Latest American Muslims Stories
Mosque previously targeted by arsonist; CAIR calls for stepped-up police protection at religious institutions WASHINGTON, Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called for stepped-up police protection at Muslim institutions and other houses of worship nationwide after a fire destroyed a Missouri mosque that had previously been targeted by an arsonist and after yesterday's deadly shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin. Video:...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today sent letters to the governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh seeking protection for Rohingya Muslims who are facing a renewed wave of ethnic and religious persecution. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) also urged the international community to address the suffering of the almost one million Rohingya in Myanmar (formerly Burma), as...
Muslim civil rights group challenges congresswoman's anti-Muslim fear mongering WASHINGTON, July 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today sent a letter to Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN) in response to her recent calls for investigations of American Muslims who are participating in the democratic process. In the letter, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad wrote in part: "We remain eternally grateful that, like Sen....
WASHINGTON, July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today called on mosques and other houses of worship across America to offer prayers for rain to help relieve the drought that is impacting more than half of the nation. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) urged American mosques to offer the prayers, called "Salatul Istisqa" (sal-AT-al-istis-KA), during this week's Friday congregational...
WASHINGTON, July 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Islamic Relief USA (IRUSA), the leading humanitarian Muslim organization in the United States, is hosting an interfaith Capitol Hill Ramadan Reception on July 19th, on the first evening of Ramadan. The event is cohosted by Congressman Andre Carson and Congressman Keith Ellison to celebrate the occasion with American Muslim community members, government officials, interfaith leaders, and executives from leading humanitarian aid...
Muslim civil rights group asks authorities to probe possible bias motive WASHINGTON, July 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today asked state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate a possible bias motive for vandalism of a South Carolina mosque. CAIR said that vandals threw a large outdoor, concrete ashtray through a window at the Islamic Center of South Carolina earlier this week, causing $1,200 in damage. SEE:...
SAN ANTONIO, July 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The San Antonio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SA) today called on state and local law enforcement authorities and the FBI to investigate a possible bias-motivated attack on a Muslim family home in that city. Family members, who are of Pakistani heritage, told CAIR-SA they discovered the word "terrorist" spray-painted on their house on Wednesday morning. That evening, the family reports that someone rang...
WASHINGTON, June 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today welcome a decision by the U.S. military to stop using a target depicting a Muslim woman wearing a religious head scarf (hijab) and verses from the Quran to train Navy SEALs at the new close quarters combat range at Joint Base Fort Story in Virginia Beach, Va. The Navy made that announcement after the Washington-based Muslim civil rights organization sent a letter to Secretary...
WASHINGTON, June 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today called on Pentagon officials not to use a target depicting a Muslim woman wearing a religious head scarf (hijab) and verses from the Quran in combat scenarios for training Navy SEALs at the new close quarters combat range at Joint Base Fort Story in Virginia Beach, Va. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said that military...
Religious leader provides religious 'veneer' for dictator's brutality WASHINGTON, June 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton asking that Grand Mufti Ahmad Badreddine Hassoun, a key supporter of the brutal Syrian regime and a source of threats against America's national security, be denied a visa to enter the United States for a speaking event later this week in Washington,...
