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 U.S. Muslim Leaders to Address Gaza Crisis | | Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:12:51 GMT | | On Monday, December 29, the American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections (AMT), a coalition of 12 major Islamic organizations, will hold a 10 a.m. news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., to release an open letter to President-elect Obama outlining suggested domestic and foreign policy priorities for the new administration. At that news conference, the Muslim leaders will also address the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. CONTACT: CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-488-8787 or 202-744-7726, E-Mail: ihooper@cair.com
SEE: Gaza Humanitarian Plight 'Disastrous,' U.N. Official Says (CNN) |
| CAIR Condemns Israeli ‘Massacre’ in Gaza | | Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:12:51 GMT | | (WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/27/08) - A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today condemned Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip that left more than 200 people dead and called the death toll a “massacre carried out using U.S. taxpayer-funded weapons.” More than 700 people, including women and children, were injured in the attacks. |
| CAIR Video: U.S. Must Act to Save Gaza, Restore Cease-Fire | | Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:12:51 GMT | | (WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/29/08) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today issued a statement calling on the Bush administration to take concrete actions to restore the flow of humanitarian aid to the civilian population in the Gaza Strip and to help reinstate the cease-fire that an Israeli newspaper admits was “unilaterally violated” by Israel. |
| CAIR Condemns Arson Attack on Chicago Synagogue | | Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:12:51 GMT | | (CHICAGO, IL, 12/29/08) - The Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) today condemned an arson attack on a Chicago synagogue as "reprehensible." |
| CAIR Launches Gaza ‘Peace and Justice’ Petition Drive | | Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:12:51 GMT | | (WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/31/2008) - CAIR today launched an online petition drive to collect one million signatures urging our nation's leaders to speak "in favor of peace and justice for all parties in the current humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Gaza Strip." |
| CAIR Files DOT Complaint After Muslims Kicked Off AirTran Flight | | Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:12:51 GMT | | (WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/2/2009) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) following an incident Thursday in which nine Muslim passengers were removed from an AirTran Airways flight at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. |
| U.S. Muslim Group Offers ‘10 Steps to Help Gaza’ | | Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:12:51 GMT | | (WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/5/2009) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today outlined 10 positive, pro-active steps American Muslims and other people of conscience can take this week to help end Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, restore the cease-fire and the flow of humanitarian aid and promote a more balanced U.S. policy in the Middle East. |
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