School board member criticized over anti-Muslim Facebook posts
ELMWOOD PARK — The list of lawmakers calling for the resignation of an Elmwood Park school board member over anti-Muslim comments on her Facebook grew this week. Assemblyman Gary Schaer, the state’s lone Orthodox Jewish member of the state legislature, called for borough Board of Education Trustee Gladys Gryskiewicz to step down immediately. Posts on […]
Third state lawmaker wants Elmwood Park trustee to resign over anti-Muslim posts
ELMWOOD PARK — A third state lawmaker has called for borough Board of Education member Gladys Gryskiewicz to resign over her Facebook posts earlier this year focusing on Muslims. State Sen. Nellie Pou, a Democrat representing New Jersey’s 35th legislative district, called Gryskiewicz’s statements “hateful” and “offensive” in a Tuesday release. “At a time when […]
USCMO to Condemn Ted Cruz’s Refusal to Meet Muslim Constituents at National Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON, April 18, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — This evening, representatives of the US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), a coalition of leading national and local American Muslim groups, will hold a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., to condemn the refusal of GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and his congressional staff to […]
Ted Cruz Declined To Meet With Muslim American Groups
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz — the principal competitor to Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump — has recently earned the scorn of Muslim-Americans, much like his billionaire rival, who famously called for a temporary ban on allowing Muslims to enter the U.S. The Dallas Morning News reported Cruz and his staff were slammed for refusing to […]
CAIR Expresses Solidarity with People of Belgium Following Attacks
WASHINGTON, March 22, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed solidarity with the people of Belgium following attacks in that nation’s capital that left more than 30 people dead and many more injured. In a statement, CAIR said: “We express our solidarity […]
CAIR Calls on Wisconsin Firm Ariens to Allow Prayers Pending Resolution of Accommodation Issue
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on a Wisconsin-based manufacturer to allow Muslim workers to pray while at work using a previous policy pending a resolution of a dispute over religious accommodation triggered by a change in that […]
CAIR officials invited to Obama address
Two officials from the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a prominent Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will be attending the State of the Union address Tuesday night as guests of Democratic lawmakers. Congressman Zoe Lofgren and Alcee Hastings will both be hosting representatives from CAIR chapters in their respective states, the group announced. Lofgren will […]
Muslim Groups Call for Ben Carson to Withdraw Presidential Bid
U.S. Republican candidate Ben Carson has been slammed by rival politicians and the country’s largest Muslim advocacy group after saying that a Muslim should never be elected as president of the United States. “I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation. I absolutely would not agree with that,” Carson, […]