Opinion Editorials, May 2014

• CAIR-MI to Join Press Conference on Police Assault of Mentally-Disabled Muslim
  On Thursday, May 8, the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) will participate in a press conference to announce legal action against the Dearborn Police Department for allegedly assaulting a mentally-impaired resident.
  • Video: Dearborn Police Assault Local Man on Camera (Arab American News)
• CAIR-SFBA: The Struggle for Religious Liberty in the Workplace
  The Capital Area Muslim Bar Association invites you to join us on May 13, 2014 for an expert panel discussion on religious employment discrimination including Zahra Billoo, executive director of CAIR San Francisco Bay Area.
• CAIR-CA Asks GOP to Repudiate Gubernatorial Candidate's Anti-Muslim Posting
  CAIR-CA is calling on Republican leaders to repudiate the anti-Muslim Facebook posting of a California assemblyman and gubernatorial candidate.
  • CAIR-CA: Tim Donnelly Tries to Tie GOP Gubernatorial Foe Neel Kashkari of Irvine to Shariah Law
• Video: CAIR-OK to Seek Arrest of Man Who Assaulted Muslim Limo Driver
  • Photo: CAIR Rep Speaks at Maryland COVE Hate Crimes Summit
    Zainab Chaudry's presentation to some 350 law enforcement officers and community leaders was on assessing threats to and security at houses of worship.
• CAIR-NY: Muslim Wrestler Gets OK From NCAA to Compete With Beard

• Calif. GOP Gov's Race Getting Uglier: Donnelly Website Charges Kashkari Supports Shariah Law
  California Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Donnelly's Facebook post highlights a story by an author who has been called "the anti-Muslim movement's most paranoid propagandist" and claims Republican Neel Kashkari "supported the United States submitting to the Islamic, Shariah banking code in 2008 when he ran TARP."
• CAIR Action Alert: Urge Congress to Pass NSA Spying Reform Bill
  On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee will consider the USA Freedom Act, a bipartisan reform bill that would reign in the NSA's secret surveillance and bulk collection of Americans' phone and internet records. Since the original bill's introduction, CAIR strongly supported the act as a means to restoring the privacy rights of all citizens.
• CAIR Action Alert: Urge Congress to Vote Yes on Resolution to End Persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Burma
  In a final push, CAIR is calling on American Muslims and other people of conscience to contact their member of Congress to urge support for House Resolution 418 to help Rohingya Muslims facing persecution in Burma.
• Announcing: CAIR-OK's 2014 Youth Leadership Program
• CAIR-OK: Sharia, "Miss Information's" misinformation, the Constitution and more addressed with local Muslim leaders
  Red Dirt Report sat down with Imam Imad Enchassi, imam at the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City and a professor at Oklahoma City University and Adam Soltani, executive director of CAIR-Oklahoma. We wanted to know more about what might be causing this uptick in hate.
• CAIR-AZ: Join us at Day of Justice on May 10th
• CAIR-NY: Muslim College Wrestler Gets Waiver to Keep Beard (AP)
  • CAIR: NCAA Allows Muslim College Wrestler to Compete with Beard
    CAIR on Monday hailed the NCAA's decision concerning the pre-med student of Buffalo.
• CAIR: US Muslims Slam 'Un-Islamic' Boko Haram
• HBO Documentary on Newburgh Terrorism Case to Air

MEDIA ADVISORY

CAIR-OK to Call for Apprehension of Man Who Assaulted Muslim Limo Driver
Pakistani-American driver allegedly punched, told 'go back where you belong'

(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 5/6/2014) -- On Wednesday, May 7, the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) will hold a news conference in Oklahoma City to call for the swift apprehension of an individual who allegedly assaulted and injured a Muslim limo driver last week after calling him a "terrorist" and telling him to "go back where you belong."

CAIR will also release an audio recording of the alleged assailant telling a dispatcher he did not want "another Pakistani" sent to pick him up.

WHAT: CAIR-OK News Conference Seeking Action on Assault
WHEN: Wednesday, May 7, 10:30 a.m. (Central)
WHERE: CAIR-OK Office, Suite 110, 3000 United Founders Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK
CONTACT: CAIR-OK Executive Director Adam Soltani, 405-248-5853, asoltani@cair.com

CAIR-OK is a chapter of America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.

• CAIR-NY: New York Muslims Condemn Anti-Semitic Attack
  CAIR-New York said that Muslims stand in solidarity with the Jewish community after anti-Semitic graffiti sprayed on cars and buildings on Saturday in Brooklyn.
• CAIR: Ala. Chief Justice Says First Amendment Only for Christians
  The report brought an immediate protest from CAIR, which called on Alabama's governor and attorney general to "repudiate" Moore's statement and "reaffirm the constitutional rights of all that state's citizens."
• CAIR-SFBA: Prisoners and Advocacy Groups Oppose Prison Reform Bill
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  • CAIR-Cincinnati 12th Annual Civil Rights Banquet
• NJ: Reactions to Condoleezza Rice Protests Reveal Anti-Muslim Bigotry

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