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8 tips came in within one hour of CAIR reward offer TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-FL) today welcomed the arrest of 25-year-old Daniel P. Quinnell, a suspect in the apparently bias-motivated shooting of a man outside a Walmart in Lutz, Fla., on Wednesday. The alleged victim and a female companion were walking to their car in the Walmart parking lot when a man approached them and asked the...

Term 'currently used in an almost exclusively pejorative context' WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today distributed a commentary urging media outlets to drop the term "Islamist" because it is "currently used in an almost exclusively pejorative context." CAIR distributed the column below, titled "Media Urged to Drop Term 'Islamist' in New Year," through ISLAM-OPED, a syndication service designed to offer an American...

Shooter reportedly objected to man being in company of 'white' woman TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-FL) today called on the FBI to investigate a shooting attack in which the alleged perpetrator objected to a man perceived as "Middle Eastern" being in the company of a "white" woman. CAIR-FL said the two people attacked in the incident were harassed with racial slurs as they were leaving a...

HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A representative of the Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CT) today joined members from Al Hedaya Islamic Center and other representatives of the interfaith community in Newtown, Conn., to mark the two-week anniversary of the tragic events at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Several dozen people gathered to remember the victims of the senseless shootings and to offer spiritual support to the...

OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Thursday, December 13, the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) will hold a news conference in Oklahoma City to call for an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) into alleged FBI harassment of Muslim Air Force veteran Saadiq Long, who recently returned to the United States after being placed on a no-fly list while overseas. Long alleges that since his return to Oklahoma, he...

Coalition to announce full-page ad inviting better GOP-Muslim relations WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Wednesday, December 5, a coalition of American Muslim organizations will hold a noon news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., to call on the Republican Party to reassess and improve its relationship with U.S. Muslims. WHEN: Wednesday, December 5, Noon WHERE: Lisagor Room, National Press Club, 13th Floor, National Press Building,...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, today urged President Obama to "stay on the right side of history" by supporting yesterday's United Nations vote granting Palestine the status of a non-member observer state. In a letter to the president, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad wrote in part: "As a nation, we have historically supported the...

Organizations using fear and anger to spread negative messages about Muslims have moved from the fringes of public discourse into the mainstream media since the Sept. 11 attacks, according to new research by a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sociologist. Titled, "The Fringe Effect: Civil Society Organizations and the Evolution of Media Discourse about Islam since the September 11th Attacks," the study appears in the December issue of the American Sociological Review....

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Press Club expressed grave concern today about reports of recent attacks on reporters by Israeli military forces and urged militaries everywhere to safeguard the press during armed conflicts. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080917/NPCLOGO) During their eight-day clash with Hamas earlier this month, Israel Defense Forces reportedly injured numerous reporters and killed in a drone strike three people who...

AMMAN, Jordon, November 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2012 edition of 'The Muslim 500: The World's Most Influential 500 Muslims' is now available!!! 'The Muslim 500' introduces a list of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world. It ranks the Top 50, and places the remaining 450 into 13 categories: Scholarly, Political, Administration of Religious Affairs, Preachers and Spiritual Guides, Philanthropy/Charity and Development, Social Issues, Business, Science and...