Audio: Nightmare Border Crossing for Muslims
Listen Now SEATTLE, WA (KPLU) – Crossing the border can be a pain. But one Seattle area couple says what they faced was far worse. Getting back into the United States from Canada became a nightmare. They believe they were targeted, in part, because they are Muslim. The couple asked that their names not be […]
CAIR-CT: Area Muslims Fear Backlash
The arrest of a Muslim, Pakistani-born U.S. citizen for allegedly trying to detonate a car bomb in Times Square to kill Americans has some Muslims fearing a backlash of prejudice and violence.Faisal Shahzad, who has lived in Shelton and most recently in Bridgeport, was charged Monday night with terrorism and attempting to use a weapon […]
CAIR-OK: Christians and Muslims in Oklahoma
As an Oklahoma City resident who celebrates religious diversity, I was alarmed when I heard about the “I Don’t CAIR” conference sponsored by Reclaiming Oklahoma for Christ and was held at Trinity Baptist Church in Yukon in March. I decided to attend because I was curious. I was a guest at the dinner sponsored by […]
CAIR Video: New Arizona Anti-Immigrant Law Will Result in Profiling
View the video.SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed a tough, new anti-immigration law into effect on Friday. Since then leaders from San Francisco to metro Detroit have been protesting and even threatening to boycott the state…Dawud Walid of the Council on American Islamic Relations fears ethnic and religious profiling in Arizona. “If a […]
CAIR-LA: Calif. Muslims Join 41st Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage
Muslims from the Council on American-Islamic Relations pose at the monument in the cemetery at the Manzanar National Historic Site on Saturday. The 41st Manzanar Pilgrimage was a gathering of former internees and youth, learning for the first time the lessons of civil liberties at the former concentration camp site. (More)
DC: Newseum Event to Focus on Moral Response to Torture
Culture Project Presents: “BLUEPRINT FOR ACCOUNTABILITY” featuring Matt Dillon, Mariska Hargitay, John Leguizamo, Valerie Plame Wilson, Bobby Kennedy, Ron Suskind, and more. An evening fusing theater, film, journalism and debate to craft a moral response against torture. APRIL 22, 2010 @ 7:30PM at the NEWSEUM in WASHINGTON, D.C. Culture Project is offering a 20% discount […]
CAIR Rep on CBS: What Does a Terrorist Look Like? (Video)
Watch the video here.A smoking incident on a United Airlines flight to Denver this past week briefly triggered fears that a terrorist might be on board. The false alarm put the spotlight yet again on air travel security … and the debate over the practice of profiling.The attempt by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the “Underwear Bomber,” […]
CAIR: Once Barred from U.S., Ramadan Speaks in Chicago
Six years after being barred from coming to the U.S. to teach at the University of Notre Dame, the Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan spoke Saturday in suburban Oakbrook Terrace, attributing his presence to new “channels for dialogue” between the U.S. and Islamic scholars and telling American Muslims to treat the U.S. as their home.The Swiss […]
Texas Muslims Feel Targeted by FBI
Muslim students approached by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents say they feel profiled for their religion and ethnicity. Late last fall and in March, students said agents approached them on campus and at work to inquire about their beliefs and affiliations. Political science senior Borna Danesh said he first encountered the bureau when representatives […]
CIA Given Details of British Muslim Students
Personal information concerning the private lives of almost 1,000 British Muslim university students is to be shared with US intelligence agencies in the wake of the Detroit bomb scare. The disclosure has outraged Muslim groups and students who are not involved in extremism but have been targeted by police and now fear that their names […]