Civic Participation Handbook
 CAIR has
also published a new Civic Participation Handbook that provides
Muslim voters with best practices and step-by-step guides for
everything from holding voter registration drives to making the most
of a meeting with elected officials.
CAIR_Civic_Guide.pdf
Thank ABC for Highlighting Islamophobia
CAIR
today called on American Muslims and other people of conscience to
thank ABC "Primetime" for a segment that highlighted both the
Islamophobic attitudes present in our society and the support
ordinary citizens of all faiths will offer to those targeted by
bias.
CAIR Action Alert #536:
IL: Fuel-Efficiency Projects Gain Muslim Teen Acclaim
Posted 12/24/2007 6:17:00 PM
Someday the
fuel efficiency of your car may be directly related to the
efforts of a young man who's now a senior at the Universal
School in Bridgeview.
To say Osama
Zayyad has a passion for science is an understatement; it is
his life.
He has taken
the gold award for most outstanding science fair project at
regional and state competitions. In fact, he has earned the
gold award every year since he was in eighth grade, and the
past three years, he moved up to the state level of
competition. For the past two years, Zayyad, 17, received
the best in category award in engineering, which is the top
award at the state level.
All this
time, Zayyad has been researching the viscosity of synthetic
motor oil compared to petroleum-based motor oil and how
numerous variables affect each and impact the environment
and fuel efficiency of cars. Every year, he has pursued the
same topic in different categories - chemistry, physics and
engineering - enhancing and expanding upon the project
through the years as he added different variables.
"I have found
that full synthetic motor oils outperform petroleum and
semi-synthetic motor oils under cold temperatures of
minus-10 degrees Fahrenheit," Zayyad said. "They are more
fluid-like and able to protect the engine at higher temps
and also are able to protect engines by maintaining their
thickness.
"Recently, a
lot of effort has been put into making cars more fuel
efficient to reduce global warming and carbon dioxide in the
air. If you can increase the efficiency of the engine 5
percent, you would save 300 billion tons of carbon emissions
or greenhouse gas emissions," he said.
Zayyad also
is largely involved in the school community and in sports.
He was a National Merit semifinalist and earned an ACT score
of 33. He is a member of Innercity Muslim Action Network,
which visits homeless shelters and helps organize canned
food drives. He is a member of student council and last year
served as president of the student body.
Related
Information
Source:
Southtown Star
Author:
Cheryl Dangel Cullen |
