State’s Muslims fear retaliation

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November 20, 2015 by Rick Dandes, The Daily Item SUNBURY — The Islamic community in Pennsylvania is living in fear of recrimination and retaliation a week after the massacre in Paris by ISIS jihadists and subsequent terroristic threats against Washington,…

CAIR Steps Forward

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CAIR-Philadelphia is regularly sought out by the media for comments after major events concerning Muslims and Islam. So it was, that in the first horrendous hours after the attacks in Paris, as news of the massacre by ISIS began to…

CAIR Condemns Paris Terror Attacks

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(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/13/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned terror attacks in Paris that left many people dead and injured. In a statement, CAIR said: “These savage and…

FREE Community Event: Trapped by the FBI!

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Important FREE Presentation about the FBI and the Entrapment of American Muslims  DOWNLOAD PDF FLYER WHEN: Sunday, Nov 15, 3:00 – 5:00 pm WHERE: Friends Center, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102 As has been reported in the America media,…

A Jewish voice for Muslims

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by Michael Matza, Philadelphia Inquirer HARRISBURG – Climbing stairs outside the state Capitol, Jacob Bender led about 50 men and women, some in kufis, some in hijabs, many chatting away in Arabic. In his pocket was the string of yellow…

Muslim Capitol Day brings dozens to Harrisburg

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CAIR-Philadelphia’s first annual MUSLIM CAPITOL DAY (MCD) was held last week on October 20 in Harrisburg. Over 60 participants from around Pennsylvania met with their elected representatives in the State Capitol Building in order to express the concerns of the…

Director’s Desk: Responding to Hate

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Last Wednesday, September 30, I travelled to Harrisburg with a group organized by the Arab American Institute (AAI) in Washington, DC and Marwan Kreidie, an AAI activist from Philadelphia. During the day, we met with Governor Tom Wolf, who signed “The Pledge to Combat Bigotry,” a public statement against anti-Arab and anti-Muslim hatred in politics.