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Retired Lt. Gen. Boykin says Constitution should not protect Muslims, there should be 'no mosques in America' WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today joined VoteVets.org, a coalition of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, in asking the superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to retract an invitation to retired Lieutenant General William G. "Jerry" Boykin to speak at a prayer breakfast at the academy...

NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A prominent national human rights and advocacy organization is asking New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and city officials to resist efforts by the Hamas-linked Islamic supremacist hate group the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to dictate the nature and content of anti-terror training for New York Police Department personnel The request by the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) and its Stop Islamization of...

NEW YORK, Jan. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Thursday, January 26, the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) -- along with the Muslim American Civil Liberties Coalition (MACLC) and other minority and civil liberties groups -- will hold a news conference on the steps of City Hall to call for the resignations of New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Ray Kelly and Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne due to revelations that they covered...

Muslim civil rights group asks department for plan to counter misinformation NEW YORK, Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today called on the New York City Police Department (NYPD) to offer a concrete plan to help counter the misinformation about Islam and Muslims provided to almost 1500 officers through the screening of "The Third Jihad," a notorious anti-Muslim propaganda film. CAIR-NY is also...

Retired Gen. Boykin says Constitution should not protect Muslims, there should be 'no mosques in America' WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on Mayor Richard Meehan of Ocean City, Md., to reconsider his speaking invitation to retired Lieutenant General William G. "Jerry" Boykin, who believes that "[Islam] should not be protected under the First Amendment" and that there should be "no mosques in America."...

Muslim Group calls on House leadership to withhold support for bill WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today questioned why the Virginia legislature will hold a hearing on Monday to discuss a bill that was apparently drafted using a template written by David Yerushalmi, an infamous anti-Muslim extremist with a history of controversial views targeting Muslims, Jews, African-Americans, and women....

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) today reported that a fire at a Muslim family's home in that state has been determined to be arson and is being investigated as a possible hate crime. Yesterday, CAIR-Ohio asked the FBI to help establish the cause of Monday's fire in Hilliard, Ohio, because the property had previously been vandalized with anti-Muslim graffiti at least twice, including...

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) today called on the FBI to assist local law enforcement authorities who are investigating the cause of a fire at a Muslim family's home in that state. CAIR-Ohio said local investigators are working to determine the cause of a house fire on Monday in Hilliard, Ohio. The property had been vandalized with anti-Muslim graffiti at least twice, including an...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today condemned remarks by Pamela Geller, the leader of an anti-Muslim hate group and a frequent speaker at Tea Party events, applauding the alleged desecration of Afghan corpses by U.S. Marines. On her hate blog, Geller wrote in response to CAIR's condemnation of the desecration: "I love these Marines. Perhaps this is the infidel interpretation of the Islamic ritual of washing and...

Video shows Marines in combat gear urinating on 'Taliban' corpses WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today condemned the alleged desecration of corpses in Afghanistan by members of the U.S. Marines. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said video on the TMZ website appears to show a number of Marines in combat gear urinating on several dead bodies. The person who...