Local authorities are on high alert at mosques, synagogues and major transit hubs, watching out for potential retaliatory violence in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s death. Philadelphia and SEPTA police both stepped up patrols to discourage any attacks.
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/2/2011) – A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today welcomed the announcement of the elimination of Osama bin Laden as a threat to America and the world. In a statement issued following President Obama’s announcement…
Women in Islam Presentations Rugiatu Conteh, Outreach and Communications Director, conducted Women in Islam presentations at the Osher Institute of Lifetime learning and the Center for Retirement Learning last week. We’ve received many requests for this presentation as the discussion…
CAIR-PA has received a steady influx of complaints of discrimination. Today, CAIR-PA successfully resolved a case in which a Muslim woman was forced to remove her head scarf, or hijab, when entering a Prometric testing center. Prometric headquarters has disciplined…
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ICPIC Symposium “Our Legacy and Future Destiny” ICPIC’s symposium last Saturday was a major success! Both our Executive Director, Moein Khawaja, and Outreach and Communications Director, Rugiatu Conteh, were on the Our Future Destiny panel. Moein explained how Islamophobia not only negatively…
"The truth is that every single woman I know that covers up does it on her own," said Moein Khawaja, executive director of the Philadelphia's Council on American Islamic Relations, who is married. His wife dresses modestly and covers her head, but she doesn't wear a niqab. "It's their way of saying, 'Forget what everyone wants me to do.' It's empowering for them to have control over their own style of dress."
Since 2008, a wave of Islamophobia – the irrational fear and/or hatred of Islam and Muslims – has taken root in some corners of the American consciousness. CAIR has done extensive research on this phenomenon and has developed a seminar…
On April 3, 2011, Executive Director Moein Khawaja traveled to Washington D.C. to present at the South Asian Summit sponsored by SAALT, or South Asian Americans Leading Together. The South Asian Summit is a national conference to raise issues concerning…
