Right-Wing ‘Obsession’ Producers Plan Film Targeting Iran
Just in time for the campaign season, the right-wing Clarion Fund, which shipped out 28 million DVDs to swing state voters in 2008 warning of the threat of radical Islam, has announced it’s working on a new film, this one on “the Iranian Nuclear threat.” In a little-noticed press release this week, the Clarion Fund, […]
Muslims Plan to Build Network of Free Clinics
When Imam Siraj Wahhaj was diagnosed with prostate cancer a year ago and discovered that his health insurance did not cover treatment, the word went out. “People all over the world called me and said, ‘I’m praying for you,’ ” said Wahhaj, head of the Muslim Alliance in North America. “But what about the little […]
CAIR-MI: Jackson Reaches Out to Detroit Muslims
Dearborn — Civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson urged Muslim Americans to partner with his organization not only for civil rights but on economic issues facing Americans, such as foreclosures.“When we fight against foreclosure … that’s all of our fight,” Jackson told a crowd of about 900 people gathered Sunday for a banquet marking […]
Tenn. Man Sentenced to 183 Months for Burning Mosque
WASHINGTON, March 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Senior Judge Robert L. Echols of the Middle District of Tennessee today sentenced Eric Ian Baker to 183 months in prison for vandalizing and burning down the Islamic Center of Columbia, Tenn., the Justice Department announced. Baker pleaded guilty on Sept. 18, 2009, to destruction of religious property and using […]
CAIR-MI Moving Forward on Probe of FBI Incident
DEARBORN — The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) says it will conduct its own forensic investigation into the Oct. 28 shooting death of Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah during an FBI raid on a Dearborn warehouse. (More)
Minn. School Leaders, CAIR Meet About Bias Complaints
St. Cloud school district and leaders of a Minnesota Islamic civil rights group agreed Friday to continue to work together to make schools safe for all students.Members of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Minnesota chapter and St. Cloud school district officials met in St. Cloud for about 90 minutes Friday to discuss the complaint CAIR […]
CAIR-MN Seeks Investigation of Bias Incidents in Schools
A Muslim civil rights group in Minnesota has asked the U.S. Department of Education to investigate what it calls a hostile learning environment toward Muslims in St. Cloud and other Minnesota schools.The request comes from the Council of American-Islamic Relations. The group says there are a growing number of instances in Minnesota schools in which […]
CAIR-MN Asks Feds to Probe Anti-Muslim Incidents (Star Trib)
The Minnesota chapter of a national Islamic civil liberties group has asked federal education officials to investigate what it calls “growing racial and religious tensions” in the state’s schools.The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) announced Wednesday that its members want the U.S. Department of Education to probe incidents publicized in the news media that it […]
Muslim Soldier Faces Bias at Fort Hood (Wash Post)
At 2 o’clock on a Monday morning, the sound of angry pounding sent Army Spec. Zachari Klawonn bolting out of bed.THUD. THUD. THUD.Someone was mule-kicking the door of his barracks room, leaving marks that weeks later — long after Army investigators had come and gone — would still be visible.By the time Klawonn reached the […]
CAIR-MI: Xenophobia is Un-American
James J. Smith’s editorial called “Have you seen my America?” printed on March 14 typifies a growing trend of un-American, xenophobic sentiments that have swelled since the inauguration of President Obama.In America’s striving to become a “more perfect union,” Americans are increasingly becoming more diverse. American-ness, however, is not based upon conforming to one set […]