Admitting The Terrorism Watchlist Was Unconstitutional Is Important, But Not Nearly Enough | Opinion
MAHA HILALON 9/17/19 AT 10:36 AM EDT On Wednesday, September 4th, Judge Anthony Trenga of the U.S District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled that the Terrorist Screening Database —colloquially referred to as the “Watchlist”—was unconstitutional. The case was brought forward by the Council on American Islamic Relations on behalf of 23 Muslim […]
Man Wanted for Threatening CAIR Employees
Police are searching for a man who allegedly made threats to the Council on American-Islamic Relations. News4’s Cory Smith reports. (Published Thursday, Oct 25, 2018 | Credit: Cory Smith)
Warren official resigns after anti-Muslim posts
A Warren official whom the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations called on to resign for making anti-Muslim comments on social media stepped down Wednesday. Diane Toni Deliso Kozlowski sent a letter to Warren Mayor James Fouts announcing her resignation from the city’s Elected Officials Compensation Commission. “It was brought to my attention that some things […]
Town Manager Fired for Anti-Muslim Comments to Get $30K
Tom Kawczynski, a town manager in Maine who was fired for posting anti-Muslim comments, will receive $30,000 to avoid a lawsuit, local outlets reported. The decision was made behind closed doors in an hour-long, private meeting between Kawczynski, the town lawyer and four members of the local government, the Bangor Daily News reported. Kawczynski came […]
Teen Called a “Muslim B**ch” After Accusing Teacher
A Virginia teen who alleges a teacher pulled off her Islamic headscarf is now being harassed online by other students and another teacher from her school, a Muslim civil rights group has reported. Student Yasmin Yahye said last week that that teacher Lesmond Saunders removed her headscarf without her consent and has since told the […]
Connecticut School Cancels Muslim Speaker Amid Public Outrage
A Connecticut middle school canceled a planned speech about Islam after the teacher at the school organizing the talk received threats and severe backlash from some members of the community, according to reports Thursday. A teacher at Northeastern Middle School in Bristol, Connecticut, had invited a local Muslim woman Annam Choudhry to speak this week […]
Bullying Against Muslim Students Rises
Incidents of bullying against Muslim students from hijab pulling to cyberbullying have climbed, according to a 2017 school bullying report by the Council on American Islamic Relations—and experts say Islamophobic rhetoric from the U.S. election in 2016 played a role. The study found that out of the 1,041 Muslim students ages 11 to 18 more […]
How We Investigated Technology Companies Supporting Hate Sites
Deciding what constitutes a hate or extremist website is a difficult and subjective task. To develop our list, we sought counsel from the leading organizations that track extremism in the United States — The Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League. We relied in part on the 2016 list of “ Active Hate Groups” […]
Quran Swimming in Pork Lard Sent to California Mosque
Police in California are investigating a hate-related incident after a Sacramento Muslim group was sent a defiled copy of the Quran, immersed in a container of pork fat. Members of the Sacramento Valley Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) received a suspicious package on June 28. Wary of opening the package, they contacted the police.
CAIR: Hate crimes against Muslims spike after Trump win
The number of anti-Muslim hate crimes in the United States rose 91 percent in the first half of the year compared with the same period in 2016, according to a leading Muslim advocacy and civil rights group. In a report published on Monday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said hate crimes have spiked since […]