by Noah Brode Essential Public Radio A crowd of Muslims and religious rights activists applauded when Pittsburgh City Council passed a measure to oppose Pennsylvania House Bill 2029 on Tuesday. Councilman Bill Peduto blasted the bill, which would prohibit “the application of foreign law which would impair constitutional rights.” He Read more…
Join us at CAIR-Pittsburgh’s Fifth Annual Banquet Advancing Towards Social Initiatives Download Poster/Flyer Featuring: Keynote Speaker Sohaib Sultan, Muslim Chaplain, Princeton University Entertainer Ahmed Ahmed, Axis of Evil Comedy Group — Saturday, March 10, 2012 — — 5:00- 10:00 PM — Venue: Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall 4141 Fifth Ave. Read more…
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DOWNLOAD FLYER (JPG) Council on American-Islamic Relations, Pittsburgh Chapter (CAIR Pittsburgh) and the Muslim Student Association, University of Pittsburgh (MSA PITT), will co-sponsor a one-day Civic Engagement Workshop. The course is open to people of all faiths. Place: University of Pittsburgh, Posvar Hall RM 5130 Date: Saturday, September 24, 2011 Read more…
On March 12, 2011, CAIR Pittsburgh hosted its 4th Annual Banquet at the Marriott City Center. The event was attended by more than 300 community members. The Keynote speaker, Dr. Altaf Husain, helped raise funds for the community, and Baba Ali, the renowned comedian, entertained the audience with his unique Read more…
CAIR is looking to encourage individuals or groups (max. 3 members) that have a community service idea. The community service must involve a non-Islamic, non-profit organization. Those interested are asked to turn in a two-page proposal to CAIR. Once approved, participants will go on to complete a minimum 30 hours Read more…
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Monday, March 14, 2011
By Zohra Lasania
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
U.S. Rep. Peter King, who chaired his first congressional hearing last week on “the radicalization of American Muslims,” has revealed his Islamophobic mindset with such statements as “there are too many mosques in this country.”
According to the Hartford Institute for Religion Research, there are about 335,000 religious congregations in the United States. All but 12,000 are Christian. Of these, only 1,200 are Muslim.
But even if there were half as many mosques as churches, so what, Mr. King? What are you afraid of? And what do you know of mosques? Do you know what mosques are and who goes to them? (more…)
Download the January issue of the CAIR-Pittsburgh Newsletter: January 2011 Newsletter (pdf)