In our January 8 update, we told you about two school bullying cases which had recently come into the CAIR-Philadelphia office. One case involved a school faculty member who made several anti-Muslim remarks, and the other case involved a child who…
CAIR-Philadelphia continues its efforts to educate Muslim young people in the Philadelphia region, through our Muslim Youth Leadership Program (MYLP), about how to deal with verbal and physical bullying, and how to respond to bigoted attacks on Islam, The Prophet…
CAIR-Philadelphia is continuing to organize free screenings of Jacob Bender’s award-winning documentary film OUT OF CORDOBA about Muslim Spain and contemporary interfaith relations. To request screenings of OUT OF CORDOBA in your area, please contact our office at 267-515-6710.
Today’s The New York Times published a “Letter-to-the-Editor” that I wrote, responding to their editorial “Mixed Results for Mideast Democracy” of Jan. 16.
[This past weekend, I had the pleasure of attending an interfaith banquet in Atlanta, Georgia, sponsored by MACE (Muslim American Community Enhancement), a largely African American Muslim organization. I was honored to receive MACE’s “Bridge Builder of the Year Award”…
(PHILADELPHIA, PA, 1/9/14) – The Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philly) is calling on a college in that state to repudiate the extremist anti-Muslim rhetoric of a scheduled speaker. In a letter to Mark Volk, president of…
Within the last two weeks, our Legal Department has received two new intakes pertaining to anti-Muslim harassment, bullying, and bigotry in public schools. The first case involves “educator misconduct” in which a faculty member in a rural Pennsylvania school made…
It’s that time of year again! CAIR-Philadelphia’s Eighth Annual Banquet will take place on Saturday, March 15, 2014 at the newly renovated and expanded Springfield Country Club. Our staff and Executive Committee are already hard at work, organizing an inspirational,…
So establish regular Prayer and give regular Charity; and obey the Messenger; that you may receive mercy. (Qur’an 24:56) As-Salaam-Alaikum! As many of you know, I began work on Oct. 1st as CAIR-Philadelphia’s Executive Director. As I begin my first year on…
