(IMPORTANT NOTE: This video is from 2007, but just came to light.)CAIR has located an online video of a virulent attack on Islam and Muslim by a speaker at a convention of the National Federation of Republican Women held in September 2007. The speaker, a leader of an anti-Islam hate group, is applauded loudly as he calls Islam a cult, nothing more and says terrorists are honest Muslims. View the video: ACTION: (As always, be POLITE.)CONTACT the National Federation of Republican Women to express your concern about the groups promotion of anti-Muslim hate.Ms. Shirley Sadler PresidentNational Federation of Republican Women124 N. Alfred StreetAlexandria, VA 22314703.548.9688703.548.9836 (fax)E-Mail: ssadler@nfrw.org, mail@nfrw.org, meetings@nfrw.orgCOPY: info@cair.com [More] [Less]
Now almost 300 Muslim girls are in 10 mostly Muslim troops in the city. Sara Mustabshira's family moved here from India 12 years ago. She goes to a private Muslim school where she joined the girl scouts. Her mother says scouting has helped the fifth-grader bridge two worlds - Islam and America.Sara says, ''Before I was shy to talk with other people and now I talk with other people.'' And, about feeling comfortable in her American skin under traditional Muslim dress. Sara says, ''Sometimes when I go to public places and I'm wearing my hijab and people are staring at me.'' Historian Susan Miller says scouting has always been a way for immigrants in America to assimilate. Susan Miller says, ''We think about the Girl Scouts sometimes as a traditional organization, as very much a part of the American culture, and they were, and they were a part of that culture because they did from the beginning include just about everyone.'' Sometimes that means tweaking old traditions, in Minneapolis, the s'mores are the genuine article, but the hot dogs are made according to Islamic dietary law. Susan Miller says, ''These girls can wear the Girl Scout sash and they can wear the hijab at the same time. This is not a contradiction.'' All of which makes these girls feel right at home. Priya David, CBS News, Minneapolis [More] [Less]
A group of the more than 120 Muslim employees fired last week at the Swift plant in Greeley met with an attorney representing the Council on American-Islamic Relations today. The organization has helped with negotiations at Swift's Nebraska plant, which union leaders say may have reached a settlement that would temporarily change the timing of the second-shift lunch break to give workers time to pray during the observance of Ramadan. "All they want is the right to pray," said Rima Kapitan, a volunteer attorney with the Council on American-Islamic Relations. [More] [Less]
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