Muslim Americans in southern California are feeling “anger, disillusionment, and distrust” toward the FBI following reports that it used an informant to infiltrate mosques in Southland, said a local office for the Council on American-Islamic relations. “The American Muslim community has never wavered from its commitment to keeping America safe, nor has it hesitated from…
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has called on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to determine whether or not a California bank violated a Muslim woman’s civil rights when it denied her service because she was wearing a headscarf, or hijab. According to the woman, she was denied service at a Navy Federal Credit…
An ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) lawsuit against the Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy claims that the charter school has crossed the line that separates church and state. TiZA, as the school is known, serves mostly immigrant children, many of them from Muslim countries. The ACLU claims that classroom time is lost as the school sets…
Thousands of Muslim Americans and non-Muslims marched through the streets in several US cities, promoting solidarity with the Palestinian people and demanding an end to Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. In Washington DC, nearly a thousand took to the streets in front of the State Department, involving ordinary citizens and anti-war organizations. Demonstrators also…
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today released the results of a national survey indicating that Muslim voters are civically engaged, remain well integrated in American society and are politically active. Although most are still undecided on their pick for the next president, nearly 80 percent said they would vote in the primaries. The survey,…
