Muslim Group Sues Congressman for Defamation 12/3/03 11:25:00 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: Arsalan Iftikhar, 202-488-8787, 202-415-0799; Ibrahim Hooper, 202-488-8787 or 202-744-7726, cair@cair-net.org; or Rabiah Ahmed, 202-488-8787 or 202-439-1441, rahmed@cair-net.org, all of CAIR WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A prominent national Islamic civil rights organization today announced that it has filed a defamation lawsuit against a congressman from North Carolina who falsely claimed the group is "the fund-raising arm for Hezbollah." The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed the lawsuit Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in response to an October 2003...