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 CAIR: U.S. Muslims Hope Obama Will Encourage Tolerance | | Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:38:49 GMT | | What do American Muslims expect from President-elect Barack Obama? What can they do to help redefine their role in U.S. society? Those questions topped the agenda at the recent annual meeting of the private Council on American Islamic Relations, or CAIR, in Washington D.C., attended by more than 700 Muslim-American activists from across the country. |
| CAIR-LA: Protests Over Museum on Muslim Cemetery Spread | | Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:38:49 GMT | | Last month Israeli writers in Ha'aretz and The Forward sought to put the controversy on the broader American Jewish agenda. Here in Los Angeles, three Jewish leaders signed onto a letter from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) that called upon the organization to stop construction of its Center for Human Dignity... |
| CAIR-MI: New Hotline for Profiling at the Border | | Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:38:49 GMT | | Dawud Walid, Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said since the September 11th terror attacks there's been an increase in profiling, particularly focused on American Muslims at borders. |
| CAIR: Hotline Set Up for Reporting Profiling | | Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:38:49 GMT | | A coalition of community and civil right groups announced today the establishment of a telephone hotline and Internet address for quick reporting of any incidents of suspected profiling at the U.S.-Canadian border. |
| CAIR-FL: Muslims Use Bus Ads to Counter ‘Obsession’ DVD Campaign | | Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:38:49 GMT | | The local chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has launched a campaign to counter the propaganda. Perhaps you've noticed buses in Miami-Dade and Broward counties with ads reading, "Islam. Got Questions? Get Answers." "We thought there's a lot of misconceptions about Islam. We wanted to create an avenue for our fellow Americans to learn the truth about our religion." |
| CAIR: Nine Muslim Passengers Removed from DC Flight | | Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:38:49 GMT | | The Council on American-Islamic Relations said that nine American Muslims, most of them headed to Florida for a vacation with family members, were removed from an AirTran Airways flight Thursday afternoon at Reagan National Airport. |
| CAIR-TX: Rally in Dallas Protests Israeli Attacks on Gaza | | Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:38:49 GMT | | In a speech to the crowd, Mustafaa Carroll, executive director of the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, called for an end to the "bombardment" of Gaza. He said residents have been denied food, water and other necessities. |
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