that was packed with friends, […]
Video: CAIR Decries Anti-Muslim Police Trainers
This is the letter CAIR has written to America’s top law enforcement official Attorney General Eric Holder accusing the Department of Justice of using anti Muslim trainers to teach city and state police about how to deal with the Muslim community and demanding the practice stop.CAIR says openly Muslim bashing groups like this one run […]