Focus Article: Islam, in service to our country by Helen Gerhardt (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman recently addressed Muslims in response to the Fort Hood shootings: “But you keep telling us what Islam isn’t. You need…
Spring 2010 Internship Positions Available — Focus Article: Swiss choose fear over freedom by Asma T. Uddin (Washington Post) After centuries of wars, after the Enlightenment, and after the secularization of society from the Volga to Iceland, Europe thought it…
Focus Article: What do a billion Muslims think? By Sara Reef and Zeeshan Suhail (Common Ground News) Despite widespread media coverage of global terrorism by various self-proclaimed “Islamic” groups from America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, little is known…
Final week for Winter 2009 MYLP applications! Deadline Extended: December 6, 2009! — Apply Now! — Message from the Civil Rights Director Dear CAIR-PA supporters, As Salaam Alaikum (Peace be upon you) It has been a difficult couple of weeks for Muslim…
Focus Article: Faith or Trauma: Questioning the Motivation of the Fort Hood Shooter by Louise A. Cainkar Major Nidal Hasan is undergoing social construction in the American mainstream media. Here we have a man who engaged in mass killing, a…
Dear Friends, As Salaam Alaikum (Peace be upon you), As you may be aware, a terrible incident occurred yesterday in Fort Hood, Texas. A Muslim American soldier went on a shooting rampage at the military base and has killed 13…
Fall 2009 Newsletter Released – Download PDF — ALERT: SWINE FLU THREATENS HAJJ SEASON Hajj travelers should get the H1N1 (swine) flu vaccine as soon as possible. This year’s hajj will be a major contact point for the virus. It…
Focus Article: Charter puts a new face on the Golden Rule by Karen Armstrong and Archbishop Desmond Tutu On 27 September at the Vancouver Peace Summit, amongst some of the world’s most well-known peace-makers–including Nobel Prize winners and internationally-acclaimed authors–we…
Announcement: Muslim Youth Leadership Program Winter 2009 Conference (Media Relations) Now Accepting Applications — Focus Article: The confluence of civilisations by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Several months ago, President Barack Obama made a historic speech in Cairo seeking to redefine relations between America…
