FBI to Continue Mosque Monitoring Despite Concerns (LA Times)
The FBI plans to continue using informants to monitor mosques in America despite strong criticism over such programs leveled this year by Muslim American leaders in Orange County. The Times revealed this year that an FBI informant claimed agents monitored popular gyms throughout Orange County to gather intelligence on members of several local mosques. Some […]
CAIR-OH: Mosque’s Female Leader Tackles Stereotypes (Blade)
Toledo mosque Masjid Saad has elected a female president, the first woman to hold the leadership position at the 30-year-old mosque. Salmenna Sediqe, a businesswoman and mother of five, was elected last month and will serve a one-year term as president of the mosque on Alexis Road in Sylvania. The administrative position is separate from […]
CAIR-LA: The FBI, the Muslims, and the Mole (Video)
On “Inside the OC with Rick Reiff,” CAIR-LA Executive Director Hussam Ayloush discusses the Muslim community’s concerns about the FBI hiring a convicted felon to “infiltrate” Southern California mosques and to try to incite violence. Click here to watch the video.
Video: Texas Fusion Center’s Spending, Operations Questioned
Click here to watch the video. The North Central Texas Fusion Center is Collin County’s new criminal and intelligence data gathering center. But, it may be gathering more criticism than acclaim as questions mount about how the million dollars to fund it are being spent. Fusion centers began springing up after 9/11. Funded mostly by […]
HI: Islam Day Draws Heat for Isles
Hawaii already designates April 8 as Buddha Day and March 21 as Baha’i New Year’s Day. Good Friday is even enshrined as an official state holiday, with public offices closed. So state Rep. Lyla Berg thought that marking Sept. 24 as Islam Day would not be out of line in Hawaii, with its multicultural fabric. […]
TX: Muslim Elected to Richardson City Council
Much about Amir Omar, one of Richardson’s newest City Council members, is a contradiction. His parents, who grew up Shiite and Sunni in radically different home environments. His support base, which combined the city’s business elite with those who are often the group’s loudest critics. And his role as politician, a trailblazer believed to be […]
Action: Join CAIR Staff at Race for the Cure in DC
Last year more than 50,000 people gathered at the National Mall in Washington, DC to support the Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure®. Participants and spectators alike dressed in pink, the color that has become universally associated with the fight against breast cancer. Among those was a group of women wearing pink hijabs, […]
CAIR-MI: FBI Terrorist List Is Full of Errors (Detroit News)
The FBI’s terrorist watch list is riddled with inaccuracies, including 24,000 people who should not be banned from flying or entering the country and omissions of a few dozen individuals suspected of terrorism, according to the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Justice.An audit by the inspector general supports what a number of […]
Islam Op-Ed: For Geert Wilders, Free Speech is a One-Way Street
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Michael Savage Among 16 Banned from Britain
Sixteen people banned from entering the UK were ‘named and shamed’ by the Home Office today. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said she decided to make public the names of 16 people banned since October so others could better understand what sort of behaviour Britain was not prepared to tolerate. The list includes hate preachers, anti-gay […]