CAIR-OK: Student Government Votes to Condemn Shariah Law Ban
NORMAN – The University of Oklahoma’s Undergraduate Student Congress on Tuesday condemned Oklahoma’s recent ban on international and Shariah law.With two members abstaining, the other 23 members of the Student Congress voted unanimously in favor of a resolution stating that the recent passage of State Question 755 hurts OU’s ability to function on the international […]
CAIR Rep Joins Suit Against Airport Body Scanners
NEW YORK, Nov 17, 2010 (IPS) – Privacy advocates called on the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Tuesday to end its controversial new initiative of whole-body scans and enhanced pat-downs of airline passengers, calling the programme “dangerous to health, ineffective and unconstitutional”.Led by consumer advocate Ralph Nader, a group of organisations held a telephone news […]
Barre Seid: $17-Million for Anti-Muslim Hate Fest Film
Justin Elliott has finally solved the riddle of who gave $17-million to Clarion Fund to distribute 28 million DVDs of its anti-Muslim porn (not as in sex) film Obsession during the 2008 presidential election. Well, to be more specific, we know who, or more precisely what gave the gift to Clarion: Donor’s Capital Trust. But […]
Moneyman for Anti-Muslim DVD Campaign Revealed?
In the heat of the 2008 presidential election, an obscure nonprofit group called the Clarion Fund made national news by distributing millions of DVDs about radical Islam in newspaper inserts in swing states. The DVDs, 28 million in all, were a boost to Republican candidates who were trying to paint Democrats as weak on terrorism […]
Juan Williams Issue: ‘CAIR Did What It Is Mandated to Do’
Today I share my opinion about commentator Juan Williams – his statements on the Fox News Network and subsequent dismissal by National Public Radio-as well as my thoughts on the Council on American-Islamic Relations, NPR in general, conservatives who’ve adopted Williams as a poster boy and rabid congressional members who have found another reason to […]
Sting Underscores Muslims’ Complex Relationship with FBI
A sting operation over the course of months. Federal agents posing as al-Qaeda operatives. The text of the sacred Koran used to send coded messages.When federal authorities arrested Farooque Ahmed, a 34-year-old Pakistani American, this week for an alleged plot to bomb Metrorail stations in Northern Virginia, Muslim groups in the area struggled with what […]
CAIR-Chicago: The ADL’s New Mission Statement (Huff Post)
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), fresh off of several PR gaffes, recently managed to pull off another head-scratching moment by compiling and releasing a list of the “top ten most influential anti-Israel groups in America.”In other words, an organization that describes itself as “the nation’s premier civil rights/human relations agency that fights anti-Semitism and all forms […]
Directions to CAIR Banquet
CAIR’s leadership conference and banquet are being held at: Marriott Crystal Gateway Hotel 1700 Jefferson Davis Hwy Arlington, VA 22202 Registration for the leadership conference begins at 8:30 a.m.; registration for the banquet begins at 5:30 p.m. Directions to Marriott Crystal Gateway Hotel From D.C. Take 14th Street South (Past the National Mall and Monuments) […]
CAIR-LA Hijab Cases Featured on Colbert Report
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The Word – It’s a Small-Minded World www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes 2010 Election March to Keep Fear Alive Steven Colbert discusses religious discrimination at Disneyland in his “Colbert Report” and cites CAIR’s involvementwith two recent hijabdiscrimination casesinvolving Disney.
Bashing Muslims Incurs No Real Consequences
Four recent scandals involving public figures accused of running down minorities show that any offensive commentary on followers of Islam incurs no real consequences. In America, you can’t rag the Jews publicly and you can’t rag the blacks publicly. It’s taboo – you lose your job, you have to quit the campaign if you say […]