by Dina al-Shibeeb for AL ARABIYA on MAY 24, 2013: The Council on American-Islamic Relations is aiming for a uniform “hijab-friendly” policy to allow Muslim women to keep their head cover during detention and photos in all local and federal U.S. prisons. “I’m working on several pending cases in different states… and I’m in touch with [...]
by OMAR SACIRBEY and LAUREN MARKOE for RELIGION NEWS SERVICE on MAY 20, 2013: (RNS) When Oklahoma voters overwhelmingly approved a 2010 ballot measure that prohibits state courts from considering Islamic law, or Shariah, the Council of American-Islamic Relations filed a lawsuit within two days challenging the constitutionality of the measure, and won. But when [...]
by JOSEPH PREVILLE for MUSCAT DAILY on JANUARY 28, 2013: Mucahit Bilici speaks about his new book that analyses how Muslims have adapted to life in the US and embraced the country as their home after overcoming obstacles, such as discrimination and persecution, especially after the 9/11 attacks Are Muslims at home in America? And, [...]
PRESS RELEASE by COUNCIL ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS (CAIR) on APRIL 19, 2013: (WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/19/13) — Representatives of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today joined other leaders from the national and Washington-area Muslim community at a news conference in Washington, D.C., to state that Americans will remain united in face of developments in [...]
via ISLAWMIX on APRIL 1, 2013: In the last two parts of our series on mosques, we briefly looked at the history and function of mosques as well as some major controversies that have arisen over these religious spaces here in the United States in the past few years. This week and next week we look at some of [...]
Robert McCaw (CAIR): It’s Time to Tell Our Nation’s Leaders to Stop Spying on Calls, Emails
by ROBERT MCCAW for ISLAMiCommentary on JUNE 7, 2013: Recent reports have revealed that the FBI and National Security Agency are “tapped” directly into the servers of the nation’s top Internet providers and collecting the phone records of millions of Verizon customers. It is strongly suspected that the federal government is also collecting call data [...]
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