CAIR-IL: A New Look at Faith Group Zoning Rules
A measure that could streamline the process of establishing places of worship and other forms of assembly in unincorporated DuPage County is heading to the zoning panel that recently has taken up two zoning proposals from Islamic groups. … The matter has come up before. The ZBA earlier this month held a public hearing on […]
Video: Tenn. Muslim’s Burial Targeted by Mosque Opponents
The grandson of a Muslim man buried at the site of a proposed new Islamic Center in Rutherford County said the family did not break any law. “Me and my uncle and dad buried by grandpa,” said Naim Abulaban. The unmarked grave on the property is at the center of a growing controversy. Critics of […]
CAIR-NY: How One Muslim American Uses Hip-Hop to Heal Wounds
Aspiring rapper Cyrus McGoldrick is working to change the dialog around anti-Muslim sentiment in America. When Cyrus McGoldrick takes the stage, he’s not himself. McGoldrick raps as The Raskol Khan, often with the Freddy Fuego Sextet, an evolving group of musicians based in Harlem. The name Raskol is based on the main character in Dostoyevsky’s […]
Legal Group, ACLU Accuse FBI of Targeting Muslims
On the eve of scheduled Congressional testimony by FBI Director Robert Mueller, a Muslim legal group said the agency appears to be using anti-terrorism laws to “pry into the private lives” of ordinary citizens. Muslim Advocates, a San Francisco based group of lawyers, law professors and students, contends the agency is using “discriminatory techniques” to […]
CAIR Video: Vandalism May be Linked to NY Center Plan
Arlington police have stepped up patrols around city mosques after vandalism and anti-Islam graffiti appeared on the South Arlington Mosque. Mosque president thinks it’s sparked by the controversial plan to build a mosque near Ground Zero
CAIR-TX: FBI Confirms Probe of Attacks on Mosque
The Council on American-Islamic Relations just sent word of that a handful of incidents at the Dar El-Eman Islamic Center in on Mansfield Road in Arlington in recent days have sparked an investigation involving the Arlington Police Department and the FBI. Says the release, on Sunday someone set its playground on fire — just two […]
CAIR: Tennessee Lt. Gov Says Islam May be a ‘Cult’
Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, one of three Republican candidates running for governor, has drawn rebukes after suggesting that Islam may be a “cult” instead of a religion. . . The remarks brought a swift rebuke from the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the country’s most prominent Islamic civil liberties group. CAIR’s spokesman, Ibrahim Hooper, told […]
PA: Radio Hosts Suggest Flying Muslims to the Moon
Quinn: “NASA’s new job is not to fly to the moon, NASA’s new job is to make Muslims feel good about science.” Tennent: “You know what? Why don’t we fly some Muslims to the moon? To the moon, baby, to the moon.” Quinn: “Well, it would be a start” (More)
CAIR: Florida Church Plans ‘Burn a Quran’ Day on 9/11
. . . The church called for repeating its “Everybody Burn Quran Day” it celebrates “in remembrance of the fallen victims of 9/11 and to stand against the evil of Islam.” The church, which also launched several campaigns against homosexuality and abortion, stirred much controversy last year after distributing T-shirts that read, “Islam is of […]
Video: CAIR Rep Debates Islamophobia, Opposition to Mosques
Ibrahim Hooper, spokesperson for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR): “We’re seeing opposition to mosques nationwide. You’re seeing oppositions not only to the Manhattan mosque, there’s opposition to a Staten Island, New York mosque, a Brooklyn mosque. We’re seeing opposition to mosques in Tennessee, Illinois and California.”Hooper contends it is much bigger than the “ground […]