WASHINGTON, Dec. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced today that the Department of Defense (DOD) will begin allowing Muslim and Sikh students who wear an Islamic head scarf (hijab) or a turban to participate in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC). In October, the Washington-based Muslim civil rights and advocacy ...
Editor’s Note: The Prophet Mohammed was a Semite. ————————————————————- Muslim civil rights group calls for ‘top to bottom’ reform of government training on Islam WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today call for “top to bottom” reform of reportedly biased government training on the topic of ...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today joined dozens of other community, interfaith and civil rights groups in calling on leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives to change the focus of planned hearings on Muslim “radicalization” so that they examine violence motivated by extremist beliefs “in all its ...
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate a possible bias motive for vandalism of the home of a Muslim woman who is running for elected office. CAIR said the house of ...