CAIR-OK: And Moses Said to Muhammad… (Edmond Sun)
EDMOND — When you hear about Jewish-Muslim relations, initially one thinks about politics. It is unfortunate that the media often focuses on divisive stories between Jews and Muslims instead of stories where people of both faiths can come together as they do so often locally. There are other stories that need to be told. For […]
Video: CAIR Rep Discusses Fort Hood Attack on PBS ‘NewsHour’
Video: Muslims Condemn Shootings, Urge Calm and Unity
Video: Rachel Maddow Says Right-Wing Wrong on Fort Hood Attack
Muslims at Fort Voice Outrage (NY Times)
KILLEEN, Tex. — Leaders of the vibrant Muslim community here expressed outrage on Friday at the shooting rampage being laid to one of their members, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who had become a regular attendee of prayers at the local mosque. Nihad Awad, the national executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said, “We […]
Muslim Groups Quick to Condemn Shooting (Stars and Stripes)
SILVER SPRING, Md. — American Muslim groups have been quick to distance themselves from the actions of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who allegedly opened fire at Fort Hood, leaving 13 people dead and 30 others injured… Corey Saylor, a spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Washington-based advocacy group, said the group expects an […]
Right-Wing Media Respond to Shooting by Attacking Muslims
Right-wing media figures have used the shooting at Fort Hood as an excuse to attack Islam and American Muslims in particular, with Debbie Schlussel, for example, urging readers to think of the alleged shooter “whenever you hear about how Muslims serve their country in the U.S. military.” Additionally, commentators have blamed the shooting on “political […]
CAIR: Muslims Express Frustration after Shootings (LA Times)
The news made Nihad Awad sick to his stomach. Like the rest of the nation, Awad, who heads the Council on American-Islamic Relations, learned this week that it allegedly was a Muslim who opened fire at a U.S. Army base in Texas, killing 13 people and injuring many more. According to witnesses, Army Maj. Nidal […]
CAIR: The Effects of Including Religion in Fort Hood Coverage
COLUMBIA — Nidal Malik Hasan killed 13 people and wounded at least 30 others in a mass shooting Thursday. Hasan is a Muslim. Jason Rodriguez killed one person and injured five others in a mass shooting on Friday in Orlando, Fla. Who knows Rodriguez’s religion?Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Washington, […]
Muslims Receive $1.2 Million for Post-9/11 Abuse
The federal government is paying $1.2 million to settle the cases of five Muslim immigrants who sued over their detention and treatment in a Brooklyn jail after 9/11, when hundreds of noncitizens were rounded up and held for months before being cleared of links to terrorism and deported. The five were part of a larger […]