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WASHINGTON, D.C. A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today called for “swift justice” in the attempted bombing Friday of a Northwest Airlines flight arriving in Detroit. Dawud Walid, executive director of the Michigan chapter of the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) told the Detroit Free Press that he was grateful the alleged bomber did not succeed in his attack. A Nigerian man has been charged with attempting to destroy the plane after he allegedly tried to detonate a bomb as it was arriving in Detroit from Amsterdam. SEE: Local Nigerian Muslims Condemn Attack (Detroit Free Press)...

There is a first-hand undercover investigation being done in Al-Farooq mosque in Nashville, TN. What has been exposed is unthinkable. This is video footage of a first-hand undercover investigation done in Al-Farooq mosque. Listen to a 7 year old talk about her husband and how they are beaten during shariah class. The video is just the sound, as these kids are in tremendous danger and the undercover person inside needed to hide the camera deeply. We are working on the sound quality. Listen to the girl stating how kids are beaten as she begins to cry.The teachers, "they hit...

Crawford, Texas (AP) -- The deaths of hundreds of Palestinians in Israel's deadliest-ever air assault on the militant Hamas further complicates President-elect Barack Obama's challenge to achieve a Middle East peace — something that eluded both the Bush and Clinton administrations. The Bush administration has blamed the renewed violence on the militant Islamic group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, saying it broke a cease-fire by firing rockets and mortars deep into Israeli territory. The Arab world, however, has reacted with rage to the aggressive Israeli counterattacks, which have left at least 290 Palestinians dead and more than 600 wounded....

CAIR Portrays "War on Terrorism" as Malicious "War on Islam" by Steven Emerson IPT News March 31, 2008(Note: To read today's full installment, click here: http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/117.pdf) "The new perception is that the United States has entered a war with Islam itself," CAIR Chairman Parvez Ahmed declared at Washington's National Press Club in July 2007. But, in fact, CAIR officials and spokesmen have been peddling that same "new perception" ever since the 9/11 attacks in 2001. They have portrayed virtually every intervening prosecution of an alleged terrorist who is Muslim and every investigation of an alleged terrorist front group as an...

CHICAGO—The debut of a new theme restaurant in suburban Chicago featuring a menu of foods forbidden by Islamic law and waitresses clad in revealing uniforms has sparked an uproar among local Muslims who claim the restaurant is an affront to Islam. The December 27 opening of a Burqa King franchise in Winnetka and the subsequent furor over the establishment’s dining theme has drawn the attention of local Muslim clerics and activists, and aimed a spotlight on former Bush Administration Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Officials with Winnetka Holy Outreach to Counsel and Advise Islamic Religious Sects (WHOCAIRS) announced Wednesday that they...

Bush losing Muslim vote: CAIR survey * Forty-two percent of US-Muslims support Democrats, 17 percent Republicans WASHINGTON: American-Muslim voters, an increasing number of whom believe the “war on terror” has become a war on Islam, have ditched Republican President George W Bush in favour of the Democrats, a poll showed on Tuesday. According to a Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)-conducted survey, published two weeks before crucial congressional elections, American-Muslims are also becoming increasingly doubtful that the Iraq war was worthwhile and oppose the use of force to spread democracy. “It shows the Muslim community votes should not be taken for...

San Francisco, 21 Sept. (AKI/DAWN) - There is an almost 30 percent increase in the number of cases of anti-Muslim bias from 2004 to 2005 in the United States, with a substantial increase in California which has one of the largest Muslim populations, according to the annual report by leading civil rights group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). The report outlines 1,972 incidents and experiences of anti-Muslim violence, discrimination and harassment in 2005, the highest number of civil rights cases ever recorded in the group's annual report. According to the report, called “The Struggle for Equality,” that figure is...

Local Muslim group plans peace rally The Muslim Community Association of Ann Arbor and Vicinity (MCA) announced it will hold a rally and march Friday afternoon to call for an immediate ceasefire in the fighting in southern Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas. The demonstration is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. at the Federal Building on Liberty Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues in Ann Arbor, according to a statement from the MCA. The MCA will be joined by other local organizations, including the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice and Michigan Peace Works. "Day after day we hear...

WASHINGTON, September 24 (IslamOnline.net) - With US presidential elections looming large, polls showed a drastic decline of American Muslims' support for US president George Bush in the coming November elections. Nearly 68% of US Muslims said they would vote for Democrat presidential hopeful John Kerry in the presidential elections, against only 7% eager to vote for the incumbent Bush. According to the poll -- conducted by the Zogby International Center - and surveying 1700 US Muslims, around 11% of the Muslim community are willing to vote for the independent candidate Ralph Nader in the coming elections. The poll also showed...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on President Bush and Congress to reject Israel's new request for billions more in U.S. taxpayer-funded aid, and to instead use those funds to stimulate America's economy. The Washington- based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) says giving more financial aid to Israel drains much needed funds from the economy and serves to harm America's image and interests worldwide. The group's request comes as President Bush released a new economic stimulus package designed to accelerate income tax rate cuts, wipe out all federal taxes on...